Indicative contents

• Introduction to Video Streaming and Editing
About Video Editing, Starting with Adobe Premiere, Working with a Project, Importing Clips, Opening and Saving Project, Working with Clips, Trimming Clips, History Palette, Working with Sequence.

• Applying Transition and Working with Audio
Creating a Storyboard, Working with Transitions, Working with Audio Mixer Window, Applying Audio Transition, Unlinking and Editing Audio, Panning and Balancing, Automating Audio changes in the Audio Mixer window, Applying Audio Effects.

• Creating Titles
Working with Title Designer, Creating a Graphic image in title Designer, Rolling and Crawling Titles, Adding a Titles to a Project and previewing it, Checking the Title safe Zone.

• Superimposing and Compositing
Knowing about Opacity and Superimposing, Working with Keyframes, Changing Opacity, Creating a Split Screen, Using Keys, Using Matte Keys, Adding a Background Matte, Creating a Garbage Matte.

• Animating Clips, Applying Effects and Exporting
Animating Clips, Keyframes and Bezier Keyframe Interpolation, Applying Effects
Exporting Video and Still Image.

• Introduction to Combustion
The Tool Bar, The Work Space, The View Port, 2D/3D Workface, Resolution and time
Composite Operator, Paint Operator, Text Operator, Particle Operator, Edit Operator
Paint Tool, B- Splines and Bezier, Paint Shadows, Add Blurs, Custom Brushes, TV and Film Safe Zone, Paint a Landscape.

• Animation and Motion Graphics
Basic Animation, Understand Key frames, Use the Timelines, Animate the Surface Properties, Onion Skinning, Pivot Point, Ram Preview, Create text, Drop Shadows, Animate Text on a Path, Text gradient and Opacity, Animate Gradient.

• Masking ND Particle Effects
Draw Mask, Feather Mask, Paint Object Masks, Animate Particles, Particle Deflectors, Customize Particles, Particle Properties.

• Cameras and Lights
Camera Option, Animate Cameras, Lighting, Shadows, Soft Shadows, Reflections, Animate Light.

• Composting and Keying
RPF Export, The Import Queue, Create a simple Composite, The Diamond Keyer, Alpha Channels.

• Color Correction and 3D Post
Color Correction Tools, Color Correction 1,2., Depth of Field, RPF Motion Blur, 3D Fog, 3D Glow.
 

Module Resources

• Books

1. Adele Droblas and Seth Greenberg, Adobe Premiere 6 Bible, Hungry Minds, Inc. 2001.
2. Keith Underdahl, Adobe Premiere Elements for Dummies, 3rd Edition, Wiley Publishing, 2005.
3. Stephen Schieicher, Autodesk Combustion 4 Fundamental Courseware, Focal Pres, 2005.
4. Gary M Davis, The Focal Easy Guide to Combustion 4 : For New Users and Professionals, Focal Press, 2005.
    

• Laboratory

Software Tools / Hardware :  Adobe Premier , Combustion
Lab Manual : Adobe Premier pro Books & Tutorials, Combustion Books & Tutorials