Series:

DV Expert

7 total works

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Packed with more than 400 techniques, this book delivers the time-saving workflow processes that experienced AE pros want to improve their productivity, and wow their clients. No need to wade through tomes of documentation. "After Effects On the Spot" presents immediate solutions in an accessible format. Written by Adobe-certified trainers, it clearly illustrates all the essential methods that pros use to get the job done efficiently and creatively. Screenshots and step-by-step instructions show the way. It includes key features such as: 400 time-saving workflow techniques; Concise presentation that is great for use as a reference or a casual read; and updated for "After Effects CS3".

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Photoshop for Video

by Richard Harrington

Published 12 April 2007

Master the graphic design and production skills required of today's video editors and motion graphic professionals with this comprehensive guide to the video tools in Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended. Every page is filled with techniques to help the video professional make graphics for use in television, video, the Internet, and DVD. Lively discourse, full-color presentations, and hands-on tutorials demonstrate everything you need to know about how to combine still and moving images. Fundamental concepts such as transparency, pixel aspect ratio, and alpha channels are made precisely clear, and advanced techniques show how to use Photoshop as a character generator, color corrector, and animation tool.

This edition features expanded coverage of DVD and motion graphics design, as well as addressing recent developments in High Definition video, 3D models, and 32-bit imaging. This indispensable reference includes:
* real-world solutions for making graphics for video
* introduction to third party plug-ins
* automation and shortcut methods that cut production time
* profiles of notable editors and motion graphic artists that include their favorite tips and tricks

The downloadable resources offer a hands-on multimedia experience with hundreds of images to work on, tutorials to complete and 2 ½ hours of video training to watch.

Authored in CS3, CS4 updates are provided to readers by the publisher.

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Packed with more than 350 techniques, this book delivers what you need to know - on the spot. If you create graphics for television, this book is for you.

'Broadcast Graphics on the Spot' show you how to produce more compelling TV graphics. From gathering images for use in broadcast graphics to working with fonts, mastering keying and rotoscoping, or working with logo motion, this book includes step-by-step procedures for creating over-the-shoulder graphics for news anchors, lower thirds, titles, and full-screens that can be used in everyday news productions.

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Demonstrating the most efficient and effective ways of using Premiere, this book goes far beyond the basics of simply operating the software. Readers develop a working knowledge of the application with lessons and tutorials that cover every essential method and technique, including importing, exporting, effects, transitions, system requirements, and interactions with other Adobe applications. The companion CDROM enables the user to view and practice the edit of an entire sequence, from storyboarding through the final render.

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Cover of Final Cut Pro 4 on the Spot
This volume aims to deliver immediate solutions to the reader. Packed with over 300 techniques, it get readers up to speed by letting them learn what they need to know, when they need to know it. All the essential methods that professionals use to get the job done are detailed and illustrated. Experienced users should find the book sufficiently comprehensive to orient themselves to version 4 of the application and novices should find it a useful reference filled with techniques to improve their efficiency and creativity.