Creating Hollywood style movies with Adobe Premiere elements 7

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Introduction......Page 13
1 Hollywood Movie Titles: Adding a WOW Factor......Page 16
 Preparing the Project......Page 17
 Adding Media to Your Project......Page 19
 Adding Media to the Timeline......Page 20
 Creating the Main Title Text......Page 21
 Flying Solo: Adding the Fill Clip to the Timeline......Page 24
 Filling the Title with Clouds......Page 25
 Creating a Drop Shadow for the Title......Page 26
 Adding a Fade Out to All Media Clips......Page 28
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 29
2 Hollywood Movie Titles: Using Color and Motion......Page 30
 Installing New Fonts......Page 31
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 32
 Creating, Cropping, and Coloring a Freeze Frame......Page 34
 Flying Solo: Creating the Second and Third Freeze Frames......Page 37
 Creating Credits for Each Freeze Frame......Page 38
 Animating the First Actor’s Freeze Frame and Credits......Page 40
 Flying Solo: Animating the Second and Third Actor’s Freeze Frame and Credits......Page 44
 Creating an Opening Title......Page 46
 Flying Solo: Creating the Closing Titles......Page 48
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 49
3 Hollywood Movie Sound: Narration, SmartSound, and Sound FX......Page 50
 Preparing the Project......Page 51
 Adding Mood Music to a Movie......Page 53
 Mixing the Music Track......Page 54
 Adding SmartSound Music to a Movie......Page 56
 Flying Solo: Mixing the Retromovie Music......Page 59
 Adding Sound Effects to Your Movie......Page 60
 Creating a Narration Track......Page 63
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 65
4 Hollywood Movie Titles: The Star Wars Title Effect......Page 66
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 67
 Creating Your “Long Ago” Text......Page 68
 Building Your Opening Logo......Page 71
 Animating Your Logo......Page 74
 Flying Solo: Preparing Your Scrolling Text......Page 76
 Making the Scrolling Text Scroll......Page 79
 Changing the Speed......Page 80
 Transforming the Shape of the Scrolling Text......Page 81
 Animating the Scrolling Text......Page 82
 Flying Solo: Adding the Star Wars Theme Music......Page 83
 Flying Solo: Adding Some Project Polish......Page 84
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 85
5 Hollywood Movie Titles: Creating the PiP (Picture-in-Picture) Effect......Page 86
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 87
 Flying Solo: Creating the Opening Text......Page 89
 Animating the Opening Text......Page 90
 Creating the Digital Countdown Clock......Page 91
 Animating the Clock Using Title Clips in Sequence......Page 93
 Synchronizing the Clock Clips with the Beep......Page 94
 Flying Solo: Adding the Four Video Clips to the Timeline......Page 95
 Applying a PiP Effect to Each of the Video Clips......Page 96
 Reversing the PiP Effect......Page 98
 Flying Solo: Adding a Soundtrack and a Voice-over......Page 99
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 101
6 Hollywood Movie Looks: Using Preset Effects......Page 102
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 103
 Applying the Air Brush Effect......Page 104
 Applying the Old Film Effect......Page 107
 Adding Some “Flash” to the Clip......Page 109
 Flying Solo: Adding Some Period Music......Page 111
 Flying Solo: Applying Some Camera Shake......Page 112
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 113
7 Hollywood Movie Looks: Custom Building a Movie Look......Page 114
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 115
 Creating a Cinematic ’60s Movie Look......Page 116
 Copying Effects and Settings from One Clip to Another......Page 118
 Creating a Cinematic ’70s Movie Look......Page 120
 Creating the Home Projector Look......Page 123
 Flying Solo: Adding Some Music......Page 126
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 127
8 Hollywood Movie Time: The Passing of Time Effect......Page 128
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 129
 Marking the Individual Scenes......Page 131
 Removing Time (Frames) from the Clip......Page 133
 Adding a Cross Dissolve Between Clips......Page 136
 Adjusting the Transitions......Page 137
 Adding Sound FX......Page 139
 Flying Solo: Using Titles and Fades......Page 142
 Adding the Music Track......Page 144
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 145
9 Hollywood Movie Time: Fast Times......Page 146
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 147
 Adding the Foreground Video Clips......Page 149
 Flying Solo: Increasing the Speed of the Crowd......Page 151
 Matching the Appearance of the Two Clips......Page 153
 Flying Solo: Adding the Soundtrack......Page 154
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 157
10 Hollywood Movie Time: The Power of the Force—Reversing Time......Page 158
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 159
 Adding a Jedi to the Timeline and Removing the Garbage......Page 161
 Creating a Clean Key......Page 164
 At Last! Selecting Reverse......Page 168
 Adding a Selling Shot......Page 169
 Flying Solo: Removing the Green Screen from the Inserted Clips......Page 173
 Adjusting the Jedi’s Scale......Page 174
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 175
11 Hollywood Movie Effects: The Hidden Identity Effect......Page 176
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 177
 Adding the_Interview.avi Clip to the Timeline—Again!......Page 178
 Creating a Hider Object to Hide the Face......Page 179
 Synchronizing the Hider Object to the Action......Page 181
 Flying Solo: Applying the Mosaic Effect to the Second Clip......Page 184
 Applying the Track Matte Key Effect......Page 185
