This Apple-authorized guide to Motion lifts the curtain on Apple's revolutionary new software for motion graphics design. A comprehensive book-DVD combo, it starts with motion graphics fundamentals and takes you step by step all the way through Motion's powerful advanced features, delivering comprehensive training-the equivalent of a three-day course-in one project-based book. Professional, hands-on projects help you learn as you go. All the files you need are on the DVD. Readers will harness the magic of Motion's Real-Time Design engine, behavior-based animation, and remarkable gesture-driven workflow using a graphics tablet. Topics covered include particle dynamics and behaviors, multi-layer composites using transfer modes, keying and compositing bluescreen elements, stylized title animation, and DVD motion menus, plus dozens of visual effects techniques using filters and transformations, and much more. Whether you're just entering the motion graphics field or are already an accomplished designer, this book will have you working in Motion in record time.

Motion

Computers & Technology

Allen, Damian

Certification

Peachpit Pr

This is the ultimate recipe book for visual effects artists working in Apple Shake, Adobe After Effects, and Apple Motion. An impressive lineup of Hollywood and independent effects pros have pulled together this compendium of the coolest and most useful effects from A to Z ("Adding Clouds" to "Z-Depth Effects"). The book includes everything from practical everyday commercial techniques to breakdowns of well-known shots from blockbuster films. Readers learn to create light sabers from the artists who created them for Star Wars Episode 3; learn to freeze time from the wizard who invented the effect for The Matrix; and learn to create matte paintings from the pros who did them for Lord of the Rings. Coverage includes rotoscoping, painting, warping and distortion effects, dramatic lighting, adding lightening and fire, matchmoves, 3D CG integration techniques, advanced blue- and greenscreen techniques, and much more. DVD-ROM included. Foreword by Ron Brinkmann.

Encyclopedia Of Visual Effects

Connor, Brian

Web Development & Design

Shake 4 is a world-class compositing package, but it's also complicated. And sometimes you just need to know how to get around a great piece of software fast. The Shake Quick-Reference Guide is a compact little book that includes every cheat-sheet and quick-glance table a professional visual effects artist could hope for. The book includes a concise explanation of the Shake 4 interface, workspace, and various views and tools, plus at-a-glance summaries of everything from the Color tab (including all those Operators and Correctors) to the Transform tab. It also includes handy tips such as how to access Shake commands from the Terminal, and a Basic Keying Survival Guide. An indispensable reference for visual-effects studios.

Shake 4 Quick-reference Guide: Apple Pro Training Series

In this guide to Apple’s revolutionary motion graphics software, commercial artists Damian Allen, Bryce Button, and Mark Spencer teach you to create cutting-edge animations, show opens, promos, logos, and effects while you learn Motion 3. As with the other titles in the Apple Pro Training Series, each chapter represents a complete lesson with a commercial-quality project to work through as you learn. The authors begin with generators and quickly move on to Motion’s behavior-based animations, particles, filters, effects, replicator, tracking, and matchmoving. The best-selling book is fully revised to take advantage of the software’s new features: you’ll create sophisticated 3D environments, design painterly elements using customizable brushes and strokes, automatically create motion paths from moving images without tedious frame-by-frame keyframing, remove camera shake, and animate text with 3D effects. Includes companion DVD with project and media files.

Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 3

Spencer, Mark

Button, Bryce

Huet, Tony

With more than 200 new features, Aperture 3 gives photographers what they want in a workflow tool: the ability to make intelligent selects with lightning speed, adjust images quickly and powerfully, deliver photos online or in print with a single click, and manage and search huge archives with ease.  This Apple-certified guide to Aperture 3 includes over 3 hours of high quality video tutorials and a companion printed quick-reference guide that will get you up and running quickly, taking you step by step through Aperture's powerful editing, retouching, proofing, publishing and archiving features. With coverage of Aperture's new features, you'll learn how to index your photos using face recognition and GPS location data; master powerful non-destructive image-adjustment tools; understand and employ metadata; demystify filters and color corrections, and much more. This video's real-world exercises feature professional photography from a variety of genres, including landscapes, portraits, wedding, and wildlife photography. The DVD with this package is an HD-DVD and is playable on a computer with Mac OS X v10.5.8 or v10.6.2 or later.

