Autodesk Smoke Essentials: Autodesk Official Press

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 Hurkmans narrative short, The Place Where You Live, and complete task–based tutorials to quickly grasp the softwares 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 Beyondsummaries and additional suggested exercises Downloadable exercise files

Introduction xix CHAPTER 1 Before You Begin 1 CHAPTER 2 The Smoke Interface 17 CHAPTER 3 Importing Your Project’s Media 45 CHAPTER 4 Editing a Rough Assembly 55 CHAPTER 5 Editing Dialog and Advanced Trimming 73 CHAPTER 6 Adding Transitions and Timewarp Effects 93 CHAPTER 7 Using Timeline Effects 113 CHAPTER 8 Introduction to ConnectFX 147 CHAPTER 9 Using the ConnectFX Action Node 181 CHAPTER 10 Working with Audio 217 CHAPTER 11 Color Correction 233 CHAPTER 12 Adding Titles 277 CHAPTER 13 Exporting from Smoke 289 APPENDIX Answers to Additional Exercises 299 Index 309

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.