Hollywood Special Effects with Adobe Premiere Elements 3

ISBN: 0789736128
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2006
Pages: 274

Authors: Carl Plumer

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Hollywood Special Effects with Adobe Premiere Elements 3
Table of Contents
Copyright
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Wonder of Special Effects (SFX)
Where the Fun Is
The Minimal System for Creating SFX
The Optimal System for Creating SFX
The Secret of Working with Special FX
Chapter 1. The See-Through Title Effect
Introduction
Creating the Project and Setting Up the Tracks
Adding the Background Clip to the Timeline
Creating the Main Title Text
Adding the Fill Clip to the Timeline
Filling the Title with the Clouds Clip
Creating a Drop Shadow for the Title
Adding Some Theme Music
Adding a Fade Out to All Video and Title Clips
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 2. The Retro Title Effect
Introduction
Installing the Fonts for this Project
Adding the Video Clip to the Timeline
Modifying the Clip to Give it a Cinematic 60 s Feel
Creating the First Still
Creating the Second Still
Creating the Third Still
Creating Credits for Each Still
Animating the First Actor s Still and Credits
Animating the Second Actor s Still and Credits
Animating the Third Actor s Still and Credits
Creating an Opening Title
Creating a Title to Set the Scene
Adding a Little Retro Music to the Timeline
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 3. The Star Wars Opening Sequence Effect
Introduction
Adding the Starry Background
Creating Your Long Ago Text
Installing the Jedi Font
Building Your Star Wars Logo
Animating Your Logo
Preparing Your Scrolling Text
Transforming the Shape of the Scrolling Text
Animating the Scrolling Text
Making the Scrolling Text Scroll
Adding the Star Wars Theme Music
Synchronizing Audio and Video
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 4. The Passing of Time Effect
Introduction
Adding the Clip to the Timeline
Marking the Individual Scenes
Removing Time (Frames) from the Clip
Adding a Cross Dissolve Between Clips
Adjusting the Transitions in the Properties Panel
Select the Music for the Soundtrack
Mixing in the Music Track
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 5. The Fast Times Effect
Introduction
Adding the Two Video Clips to the Project
Increasing the Speed of the Background Clip
Applying the Green Screen Key to the Foreground Clip
Matching the Appearance of the Two Clips
Adding the Soundtrack
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 6. The Reverse Action Effect
Introduction
Adding Your Clip to the Timeline
Selecting a Section of the Clip to Reverse
Copying and Pasting the New Selection
Doubling Up the Clips
Reversing the B Clips for a Back and Forth Effect
Finding the Next Selection to Reverse
Tripling the Clips
Reversing Every Other Clip
Adding Cartoon Sound Effects to the Action
Adding a Touch of Silly Music
Adding a Still Image at the End of the Movie
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 7. The Pencil Sketch Effect
Introduction
Adding Your Clip to the Timeline
Applying the Sharpen Effect
Applying the Extract Effect
Adding a Paper Background
Applying the Paper Texture to the Drawing
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 8. The Watercolor Painting Effect
Introduction
Loading the Video Clip
Selecting and Creating the Still Image
Adding the Still Image to the Timeline Twice
Applying a Watercolor Effect to the Upper Snapshot
Adjusting the Opacity of the Faceted Clip
Applying a Pen and Ink Effect to the Lower Snapshot
Adding a Matte Border to the Still Image
Adding a Music Track
Fading Out All the Clips
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 9. The Faded Film Effect
Introduction
Starting Movie Maker and Importing the Clip
Applying the Old Film Effect to the Clip
Saving the Clip as an AVI File
Bringing the Clip into Premiere Elements and Colorizing It
Adding Some Flash to the Clip
Adding Some Period Music to the Soundtrack
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 10. The Nightly News Effect
Introduction
Adding Video and Graphics Clips to the Project
Creating the TV News Background
Adding the Anchorman
Removing the Green Background from Behind the Anchorman
Resizing and Moving the Anchorman
Adding the Lower Third Graphic
Adding Lower Third Text for the Anchorman
Adding the On Site Reporter Clip to the Project
Adding Lower Third Graphic and Text for the Reporter
Adding TV News Theme Music
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 11. The 24 Effect
Introduction
Bringing in the Clips for the Project
Creating the Opening Text
Animating the Opening Text
