Touring Combustion
o Overview
o Open a Workspace
o Play the Clip
o Explore the Scene
o Examine the Composite
o Make Changes to the Composite
o Explore the Schematic View
Creating Simple Composites
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Scale and Position the Olympic Rings and Torch
o Position and Animate the Hand
o Position and Change the Order of the Flame
o Hide the Black Background of the Flame
o Add Text to the Clip
o Animate the Text
Using Operators in a Composite
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Change the Appearance of the Sky
o Scale and Animate the Clouds
o Color Correct the Clouds and the Mountain
o Reintroduce the Plane in the Scene
o Animate the Plane
Timewarping
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Extend the Duration of the Clip
o Change the Speed of the Action
o Improve the Quality of the Change in Speed
Editing Clips
o Overview
o Open the Starting Workspace
o Create an Edit Branch
o Trim the Segments
o Import Footage and Rearrange the Sequence
o Overwrite a Range of Frames
o Slip a Segment
o Add Transitions
o Merge the Edit and Title Sequence Branches
Optimizing Workflow
o Overview
o Open the Starting Workspace
o View the Contents of the Clip in the Workspace Panel
o Compare Two Color Correctors to Match a Color
o Filter Animation and Channels in the Timeline
o Create a Custom Channel Filter Preset
o Navigate Viewports
o Quickly Save an Incremental Version of a Workspace
o Quickly Render an Incremental Version of the Workspace
Learning Paint Basics
o Overview
o Create a Paint Branch
o Draw a Rectangle
o Change the Rectangle Into a Fish
o Animate the Fish
o Play the Clip
o Change the Color of the Fish
o Duplicate the Fish Object
o Make the Fish Appear to Jump out of the Bucket
Creating, Controlling, and Positioning Objects
o Overview
o Open the Starting Workspace
o Tint One of the Roofs of the First Landmark
o Animate the Salmon
o Position the Three Key Words
o Position the Three Landmark Images
Animating Text
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Add Text to the Clip
o Change the Appearance of the Text
o Animate the Text Along a Path
o Add a Timecode Generator to the Clip
o Add Another Text Object
o Animate a Text Roll
Exploring Draw Modes in Text
o Overview
o Open the Workspace
o Examine the Draw Modes
o Change the Draw Modes
Wire Removal
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Remove the Wire
o Animate the Line Object
o Hide the Line Object’s Red Color
o Fix the Sidewalk
Creating Text Gradients
o Overview
o Create a Text Branch
o Add Text
o Create a Text Gradient
o Add a Text Outline
o Edit a Text Object
o Animate the Text
Animating Gradients
o Overview
o Create a Paint Branch
o Create a Rounded-Corner Rectangle
o Apply a Gradient
o Change the Gradient Type
o Animate the Gradient
o Add a Text Object
o Apply a Gradient to the Outline
Creating Custom Brushes
o Overview
o Open the Starting Workspace
o Create a Custom Brush from Particles
o Create a Lighting Effect
o Change the Appearance of the Background
o Create a Custom Brush from an Image
o Create the Wall Construction Animation
o Animate the Wall Construction
Creating Flash Compatible Animations
o Overview
o Create a Paint Branch
o Create the Background Rectangle
o Animate the Background Rectangle
o Create a Clone Box
o Create Copies of the Clone Box and Position Them
o Extend the Duration of the Clone Boxes
o Animate the Scale of the Clone Boxes
o Animate the Offset of the Clone Boxes
o Create the mood_panoram Image Slide
o Add a Text
o Animate the Text Along a Path
o Preview Macromedia Flash Output
o Export as Macromedia Flash Output
Combining Selections
o Overview
o Create a Paint Branch
o Select the Stars
o Subtract the Circles
o Change the Color of the Stars
Animating Selections
o Overview
o Create a Paint Branch
o Select the Chair
o Adjust the Color Balance
o Animate the Selection
o Transforming and Controlling Layers
Keyframing
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Loop the Wasp Footage
o Animate the Wasp
o Create the Sting
o Adjust the Wasp’s Flight Speed
o Blur the Wasp
Creating Expressions
o Overview
o Open the Starting Workspace
o Animate the Panels Layer
o Animate the Clouds Layer Using Channel Linking
o Animate the Electric Glow Layer
o Animate the Electron Layer with Multi-channel Expressions
o Adjust the Electron Layer's Position by Editing the Expressions
Cropping and Corner-Pinning
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Scale and Crop the Poster Image
o Corner Pin the Poster Image
o Scale and Crop the Logo Image
o Corner-Pin the Logo Image
o Change the Appearance of the Logo
o Position a Layer from the Photoshop File
Aligning Objects to a Motion Path
o Overview
o Open a Workspace and Import Footage
o Animate the PCText
o Duplicate a Layer via the Schematic view
o Adjust the Opacity of the PcText Layers
