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Adobe After Effects
Creating an After Effects Sunrise
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Rob Mize shows how to create the effect of a sunrise using only After Effects and a background graphic. This project employs techniques using masks, solids, shapes and effects that can be useful for a variety of projects. Whether creating this effect or some other, After Effects is a great way to start the day.
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Rob Mize |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 21 Timeline Trimming
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In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates one of the big new features for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - dynamic timeline trimming of edit points. Andrew shows how to enter the trim mode, to change to different types of trim tool, how to use the keyboard to trim and enter specific amount for detailed trimming as well as how to be able to select all the trim points on multiple layers of video so that you can go through your timeline without having to select different video layers.
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Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 23 Dynamic Trimming
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In this tutorial, Andrew Devis looks at a couple of options that can help you to see your edits dynamically as you edit them. Andrew shows how to use and edit the 'Play Around' function as well as using the 'Loop' function so that the play-head will play a specified amount of time before and after it was placed allowing you to place it over (and edit) transitions on the fly.
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Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 24 Un-Linking Tracks
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In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains how to select just the audio or just the video portion of a clip so that they can be edited separately whilst still keeping the audio and video linked. Andrew also shows how to completely unlink the video and audio and how to re-link them again if needed. Lastly, Andrew demonstrates the 'Sync Lock' option which can be used to stop tracks in your timeline being 'cut' when you drop in insert edits on other tracks.
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Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 25 Exporting Single Frames
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In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to quickly export a single image from either your source monitor or your program monitor and save them as any of a variety of image types to a destination of your choice to either use in your project or anywhere else such as printed documents of for DVD menus in Encore (which will require them to be re-saved as a PSD). After that, Andrew also shows how to quickly and accurately remove unwanted parts of your timeline such that it either leaves a gap in the timeline or the item is removed and the gap closed up.
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Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 18 Tools Part 3: Rate Stretch
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In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the 'Rate Stretch' tool as well as showing how to see if you are dropping any frames on your playback and how to turn on loop for your playback. The 'Rate Stretch' tool is a great way of fitting clips into your timeline that may be slightly too long or slightly too short for the gap you have for them. This tool will speed-up or slow-down the clip while not loosing any of the footage you include and can be used for speed changing effects.
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Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 15 Targeting Tracks
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In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the different ways of getting tracks onto the timeline either directly from the project panel or from the source monitor as well as showing how to target different tracks so that your assets go to separate video and audio tracks to media already in your timeline (there are differences for this between the project panel and source panel). Andrew also explains potential problems with setting 'in' and 'out' points if the wrong panel is selected and how to deal with those problems.
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Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 12 Sub-Clips
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In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create sub-clips from the media in your project panel. Sub-clips are especially valuable when working with longer interviews where the editor needs to identify specific parts of the clip and extract them with useful names so that they can be dropped in the timeline at the right point later in the production.
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Andrew Devis |
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Adobe After Effects basics
AE Basics 46: Mask Feather Tool (CS6 & above)
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AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 46: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the long awaited and new to CS6 'Mask Feather' tool. Andrew demonstrates all the options for this powerful tool including the basic functions, a practical example as well as how it could be used as a creative tool in After Effects.
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Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 10 Importing Assets
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In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the different way to import assets into your project including a look at the basic functionality of the Media Browser (with more advanced functions covered in more detail in a future tutorial) and Adobe Bridge. Andrew also shows how to get items from the media browser to the source monitor and then how to get finessed items directly to the timeline with keyboard short-cuts.
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Andrew Devis |
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