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Autodesk Smoke Essentials: Autodesk Official Press
Author(s): Alexis Van Hurkman (Author)
- Publisher: Sybex
- Publication Date: 9 May 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 1118867289
- ISBN-13: 9781118867280
Book Description
If you′re new to Autodesk Smoke for Mac, this guide will get you up to speed on the key tools in a practical, hands–on way. Featuring approachable, task–based exercises taken from the real world, this full–color, step–by–step book walks you through a professional workflow with the editing, compositing and finishing tool.
This Autodesk Official Press title covers everything you need to know for a solid foundation in the software, including:
- The ins and outs of the Smoke interface, including all key tools
- Audio, music, and sound effects
- Editing and trimming clips for a polished edit
- Media management and advanced compositing
With professional–quality video footage used for all of the book′s projects, this vibrant full–color guide is engaging as well as instructive. For those new to Autodesk Smoke, as well as professionals, instructors, and trainers, Autodesk Smoke Essentials is the resource you need to get productive, fast.
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Learn Autodesk Smoke Quickly and Easily
This Autodesk Official Press guide explains everything Autodesk Smoke 2015 has to offer, allowing you to streamline your post-production workflow into a single application. Step-by-step instruction walks you through the basics, and professional video coverage illustrates each area of Autodesk Smoke functionality. Gain real-world experience by working on downloadable project files from Alexis Hurkman’s narrative short, “The Place Where You Live,” and complete task-based tutorials to quickly grasp the software’s capabilities. If you???re ready to start working smarter, this comprehensive uide will get you up and running in no time.
Learn these Autodesk Smoke essentials:
- The Smoke interface inside and out, including all key tools
- Media management with MediaHub and Media Library
- Polishing an edit by trimming and editing clips in a timeline
- Creating transitions, adding dissolves, and using Timewarp
- Using Timeline effects to build basic composites
- Advanced compositing with ConnectFX and the Action Node
- Adding and mixing audio, music, and sound effects
- Color correction and title/credits styling
This striking Essentials book features:
- Chapter-opening learning objectives
- Four-color screenshots and illustrations
- Essentials and Beyond—summaries and additional suggested exercises
- Downloadable exercise files
About the Author
Alexis Van Hurkman is a writer, director, and colorist. He previously worked as a freelance editor and compositing artist, contributing effects and color–correction on a wide variety of projects. Hurkman has also graded features and shorts that have played at the Telluride and Sundance Film Festivals. He is the author of software documentation for DaVinci Resolve, Apple Color, Apple Shake, and Final Cut Pro.
