Photoshop for video[electronic resou...
Harrington, Richard, (1972-)

 

  • Photoshop for video[electronic resource] /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 006.696
    Title/Author: Photoshop for video/ Richard Harrington.
    Author: Harrington, Richard,
    Published: Amsterdam ; : Elsevier/Focal Press,, c2007.
    Description: 1 online resource (xx, 403 p.) : : col. ill.
    Notes: 2nd ed. published as: Photoshop CS for nonlinear editors.
    Subject: Digital video - Editing
    Subject: Motion pictures - Editing
    Subject: COMPUTERS - Digital Media
    ISBN: 9780080489544 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 0080489540 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9786611052799
    ISBN: 6611052798
    ISBN: 9780240809267
    ISBN: 0240809262
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [NT 15000228]: Cover -- Contents -- Dedication -- 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 Presets -- Advice 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 Selections -- Complex 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 Slides -- Sending 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 Undos -- Using Snapshots -- Linear versus Nonlinear Mode -- Using the Edit History Log -- What are Those Weird Brushes? -- H$CChapter 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 --T$1052.
    [NT 15000229]: 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 Extended. Every page is filled with techniques to help the video professional make graphics for use in television, video, the Internet, and DVD. Lively discourse, full-color presentations, and hands-on tutorials demonstrate everything you need to know about how to combine still and moving images. Fundamental concepts such as transparency, pixel aspect ratio, and alpha channels are made precisely clear, and advanced techniques show how to use Photoshop as a character generator, color corrector, and animation tool. This edition features expanded coverage of DVD and motion graphics design, as well as addressing recent developments in High Definition video, 3D models, and 32-bit imaging. This indispensable reference includes: * real-world solutions for making graphics for video * introduction to third party plug-ins * automation and shortcut methods that cut production time * profiles of notable editors and motion graphic artists that include their favorite tips and tricks The DVD offers a hands-on multimedia experience with hundreds of images to work on, tutorials to complete and 2 � hours of video training to watch. Authored in CS3, CS4 updates are provided to readers by the publisher. * Real-world solutions for making graphics for video, motion graphics, and DVD authoring * Expanded coverage of High Def video * 16-bit and 32-bit image processing techniques for greater color fidelity * Integration guides for top selling Editing, Motion Graphics, and DVD software * Automation and shortcut methods that cut production time and improve final product * Downloadable extras for Photoshop CS3 Extended.
    Online resource: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780240809267
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