Aperture 3 (Apple Pro Training Series)

The new Fusion page in DaVinci Resolve 15 features over 250 feature film quality visual effects and motion graphics tools for compositing, paint, particles, animated titles and more. This official hands-on training guide teaches you how to create visual effects and motion graphics right inside of DaVinci Resolve. That means you don’t have to import or export footage between multiple software applications! You’ll learn how its node based interface makes it easy to quickly build sophisticated effects and quickly make changes.What You’ll Learn:• Understanding the layout of the Fusion page.• How to work with single clips, multiple layers and media pool assets. Why nodes are faster, easier and better than working with layers.• How to connect, branch and link nodes.• Compositing with alpha channels, rotoscoped mattes, and green screen keys.• Working with 2D and 3D text.• Tracking objects using the point tracker and planar tracker. • Working in a 3D environment with camera, lights and textures.• Performing 3D camera tracking and integrating set extensions. • How to rotoscope and use the paint node.• How to build fantastic particle effects.• Working with LUTs and Resolve Color management.• Using the Delta Keyer and Clean Plate tools.• Compositing with multi channel EXR files and 3D render passes.• Dozens of tips and tricks throughout the book that will transform how you work! Some exercises require DaVinci Resolve 15 Studio.

Fusion Visual Effects with DaVinci Resolve 15

Engineering & Transportation

Scoppettuolo, Dion

Gallardo, Tony

Engineering

The Blackmagic Design Learning Series

The Fusion page in DaVinci Resolve 17 features hundreds of advanced tools for compositing, animating titles and 2D graphics, generating particle systems and 3D effects for use in feature films, music videos, commercials and much more. This official hands-on training guide teaches you how to create visual effects and motion graphics directly inside DaVinci Resolve, without importing or exporting large media files between applications. You’ll learn how its node-based interface makes it easy to quickly build sophisticated effects and quickly make changes.\nWhat You’ll Learn 
Navigation of the Fusion page interface. 
• Combining optimal takes with the split screens technique. 
• Tracking objects using the point tracker and planar tracker. 
• Compositing with multi-layer PSD files. 
• Advanced sky and sign replacement. 
• Green screen compositing with the Delta Keyer and auxiliary mattes. 
• Rotoscoping to produce clean traveling mattes. 
• Animating 2D and 3D text. 
• Creating a film credit roll. 
• Working in a 3D environment with cameras, lights, and textures. 
• Performing 3D camera tracking and integrating set extensions. 
• Building fantastic particle effects. 
• Applying LUTs and Resolve Color management. 
• Setting up node pipelines that are processor efficient. 
• Dozens of tips and tricks throughout the book that will transform how you work! 
Who This Book Is For 
This book is designed for editors, colorists, or any artists wanting to learn how to create visual effects and motion graphics in DaVinci Resolve 17. Beginners will find clear and concise lessons to get up and running quickly. If you’re a professional switching from another application, you’ll find lessons that cover everything from basic titling and motion graphics to keying, sky replacement, 3D camera tracking, and more. 
You’ll also find dozens of pro tips and tricks that will help you work faster!

Fusion Effects with DaVinci Resolve 16

The Fusion page in DaVinci Resolve 17 features hundreds of advanced tools for compositing, animating titles and 2D graphics, generating particle systems and 3D effects for use in feature films, music videos, commercials, and much more. This official hands-on training guide teaches you how to create visual effects and motion graphics directly inside DaVinci Resolve, without importing or exporting large media files between applications. You’ll learn how its node-based interface makes it easy to quickly build sophisticated effects and quickly make changes.\nWhat You’ll Learn 
• Navigation of the Fusion page interface 
• Combining optimal takes with the split screens technique 
• Tracking objects using the point tracker and planar tracker 
• Compositing with multi-layer PSD files 
• Advanced sky and sign replacement 
• Green screen compositing with the Delta Keyer and auxiliary mattes 
• Rotoscoping to produce clean traveling mattes 
• Animating 2D and 3D text 
• Creating a film credit roll 
• Working in a 3D environment with cameras, lights, and textures 
• Performing 3D camera tracking and integrating set extensions 
• Building fantastic particle effects 
• Applying LUTs and Resolve color management 
• Setting up node pipelines that are processor efficient 
• Dozens of tips and tricks throughout the book that will transform how you work!\nWho This Book Is For 
This book is designed for compositors, editors, colorists, or any artists wanting to learn how to create visual effects and motion graphics in DaVinci Resolve 17. Beginners will find clear and concise lessons to get up and running quickly. If you’re a professional switching from another application, you’ll find lessons that cover everything from basic titling and motion graphics to keying, sky replacement, 3D camera tracking, and more.

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