Autodesk Combustion 4 Fundamentals Courseware

by Autodesk;

• ISBN13: 9780240807850
• ISBN10: 0240807855
• Edition: CD
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-07-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Whether this is your first experience with Combustion software or youre 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

Welcome to Combustion	1	(1)
Installing the Courseware Media	2	(1)
Conventions and Terminology	2	(1)
Setting the Preferences	3	(9)
Relinking Media	12	(1)
Playing Movies	12	(1)
Getting More Help	12	(1)
Part I Fundamentals	13	(70)
Touring Combustion	15	(12)
Overview	16	(1)
Open a Workspace	16	(2)
Play the Clip	18	(1)
Explore the Scene	19	(2)
Examine the Composite	21	(3)
Make Changes to the Composite	24	(1)
Explore the Schematic View	25	(2)
Creating Simple Composites	27	(14)
Overview	28	(1)
Create a Composite	28	(3)
Scale and Position the Olympic Rings and Torch	31	(1)
Position and Animate the Hand	32	(1)
Position and Change the Order of the Flame	33	(1)
Hide the Black Background of the Flame	34	(3)
Add Text to the Clip	37	(1)
Animate the Text	38	(3)
Using Operators in a Composite	41	(10)
Overview	42	(1)
Create a Composite	42	(2)
Change the Appearance of the Sky	44	(2)
Scale and Animate the Clouds	46	(1)
Color Correct the Clouds and the Mountain	47	(1)
Reintroduce the Plane in the Scene	48	(1)
Animate the Plane	49	(2)
Timewarping	51	(8)
Overview	52	(1)
Create a Composite	52	(2)
Extend the Duration of the Clip	54	(1)
Change the Speed of the Action	55	(2)
Improve the Quality of the Change in Speed	57	(2)
Editing Clips	59	(14)
Overview	60	(1)
Open the Starting Workspace	60	(1)
Create an Edit Branch	61	(2)
Trim the Segments	63	(2)
Import Footage and Rearrange the Sequence	65	(1)
Overwrite a Range of Frames	66	(2)
Slip a Segment	68	(1)
Add Transitions	68	(3)
Merge the Edit and Title Sequence Branches	71	(2)
Optimizing Workflow	73	(10)
Overview	74	(1)
Open the Starting Workspace	74	(1)
View the Contents of the Clip in the Workspace Panel	75	(1)
Compare Two Color Correctors to Match a Color	76	(2)
Filter Animation and Channels in the Timeline	78	(2)
Create a Custom Channel Filter Preset	80	(1)
Navigate Viewports	81	(1)
Quickly Save an Incremental Version of a Workspace	81	(1)
Quickly Render an Incremental Version of the Workspace	82	(1)
Part II Using Paint	83	(132)
Learning Paint Basics	85	(16)
Overview	86	(1)
Create a Paint Branch	86	(2)
Draw a Rectangle	88	(2)
Change the Rectangle Into a Fish	90	(2)
Animate the Fish	92	(2)
Play the Clip	94	(1)
Change the Color of the Fish	94	(2)
Duplicate the Fish Object	96	(2)
Make the Fish Appear to Jump out of the Bucket	98	(3)
Creating, Controlling, and Positioning Objects	101	(10)
Overview	102	(1)
Open the Starting Workspace	102	(1)
Tint One of the Roofs of the First Landmark	103	(2)
Animate the Salmon	105	(2)
Position the Three Key Words	107	(1)
Position the Three Landmark Images	108	(3)
Animating Text	111	(16)
Overview	112	(1)
Create a Composite Branch	112	(3)
Add Text to the Clip	115	(1)
Change the Appearance of the Text	116	(3)
Animate the Text Along a Path	119	(2)
Add a Timecode Generator to the Clip	121	(1)
Add Another Text Object	122	(2)
Animate a Text Roll	124	(3)
Exploring Draw Modes in Text	127	(8)
Overview	128	(1)
Open the Workspace	128	(1)
Examine the Draw Modes	129	(2)
Change the Draw Modes	131	(4)
Wire Removal	135	(12)
Overview	136	(1)
Create a Composite	136	(2)
Remove the Wire	138	(3)
Animate the Line Object	141	(1)
Hide the Line Object's Red Color	142	(2)
Fix the Sidewalk	144	(3)
Creating Text Gradients	147	(12)
Overview	148	(1)
Create a Text Branch	148	(1)
Add Text	149	(3)
Create a Text Gradient	152	(2)
Add a Text Outline	154	(1)
Edit a Text Object	155	(2)
Animate the Text	157	(2)
Animating Gradients	159	(14)
Overview	160	(1)
Create a Paint Branch	160	(1)
Create a Rounded-Corner Rectangle	161	(1)
