Autodesk Smoke Essentials (ePub)

Autodesk Smoke for Mac combines familiar tools for non-linearvideo editing with powerful features for digital compositing andvisual effects creation, all within one seamless application. Busypost-production professionals can streamline effects-intensiveprojects by editing, compositing, and finishing within a singleenvironment. Learn to harness these myriad capabilities withAutodesk Smoke Essentials. This practical book walks youthrough the fundamentals of the Smoke toolset with basic lessons,step-by-step instruction, and professional video footage coveringeach area of Autodesk Smoke functionality. It includesdownloadable, hands-on project files drawn from Alexis VanHurkman's narrative short, "The Place Where YouLive," so you start doing and learning right away usingreal-world examples.Autodesk Smoke Essentials covers every aspect of Smokeyou need to acquire a solid foundation of the software:* The Smoke interface inside and out, including all keytools* Managing media with the MediaHub and Media Library* Editing and trimming clips in a timeline to assemble and polishan edit* Creating transitions, adding dissolves, and using Timewarp* Building basic composites using the Axis effect* How to use ConnectFX (CFX) and the Action Node for advancedcompositing* Working with audio clips, and adding and mixing audio, music,and sound effects* Techniques for color correction and styling titles andcredits