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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 toolsâFlixel and Clipletsâto 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.
Overview
Syllabus
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Welcome
- What to expect in this course
- What you need to know before taking the course
- Using the exercise files
- Core features of a cinemagraph image
- A look at the cinemagraph movement
- 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)
- Delivery-format considerations
- Bandwidth considerations
- Artistic objectives of cinemagraphs
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Importing time-lapse files into Cliplets
- Choosing the background frame in Cliplets
- Trimming and refining in the cliplet
- Exporting GIF images from Cliplets
- 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
- Next steps