Presented: Feb. 13, 2013

Tips to Make Your Still Images Look Great in Video

Each week, Larry Jordan presents a live, on-line, video training webinar discussing issues related to video editing and post-production. For a list of upcoming webinars, click here.

Duration: 43:55
File size: 183 MB (ZIP file)
Format: QuickTime movie (HD: 1280 x 720)

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TRAINING DESCRIPTION

With the possible exception of media management in Final Cut Pro X, nothing creates more questions than working with still images. In this in-depth video training session, we wade into the quagmire and show you how to import, manage, and edit still images in Final Cut Pro X.

The key thing to keep in mind is that FCP X is a video editor; so it expects still images to be sized like video images.

In this session, you’ll learn how Final Cut Pro X handles different image formats, how to properly size and import images, how to adjust images to fill the frame, how to edit an image montage, how to create a “Ken Burns Effect,” and answer a host of other stills-related questions.

Specifically, you will learn:

• The importance of image resolution and aspect ratio
• How to size images properly for video
• How to import still images
• How to set preference and gamma settings
• How to create a Ken Burns effect
• How to use keyframes to create movement
• A very cool movement technique using Photoshop layers
• And much more.

AUDIENCE LEVEL

This intermediate-level webinar is designed for Final Cut Pro X editors who want to improve the look of their stills, add movement to still images, or learn more advanced techniques to animate images. (You only need the ability to play QuickTime movies to watch this training.)

BONUS FEATURE!

To help you quickly find the information you need, we included chapter markers in the QuickTime movie for easy navigation. Click here to learn how to display them in your download.

Content Outline

• • Agenda
  • Define key image terms
  • Explain aspect ratio
  • Explain progressive vs. interlaced
  • Explain why resolution is so important
  • Explain when iPhoto is appropriate for image management
  • Provide a table of image sizes to use with various video formats
  • Provide aesthetic thoughts on editing images
  • Answer audience questions

• DEMO: Show how and when to use Spatial Conform
• DEMO: Show how to set import preferences for images
• DEMO: Show how to change gamma settings for an image
• DEMO: Show how to create a “Ken Burns” effect
• DEMO: Show how to create movement using keyframes
• DEMO: Show how to adjust keyframes to compensate for transitions
• DEMO: Show how to checkerboard images to simplify animation
• DEMO: Illustrate a very cool animation effect using a layered Photoshop image
• DEMO: Show how to use multicam editing to create an image montage

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