Book description
Whether this is your first experience with Combustion software or you're upgrading to take advantage of the many new features and tools, this guide will serve as your ultimate resource to this all-in-one professional compositing application. Much more than a point-and-click manual, this guide explains the principles behind the software, serving as an overview of the package and associated techniques. Written by certified Autodesk training specialists for motion graphic designers, animators, and visual effects artists, Combustion 4 Fundamentals Courseware provides expert advice for all skill levels.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Welcome to Combustion
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Part I: Fundamentals
- 1. Touring Combustion
- 2. Creating Simple Composites
- 3. Using Operators in a Composite
- 4. Timewarping
- 5. Editing Clips
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6. Optimizing Workflow
- Overview
- Open the Starting Workspace
- View the Contents of the Clip in the Workspace Panel
- Compare Two Color Correctors to Match a Color
- Filter Animation and Channels in the Timeline
- Create a Custom Channel Filter Preset
- Navigate Viewports
- Quickly Save an Incremental Version of a Workspace
- Quickly Render an Incremental Version of the Workspace
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Part II: Using Paint
- 7. Learning Paint Basics
- 8. Creating, Controlling, and Positioning Objects
- 9. Animating Text
- 10. Exploring Draw Modes in Text
- 11. Wire Removal
- 12. Creating Text Gradients
- 13. Animating Gradients
- 14. Creating Custom Brushes
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15. Creating Flash Compatible Animations
- Overview
- Create a Paint Branch
- Create the Background Rectangle
- Animate the Background Rectangle
- Create a Clone Box
- Create Copies of the Clone Box and Position Them
- Extend the Duration of the Clone Boxes
- Animate the Scale of the Clone Boxes
- Animate the Offset of the Clone Boxes
- Create the mood_panoram Image Slide
- Add a Text
- Animate the Text Along a Path
- Preview Macromedia Flash Output
- Export as Macromedia Flash Output
- 16. Combining Selections
- 17. Animating Selections
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Part III: Transforming and Controlling Layers
- 18. Keyframing
- 19. Creating Expressions
- 20. Cropping and Corner-Pinning
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21. Aligning Objects to a Motion Path
- Overview
- Open a Workspace and Import Footage
- Animate the PCText
- Duplicate a Layer via the Schematic view
- Adjust the Opacity of the PcText Layers
- Import the Earth Footage
- Animate the Earth Image on the Z Axis
- Change the Playback Behavior of the Orb Footage
- Animate the Orb Footage Along the X Axis
- Customize the Motion Path Tangent Handles
- Part IV: Changing Layer Surface Properties
- Part V: Using Channels, Mattes, and Masks
- Part VI: Using Null Objects, Lights, and the Camera
- Part VII: Tracking and Stabilizing
- Part VIII: Keying and Color Correcting
- Part IX: Nesting Composites
- Part X: Additional Topics
- Index
Product information
- Title: Autodesk Combustion 4 Fundamentals Courseware
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2012
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136143014
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