Apply a Gradient	162	(3)
Change the Gradient Type	165	(1)
Animate the Gradient	166	(3)
Add a Text Object	169	(2)
Apply a Gradient to the Outline	171	(2)
Creating Custom Brushes	173	(14)
Overview	174	(1)
Open the Starting Workspace	174	(1)
Create a Custom Brush from Particles	175	(4)
Create a Lighting Effect	179	(2)
Change the Appearance of the Background	181	(1)
Create a Custom Brush from an Image	181	(1)
Create the Wall Construction Animation	182	(1)
Animate the Wall Construction	183	(4)
Creating Flash Compatible Animations	187	(12)
Overview	188	(1)
Create a Paint Branch	188	(1)
Create the Background Rectangle	189	(1)
Animate the Background Rectangle	190	(1)
Create a Clone Box	191	(1)
Create Copies of the Clone Box and Position Them	192	(1)
Extend the Duration of the Clone Boxes	193	(1)
Animate the Scale of the Clone Boxes	193	(1)
Animate the Offset of the Clone Boxes	194	(1)
Create the mood_panoram Image Slide	194	(1)
Add a Text	195	(1)
Animate the Text Along a Path	196	(1)
Preview Macromedia Flash Output	197	(1)
Export as Macromedia Flash Output	198	(1)
Combining Selections	199	(8)
Overview	200	(1)
Create a Paint Branch	200	(1)
Select the Stars	201	(3)
Subtract the Circles	204	(1)
Change the Color of the Stars	205	(2)
Animating Selections	207	(8)
Overview	208	(1)
Create a Paint Branch	208	(1)
Select the Chair	208	(4)
Adjust the Color Balance	212	(1)
Animate the Selection	212	(3)
Part III Transforming and Controlling Layers	215	(46)
Keyframing	217	(10)
Overview	218	(1)
Create a Composite	218	(1)
Loop the Wasp Footage	219	(1)
Animate the Wasp	220	(1)
Create the Sting	221	(2)
Adjust the Wasp's Flight Speed	223	(2)
Blur the Wasp	225	(2)
Creating Expressions	227	(10)
Overview	228	(1)
Open the Starting Workspace	228	(1)
Animate the Panels Layer	229	(1)
Animate the Clouds Layer Using Channel Linking	230	(1)
Animate the Electric Glow Layer	231	(2)
Animate the Electron Layer with Multi-channel Expressions	233	(1)
Adjust the Electron Layer's Position by Editing the Expressions	234	(3)
Cropping and Corner-Pinning	237	(10)
Overview	238	(1)
Create a Composite Branch	238	(1)
Scale and Crop the Poster Image	239	(2)
Corner Pin the Poster Image	241	(2)
Scale and Crop the Logo Image	243	(1)
Corner-Pin the Logo Image	243	(1)
Change the Appearance of the Logo	244	(1)
Position a Layer from the Photoshop File	245	(2)
Aligning Objects to a Motion Path	247	(14)
Overview	248	(1)
Open a Workspace and Import Footage	248	(2)
Animate the PCText	250	(1)
Duplicate a Layer via the Schematic view	251	(2)
Adjust the Opacity of the PcText Layers:	253	(1)
Import the Earth Footage	253	(1)
Animate the Earth Image on the Z Axis	254	(1)
Change the Playback Behavior of the Orb Footage	255	(1)
Animate the Orb Footage Along the X Axis	256	(1)
Customize the Motion Path Tangent Handles	257	(4)
Part IV Changing Layer Surface Properties	261	(20)
Exploring Transfer Modes	263	(10)
Overview	264	(1)
Create a Composite	264	(1)
Animate the Layers	265	(3)
Change the Layers' Transfer Mode	268	(5)
Displacing a Layer	273	(8)
Overview	274	(1)
Create a Composite Branch	274	(1)
Create the Displacement Source	275	(1)
Add a Displace Operator	276	(2)
Animate the Displacement Source	278	(3)
Part V Using Channels, Mattes, and Masks	281	(36)
Using Alpha Channels	283	(12)
Overview	284	(1)
Create a Composite Branch	284	(1)
Create a Matte	285	(4)
Animate the Matte	289	(1)
Animate the Gradient Layer	289	(1)
Create a Stencil Layer	290	(2)
Animate the Birds Layer	292	(3)
Creating Channel Effects	295	(14)
Overview	296	(1)
Open a Workspace	296	(1)
Add a Compound Alpha Arithmetic Operator	297	(4)
Add a Compound RGB Arithmetic Operator	301	(1)
Add a Turbulence Operator	302	(4)
Add a Blend Operator	306	(3)
Using Masks	309	(8)
Overview	310	(1)
Create a Composite	310	(1)
Make Dino Appear from Behind the Building	311	(4)
Track the Mask	315	(2)
Animate the Shape of the Mask	317