 Applying a Blur Effect to the Image......Page 186
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 187
12 Hollywood Movie Sound: #$% Word Removal—The Bleeping Effect......Page 188
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 189
 Finding and Marking Bad Audio Moments......Page 191
 Removing the Audio at Each Bad Audio Moment......Page 192
 Flying Solo: Adding Sound Effects to Each Bad Audio Moment......Page 196
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 197
13 Hollywood Movie Effects: The Night Vision Effect......Page 198
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 199
 Removing the Existing Colors from the Clip......Page 200
 Adding the Green of Night Vision Using the Tint Effect......Page 201
 Flying Solo: Adding Noise to Simulate the Graininess of Night Vision......Page 203
 Adding Darkness to the Nighttime Clip......Page 204
 Adding an Overlay to Simulate Night Vision Goggles......Page 205
 Turning the Little White Circles into True Goggles......Page 207
 Adding Blurriness to the Goggles for Additional Realism......Page 208
 Adding the Setup Scene......Page 209
 Flying Solo: Turning the Setup Scene to Night......Page 210
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 212
14 Hollywood Movie Effects: The Beam Me Up Effect......Page 214
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 215
 Adding the Transported Man and Creating the Freeze Frame......Page 217
 Adding the Transporter Beam to the Timeline......Page 219
 Creating a White Matte......Page 220
 Applying the Track Matte Key to the White Matte......Page 222
 Location, Location, Location: Adjusting the Transporter Beam......Page 223
 Adjusting the Opacity of the Transported Man......Page 224
 Adding a Bright Flash to the Transported Man as He Rematerializes......Page 226
 Flying Solo: Applying the Transporter Sound......Page 228
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 231
15 Hollywood Movie Effects: The Sinister Ghost Effect......Page 232
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 233
 Adding the Ghost to the Timeline......Page 235
 Creating a Mask......Page 237
 Animating the Mask......Page 241
 Refining the Mask and the Ghost......Page 245
 Flying Solo: Polishing the Project......Page 249
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 251
16 Hollywood Movie Effects: Working with Clones!......Page 252
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 253
 Marking the Clones Entrance Points......Page 255
 Applying the Crop Effect to All Clips......Page 257
 Adjusting the Crop Effect for Each Clip......Page 258
 Adding a Little Image Control......Page 260
 Fine-Tuning the Entrance of the Clones......Page 261
 Adding Some Lightning Power......Page 262
 Creating a Duplicate Lightning Placeholder for Clone 2......Page 266
 Polishing the Visual Effect......Page 268
 Flying Solo: Adding Sound and Music......Page 271
 Rendering, Exporting, and Creating......Page 274
17 Hollywood Movie Effects: Lighting Up Light Sabers......Page 276
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 277
 Flying Solo: Adding the Beam.bmp Clip, then the Corner Pin Effect......Page 278
 Keyframing the Light Saber......Page 279
 Adding Some Polish to the Beam......Page 283
 Fading the Saber In and Out......Page 284
 Adding Sound FX to the Saber......Page 285
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 287
18 Hollywood Movie Green Screen Techniques: The Enchanted Elf Effect......Page 288
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 289
 Using Videomerge on a Green Screen Clip......Page 291
 Applying Color and Contrast Effects to the Elf Clip......Page 293
 Adjusting the Videomerge Effect......Page 295
 Colorizing the Elf......Page 296
 Adding the Foreground Clip......Page 297
 Creating a Multidimensional Environment with the Garbage Matte Effect......Page 298
 Shrinking and Adjusting the Elf’s Starting Location......Page 300
 Making the Elf Vanish......Page 302
 Flying Solo: Adding and Mixing Some Playful Elfish Music......Page 303
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 305
19 Hollywood Movie Green Screen Techniques: The Nightly News Effect......Page 306
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 307
 Flying Solo: Creating the TV News Background Text......Page 309
 Adding the Anchorman......Page 310
 Resizing and Moving the Anchorman......Page 313
 Adding the Lower-Third Graphic......Page 314
 Adding Lower-Third Text for the Anchorman......Page 317
 Flying Solo: Creating the Hawaii Reporter Scene......Page 318
 Adding a Cross Dissolve to End the News Feature Report......Page 322
 Flying Solo: Adding a Little Music......Page 324
 Flying Solo: Mixing the Music Levels......Page 326
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 327
20 Hollywood Movie Green Screen: The Super Hero Effect......Page 328
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 329
 Flying Solo: Adding the Cloud Background......Page 330
 Flying Solo: Adding Superboy......Page 331
 Cleaning Up the Green Screen Key......Page 332
 Adjusting the Direction and Speed of the Clouds......Page 335
 Setting Our Hero’s Flight in Motion......Page 336
 Adding a Little Rotation to Our Hero’s Flight Motion......Page 339
 Flying Solo: Adding Super Music and Super Sound Effects......Page 340
 Making Adjustments, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 341
21 Hollywood Movie Trailer: Creating a Movie Trailer Using InstantMovie......Page 342
 Flying Solo: Preparing the Project......Page 343
 Organizing and Choosing Your Clips......Page 344
 Selecting a Theme for Your InstantMovie......Page 345
 Customizing the Final Output of InstantMovie......Page 346
 Let It Rip: Creating, Rendering, and Exporting......Page 348
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