Course: Adobe Premiere Editing (FILM22501)

Independent Study Class

After Effect Continued:

• Linking and unlinking effects:
  • watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ4vV99fwcs
• 3D Camera Tracking:
  • watch: https://creativecloud.adobe.com/learn/after-effects/web/add-3d-text-vide…
  • read: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/tracking-3d-camera-movement.html
    • be sure to watch the video for “Set Origin on a 3D Track”
  • exercise: Take a video project scene of yours (5-10 secs) that has camera movement in it (pan, zoom, tilt). Make some text that associates with the scene and tracks with it using the methods you just learned and turn in scene.
• Animation:
  • Character Animator:
    • watch tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GKCw4f1UrI
    • read page and download files just under sample video
    • exercise: use files provided (or feel free to make your own), make an character animation and turn in result (10 seconds minimum).
• Alpha Channels & Masking: 
  • read: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/alpha-channels-masks-mattes.html?set=after-effects–fundamentals–animate-masks
  • read: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/creating-shapes-masks.html?set=after-effects–fundamentals–animate-masks
• Mask Tracking:
  • watch: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/create-mask-for-premiere.html?set=after-effects–fundamentals–animate-masks
  • exercise: download files on above page and create effect video shows (blurring sign and subtracting mans head as it passes) and turn in result.
• Face Tracking:
  • watch: https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/face-tracker.html
  • exercise: create similar effect (~10 seconds long) using your own footage and object you can either download or create from scratch in photoshop.  Make sure your object has a transparent background. Turn in result.

Color Correction – Premiere’s Color layout, Basic Color Correction, etc.

Tutorials:

• Color Correction Effects (Adobe)
• Premiere Pro Color Grading Crash Course
• How to Color Correct and Grade in Adobe Premiere Pro CC (Lumetri Scopes, Skin Tone, White Balance)

Review!

Final Class

Options:

Character Animator – https://helpx.adobe.com/adobe-character-animator/how-to/adobe-character-…, https://forums.adobe.com/thread/2044263

Download templates here – https://assets.adobe.com/link/a5397774-62ae-4726-774a-e0a16ee045b0?secti…

• Building a puppet from scratch in Photoshop:
  • Create Layer Group
    • Main group containing everything can be named anything (character’s name) and put a + before the name (“+” selects “warp independently”)
      • “Head”
        • new layer “headbg” that is the background of your head
        • use Pen tool, set to Shape” and put a single dot on the head for the pivot point and call layer “origin”
        • new group “+Right Eye”
          • Right Eyeball
          • +Right Pupil
          • Right Blink
        • repeat, or duplicate and rename for left eye
        • new layer for “+Nose”
        • you can either create a mouth from scratch (many layers) or bring one over from a template and modify as needed”
        • new layer “+Right Eyebrow”
        • repeat, or duplicate and rename for left eyebrow
      • “Body”
• Animating in Character Animator:
  • use the Pin tool to fix points to the scene so they don’t move
  • use the Dragger Tool (looks like a mouse icon) to put Draggable points on body parts such as hands
  • use the Stick Tool (looks like a propeller blade) to draw sticks for the arm (one for upper, one for lower arm)

After Effects Continued:

• Camera Tracking:
  • https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/stabilize-3d-camera-tracker…
  • https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/cinema4d-motion-tracking-af…
• 3D! – https://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/how-to/insert-objects-after-effect…

Open class work time and review