Creating Cinemagraphs with Photoshop After Effects Flixel and Cliplets

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Free Online Course: Creating Cinemagraphs with Photoshop After Effects Flixel and Cliplets provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Creating Cinemagraphs with Photoshop After Effects Flixel and Cliplets is taught by Richard Harrington.

Overview
  • Learn how to use Photoshop, After Effects, and two dedicated tools—Flixel and Cliplets—to explore the possibilities of cinemagraphs: static photos that contain areas of motion.

    Learn how to use Photoshop, After Effects, and two dedicated tools—Flixel and Cliplets—to explore the creative possibilities of cinemagraphs: static photos that contain areas of motion. Rich Harrington explores assembly techniques in each program and illustrates effective shooting and post-production techniques to improve the end results. The final cinemagraphs can be used in websites, banner ads, emails, presentations, or even digital signage.

Syllabus
  • Welcome

    • What to expect in this course
    • What you need to know before taking the course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. What Are Cinemagraphs?
    • Core features of a cinemagraph image
    • A look at the cinemagraph movement
    2. Essential Shooting Techniques
    • Planning a cinemagraph shot
    • Stabilizing the camera
    • When to shoot video for cinemagraphs
    • When to shoot time lapse for cinemagraphs
    • Combining stills with video or a time lapse
    • Choosing a frame size and frame rate
    • File-format considerations
    • Shooting a demo (putting it all together)
    3. Developing a Cinemagraph
    • Delivery-format considerations
    • Bandwidth considerations
    • Artistic objectives of cinemagraphs
    4. Creating Cinemagraphs with Photoshop
    • Loading a movie into Photoshop
    • Loading an image sequence into Photoshop
    • Adjusting frames rates in Photoshop
    • Compositing the image with motion
    • Creating and refining masks in Photoshop
    • Looping strategies with Photoshop
    • Color correction and enhancement
    • Exporting a movie-based animation from Photoshop
    • Converting to a frame-based animation from Photoshop
    • Saving a GIF-based animation from Photoshop
    5. Creating Cinemagraphs with Flixel
    • Loading an image sequence into Flixel
    • Loading a video into Flixel
    • Trimming media to a new duration
    • Creating and refining masks in Flixel
    • Creating a loop method with Flixel
    • Color correction and enhancement
    • Refining the image with effects
    • Exporting a movie-based animation from Flixel
    • Exporting a GIF-based animation from Flixel
    • Posting to social media
    6. Creating Cinemagraphs with After Effects
    • Loading a movie into After Effects
    • Loading an image sequence into After Effects
    • Adjusting frames rates and retiming clips in After Effects
    • Duplicating and reversing a clip to make a loop in After Effects
    • Splitting a clip to make a loop in After Effects
    • Compositing the frozen image with motion
    • Creating and refining masks in After Effects: Part one
    • Creating and refining masks in After Effects: Part two
    • Color correction and enhancement
    • Exporting a movie-based animation from After Effects
    • Converting to a frame-based animation from After Effects
    • Combining After Effects and Photoshop to create a GIF file
    7. Creating Cinemagraphs with Cliplets
    • Importing time-lapse files into Cliplets
    • Choosing the background frame in Cliplets
    • Trimming and refining in the cliplet
    • Exporting GIF images from Cliplets
    8. Optimizing the Images
    • Recompressing GIF images with Photoshop
    • Recompressing GIF images from Flixel
    • Recompressing video with Adobe Media Encoder
    • Recompressing video with Apple Compressor
    • Sharing and display strategies
    Conclusion
    • Next steps