Overview
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Learn how to perform creative video compositing using a tool you already know and love: Adobe Photoshop.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- How to use the exercise files
- Create a file structure for projects
- Create a simple video composite
- Add a mask to a video layer
- Custom split-screen effect
- Add crossfade transitions
- Control opacity with keyframes
- Animate elements with keyframes
- Modify Smart Object video layers
- Export finished video clips
- Use type to mask a video layer
- Animate layer styles
- Copy animation keyframes to a layer
- Composite elements with blend modes
- Select > Focus Area and Select and Mask
- Blend modes and masks to combine clips
- Combine blend modes and animations
- Prepare a custom layer mask transition
- Create a custom layer mask transition
- Custom transitions: Filters
- Animate a Smart Object
- Use videos as masks
- Lighting effects with adjustment layers
- Previsualize composites
- Lighting, motion, and the "action area"
- Bring in the video layer and refine masks
- Match color and brightness
- Finalize the project with animation
- Keyframe a mask to track motion
- Use Blend If sliders for motion masks
- Limitations for color keying
- Next steps
