Photoshop for video

Master the graphic design and production skills required of today's video editors and motion graphic professionals with this comprehensive guide to the video tools in Adobe Photoshop CS3. Every page is filled with techniques to help the video professional make graphics for use in television, vi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Harrington, Richard, 1972- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Focal Press c2007.
Edición:3rd ed
Colección:DV expert series.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627248706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Photoshop for Video; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; Introduction: The Gift of Giving; About the Author; Getting Started; How to Use This Book; Iconography; Disc Access; Installation; Mac Versus PC; The Future; For Instructors; Chapter 1. Make It Happen; Reality Check; Suggested Hardware; Setting Up Photoshop; Choosing Keyboard Shortcuts; Video's Unique Requirements; A Few Basics; Chapter 2. Pixels: Time for Tech; Pixel by Any Other Name; Display Resolution; Image Resolution; Understanding Bit Depth; Computer and Video Issues; Luminance and Saturation
  • Working with Document PresetsAdvice When Scanning; Working with Digital Cameras; Resizing Commands; Resizing an Existing Image; Final Advice; Chapter 3. Why Layers?; What Are Layers?; How Layers Work: Understanding Composite Images; Storing Alternate Designs with Layer Comps; Working with Smart Objects; Blending Modes; Export Issues with Layers; Blending Mode Shortcuts; Chapter 4. What About Transparency?; Essential Terminology; Understanding Bit-Depth; Selecting and Extracting Images; The Easy Ways; Refining Basic Selections; Refine Edge Command; Extract Filter; Layer Masking; Color Range
  • Important Keyboard Commands for SelectionsComplex Selections with the Quick Mask Mode; Masking versus Erasing; Saving Selections as Paths; Converting Channels into Masks; Advice on Selections; Creating Perfect Alpha Channels; Chapter 5. Some Words on Words, Logos, and Symbols; Vector Type; Using the Character Palette; Using the Paragraph Palette; Working with Type Color; Testing and Improving Readability; Special Typographic Effects; Free Transform Command; Warped Text; Text on a Path; Video Type Details; Creating Lower Thirds; Prepping a Logo for Animation; Design Ideas; Those Other Programs
  • Exporting Apple Keynote SlidesSending Photoshop Text to After Effects; EPS and Illustrator Files; In the Know; Chapter 6. Layer Styles: Bevels, Shadows, Glows, and More!; What are Layer Styles?; Designing with Layer Styles; Loading Prebuilt Styles; Building Your Own Styles; The Power of Contour Settings; Gradients and Textures; Creating Duotones and Sepia Tones with Layer Styles; Importing Layer Styles into an NLE; Importing Layer Styles into After Effects; Final Advice when Working with Layer Styles; Chapter 7. A Sense of History; Configuring History States; Accessing History States
  • Performing Multiple UndosUsing Snapshots; Linear versus Nonlinear Mode; Using the Edit History Log; What are Those Weird Brushes?; Chapter 8. Filters; Filters Defined; Before Running a Filter; General Advice about Filters; Understanding Filter Interfaces; Using the Filter Gallery; Defining the Area to be Affected by a Filter; Fading and Blending Filters; The Guide to Standard Filters; Third-Party Filters; Chapter 9. Color Correction: How to Get It Right; The Approach; Levels; Curves; Color Balance; Hue/Saturation and Desaturate; Exposure; Useful Commands in Brief; Not-So-Useful Tools
  • Standard Definition Broadcast-Safe Concerns