Adobe After Effects and Premier, Ulead Media Studio Pro allows you to create the type of sophisticated video effects previously only available to television graphic designers and film special fx producers.
The emphasis throughout this introduction is on practical exercises. These exercises will cover incorporating video with Photoshop and Illustrator graphics, video layering techniques, working with key frames, using filters for special effects and rendering your final project.

Topics include developing a rich media player using Flash Professional pre-built components as well as ActionScript; using high-quality encoding techniques, including the new Flash Video codec enabling the delivery of higher quality video over lower bandwidth connections; creating live video; and exporting the new alpha-channeling and video colour filters.

Outline

Introduction

• Video in Multimedia
• Overview of Premiere
• Starting a New Project

Basic Editing

• Introduction
• Working with Clips
• Using the Storyboard Window
• Using Unnumbered Markers
• Trimming Clips
• Using Ripple and Rolling Edits
• Using Fades and Dissolves
• Audio Editing
• Exporting Video

Adding Video Transitions

• Using transitions with restraint
• Trying some transitions
• Changing parameters in the Effect Controls panel
• Using the A/B mode to fine-tune a transition

Creating Dynamic Titles

• Strengthen your project with supers
• Changing text parameters
• Building text from scratch
• Putting text on a path
• Creating shapes
• Making text roll and crawl
• Deconstructing effects: Sheens, Strokes, Shadows and Fill

Adding Video Effects

• Sampling some basic video effects
• Manipulating keyframes and effect parameters
• Adding keyframe interpolation and velocity
• Taking some fantastic effects for a test drive

Introducing Flash Video

• What is streaming video
• How does Flash Video work
• What are the essential components of Flash Video
• Understanding key Flash Video concepts
• Looking at the evolution of Flash Video
• Looking at the options we have for preparing Flash Video

Flash Video Players

• Customizing Flash Video Skins
• Customizing FLV Player Skins
• Creating Custom Video Players
• ActionScript video control
• Javascript FLV control
• Custom FLV parameters