o Import the Earth Footage
o Animate the Earth Image on the Z Axis
o Change the Playback Behavior of the Orb Footage
o Animate the Orb Footage Along the X Axis
o Customize the Motion Path Tangent Handles
o Changing Layer Surface Properties
Exploring Transfer Modes
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Animate the Layers
o Change the Layers’ Transfer Mode
Displacing a Layer
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Create the Displacement Source
o Add a Displace Operator
o Animate the Displacement Source
o Using Channels, Mattes, and Masks
Using Alpha Channels
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Create a Matte
o Animate the Matte
o Animate the Gradient Layer
o Create a Stencil Layer
o Animate the Birds Layer
Creating Channel Effects
o Overview
o Open a Workspace
o Add a Compound Alpha Arithmetic Operator
o Add a Compound RGB Arithmetic Operator
o Add a Turbulence Operator
o Add a Blend Operator
Using Masks
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Make Dino Appear from Behind the Building
o Track the Mask
o Animate the Shape of the Mask
Animating with a Null Object
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Arrange Three Layers to Form a Six-Sided Star
o Animate a Null Object
o Enhance the Clip’s Appearance
o Clean up the Workspace
Moving the Camera
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Scale, Position, and Animate the Footage
o Set the Viewport Layout
o Animate the Camera
o Make an Image Travel with the Camera
Creating Shadows with Lights
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Animate the Film Roll
o Add Spotlights
o Target the Spotlights
o Adjust the Surface Properties of the Layers
o Tracking and Stabilizing
Four-Point Tracking
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Change the Properties of the Actress Layer
o Track the Corner Points of the Actress Layer
o Apply a Mask Around the Actress
o Key Out the Blue-Screen Background
One-Point Stabilizing
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Stabilize the Woods Footage
o Analyze the Jitter in the Clip
o Remove the Black Borders in the Clip
o Using Other Stabilizing Modes
o Play the Clip in the RAM Player
Two-Point Stabilizing
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Apply the Stabilize Operator
o Track the Motion of the Two Points
o Examine the Stabilize Point Channels
o Keying and Color Correcting
Using the Discreet Color Corrector
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Adjust the Black and White
o Add Saturation
o Adjust the Color
o Adjust the Shadows
o Compare the Color Correction Results
Using the Diamond Keyer
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Create an Alpha Channel for the Foreground
o Remove the Green Spill Around the Sheep
o Improve the Matte
Using the Discreet Keyer
o Overview
o Create a Composite Branch
o Generate a Matte Using the YUV Mode
o View the Matte
o Add Softness to the Matte
o Use the Histogram to Improve the Matte
o Adjust the Color Suppression Curves
o Color Correct the Front Clip
o Nesting Composites
Basic Nesting
o Overview
o Create a Composite
o Create a Lens Flare Effect for the Lamp
o Animate the Crate
o Add a Motion Blur Effect to the Woman and Crate
o Clean up the Composite
Creating a Motion Blur
o Overview
o Open the Workspace
o Nest the Composite
o Add a Motion Blur Operator
o Customize the Motion Blur
o Color Correct the Clip
o Additional Topics
Applying and Tracking a Particle Emitter
o Overview
o Open Footage into a Composite
o Create a Smoke Effect
o Track the Smoke to the Toaster
o Change the Appearance and Behavior of the Smoke
o Change the Appearance and Behavior of the Emitter
o Add a Deflector to Produce a more Realistic Look
Creating Particle Effects
o Overview
o Open the Workspace
o Add a Particle Operator
o Add a Particle Emitter to the Clip
o Track the White Dot
o Apply the Tracked Emitter to the Train Clip
o Import a Custom Shape for the Smoke Particle
o Edit the SmokePuff Particle Type
o Animate the Values for the Particles
o Adjust the Size Over Life Setting
Creating Capsules
o Overview
o Open the Workspace
o Examine the Schematic and Encapsulate the Operators
o Edit the Capsule
o Adding and Creating Controllers
o Save the Capsule to the Library
o Reuse the Capsule on New Footage
Building G-Buffers
o Overview
o Open the Workspace
o Examine the Schematic and open the Paint Operator
o Paint the Train Trestle with a Gradient for Z-Depth
o Reorder and Enable the Remaining Paint Objects
o Apply a G-Buffer Builder, Use the Paint Operator for Z-Depth
o Apply a 3D Fog Operator and Animate the Near Plane
Morphing
o Overview
o Open Footage into a Composite Branch
o Create Picture Keys and In/Out Points for the Morph
o Add Control Polygons to Morph Picture Keys
o Animate the Polygons to Morph to the Next Picture Key
o Fine-Tune the Morph
