Book description
Packed with more than 350 techniques, this book delivers what you need to know - on the spot. If you create graphics for television, this book is for you.'Broadcast Graphics on the Spot' show you how to produce more compelling TV graphics. From gathering images for use in broadcast graphics to working with fonts, mastering keying and rotoscoping, or working with logo motion, this book includes step-by-step procedures for creating over-the-shoulder graphics for news anchors, lower thirds, titles, and full-screens that can be used in everyday news productions.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 Up and Running Configuring Software for Maximum Performance
- 2 Revealing Our Sources Acquiring and Managing your Source Materials
- 3 Lay It On! Getting the Most from the Layers Palette
- 4 Channel Operations Gaining Control Over Images Through the Channels Palette
- 5 Background Check Still and Motion Backgrounds for the TV Screen
- 6 Just My Type Words and Symbols on the Television Screen
- 7 Type in Motion Using the After Effects Type Engine
- 8 Keep It Legal Making your Images Broadcast Safe for the Screen
- 9 Pulling the Key Solutions for Chroma Key on a Deadline and a Budget
- 10 Making Deadlines Using Automation and Scripts to Speed up Your Workflow
- 11 Building Templates Saving Time Through a Little Bit of Pre-Design
- 12 Logos & Motion Designing Still and Animated Logos for Video
- 13 OTS Workshop Creating Over The Shoulder Graphics Faster
- 14 Effect Essentials Some Effects to Spark Your Creativity
- 15 Getting it on the Air Outputting Graphics to Tape, NLE, and Still Store
Product information
- Title: Broadcast Graphics On the Spot
- Author(s):
- Release date: August 2005
- Publisher(s): Routledge
- ISBN: 9781136064937
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