Creating the Digital Countdown Clock
Animating the Clock Using Titles Clips in Sequence
Synchronizing the Title and Clock Clips and Adding the Beep
Adding the Four Video Clips to the Timeline
Applying a PiP Effect to Each of the Video Clips
Making Final Changes and Adding the Soundtrack
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 12. The Beam Me Up Effect
Introduction
Loading the Clips for the Project
Adding the Transported Man to the Timeline
Creating a Freeze Frame Image
Inserting the Background Clip onto the Timeline
Retiming and Moving the Transported Man
Adding the Transporter Beam to the Timeline
Creating a White Matte
Applying the Track Matte Key to the White Matte
Adjusting the Location of the Transporter Beam
Adjusting the Opacity of the Transported Man
Adding a Bright Flash to the Transported Man as He Rematerializes
Applying the Transporter Sound
Creating a Fade Out for the Project
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 13. The Night Vision Effect
Introduction
Adding the Video Clip to the Project
Removing the Existing Colors from the Clip
Adding the Green of the Night Vision Using the Tint Effect
Adding Noise to Simulate the Graininess of Night Vision
Adding Darkness to the Nightime Clip
Adding a Overlay to Simulate Night Vision Goggles
Adding Motion to the Goggles to Simulate a Searching Movement
Adding Blurriness to the Goggles for Additional Realism
Turning the Little White Circles into True Goggles
Adding Mysterious Music Under
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 14. The Hidden Identity Effect
Introduction
Loading the Video Clip
Adding the Clip to the TimelineTwice
Creating a Hider Object to Hide the Face
Applying a Blur Effect to the Image
Synchronizing the Hider Object to the Action
Applying the Mosaic Effect to the Second Clip
Applying the Track Matte Effect to the Second Clip
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 15. The Bleeping Effect
Introduction
Adding the Video Clip to the Timeline
Finding and Marking Offensive Moments
Removing the Audio at Each Offensive Moment
Importing the Sound Effect Files
Adding Sound Effects to the Audio 2 Track
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 16. The Enchanted Elf Effect
Introduction
Adding the Video Clips to the Timeline
Applying Color and Contrast Effects to the Elf Clip
Applying the Green Screen Key
Colorizing the Elf
Adding the Foreground Clip
Cropping the Foreground Clip to Create a Multi-Dimensional Environment
Shrinking the Elf
Adjusting the Elf s Starting Location
Making the Elf Vanish
Adding Some Playful Elfish Music Under
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 17. The Friendly Ghost Effect
Introduction
Adding the Video Media to the Timeline
Creating a Split Screen Using the Crop Effect
Adjusting the Opacity of the Ghost Clip
Adjusting the Brightness or Contrast of Either Clip as Needed
Applying a Ghostly Effect
Adding Transitions for the Ghost s Entrance and Exit
Adding a Haunting Melody
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 18. The Multiple You Effect
Introduction
Adding the Video Clip to the Timeline
Identifying, Marking, and Splitting Each Clip by Triplet
Separating and Moving the Triplet Clips
Applying the Crop Effect to All Clips
Adjusting the Crop Effect for Each Clip
Fine-Tuning the Timing of the Conversation
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 19. The Super Hero Effect
Introduction
Adding the Superboy Clip to the Timeline
Removing the Green Background from Behind Superboy
Adding the Chroma Key a Second Time
Removing the Last Remnants of Green
Adding the Cloud Background
Brightening the Super Hero in the Sky
Adjusting the Direction and Speed of the Clouds
Setting Our Hero s Flight in Motion
Adding Super Sound Effects
Adding a Super Soundtrack
Adjusting the Starting Point for Superboy s Appearance
Adjusting the Fade In and Fade Out for the Soundtrack and Clouds
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
Chapter 20. The Around the World Effect
Introduction
Loading the Travel Clips for the Project
Loading the New England Clips to the Timeline
Applying the Green Screen Key to the New New England Reporter Clip
Making Adjustments to the New England Scene
Loading the San Francisco Clips to the Timeline
Applying the Green Screen Key to the San Francisco Reporter Clip
Making Adjustments to the San Francisco Scene
Loading the Hawaii Clips to the Timeline
Applying the Green Screen Key to the Hawaii Reporter Clip
Making Other Adjustments to the Hawaii Scene
Adding a Little Travelling Music
Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting
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