Autodesk Smoke Essentials: Autodesk Official Press

Autodesk® Smoke®: Essentials
Copyright
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Contents at a Glance
Contents
Introduction
	Who Should Read This Book
		What You Will Learn
		What You Need
	What Is Covered in This Book
		Companion Files
	The Essentials Series
Chapter 1: Before You Begin
	Before You Open Smoke
	Opening Autodesk Smoke
		The Startup Screen
		Choosing Your Storage Volume
		Creating and Managing Projects
		Creating and Managing Users
		Opening a New Project
	Important Preferences
		Audio Playback
		Broadcast Monitor
		Input Devices
		User Interface
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 2: The Smoke Interface
	The Four Tabs
		Importing Projects Using Conform
	Understanding the MediaHub and Media Library
	Working in the Timeline Panel
		Using the Timeline
		Resizing the Media Library
	A Quick Look at Timeline Effects
		About the FX Ribbon
		Accessing Custom Editors
		Getting a Glimpse of ConnectFX
	Using the Tools Panel
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 3: Importing Your Project’s Media
	Importing Media into a New Project
		Importing Media with the MediaHub
	Organizing Media within the Media Library
		Organizing Clips Using Folders
		Using Folders with Thumbnails
		Closing Libraries and Locking Clips
		The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 4: Editing a Rough Assembly
	Creating a Sequence
	Editing with Thumbnails
	Setting Thumbnail In and Out Points
	Creating Subclips
	Drag-and-Drop Editing
	Dragging and Dropping an Insert Edit
	Basic Trimming in the Timeline
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 5: Editing Dialog and Advanced Trimming
	Editing Dialog with the Source/Record Viewers
		Using Source-Sequence Viewers
	Trimming for Continuity
	Trimming to Create Split Edits
	Adding Cutaways with Three-Point Editing
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 6: Adding Transitions and Timewarp Effects
	Importing the Opening Scene
	Adding and Editing Dissolves
	Creating and Customizing Wipes
	Retiming a Shot Using Timewarp
		Rendering Slow-Motion Effects
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 7: Using Axis Effects
	Creating a Picture-in-Picture Effect Using Axis
		Editing Superimposed Clips with the Source-Destination Controls
		Using the Axis Effect
		Stabilization and Motion Tracking
	Editing and Keying a Superimposed Greenscreen Clip
	Pulling a Greenscreen Key
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 8: Introduction to ConnectFX
	Applying ConnectFX to a Clip
	Understanding the CFX Editor
		The Viewport
		FX Node Bins
		The I/O Node Tab
		Node Parameter Editor
	Looping and Extending Clips Using the MUX Node
	Dealing with Log-Encoded Media in CFX
	Assembling a Process Tree
		Match-Moving with the 2D Transform Node
	Rotoscoping with the GMask Node
	Changing the Blend Mode and Adding Blur
		Playing the Effect
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 9: Using the ConnectFX Action Node
	Moving Timeline Effects into CFX
	Introducing the Action Node
		The Action Node Structure
		The Action Environment
		The Media List
		The Object Editor
		Priority List
		The Action Schematic
		The Modular Keyer Schematic
		Node Preferences for Action Nodes
	Basic Compositing in Action
		Adding a Fake Wall
		Adding a Garbage Matte to the Key
		Simple Color Correction to Match Layers
	Building the Door
		Cutting a Hole in the Wall
		Building a Dynamic Door Open
		Putting It All Together
		Adding Plasma Shimmer
	Creating ConnectFX Clips
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 10: Working with Audio
	Importing the Opening Scene
	Refining the Production Audio
	Using Audio Effects
	Adding Music and Sound Effects
	Setting Clip Levels
	Mixing with the Audio Desk
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 11: Color Correction
	Importing the Hallway Scene
	Finishing Log-Encoded Media
		Using Each Clip’s Pre-Processing Options
		Adjusting Each Clip Manually
		Applying a LUT Using CFX
	Adding a Color Correction and Setting Up Your Environment
		Navigating a Sequence while Grading
		Using the Colour Corrector
		Shot Matching Using the Colour Warper
		Colour Warper Primary Adjustments
		Copying Color Corrections
		Colour Warper Secondary Adjustments
	Applying Color Corrections as Gap Effects
		Applying One Look to a Whole Scene
		Limiting a Color Correction Using a Wipe
		The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 12: Adding Titles
	Adding Text Effects on the Timeline
	Saving and Reusing Titles
	Arranging and Styling Text
	The Essentials and Beyond
Chapter 13: Exporting from Smoke
	Preparing to Export
	Exporting Your Project
		Exporting an EDL or AAF File
		Exporting a Movie
		Exporting a File Sequence
		Exporting Audio
	Archiving Your Project
		Archiving a Project or Sequence
		Restoring an Archive
	The Essentials and Beyond
Appendix: Answers to Additional Exercises
Index