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3D compositing. See McDonald 's commercial (tutorial)

3d studio max 90. See also Bothriolepis (tutorial); Jenovah (tutorial); Relokation Ne (tutorial) 4-Color Gradient filte r 23 , 26

A Adobe Photoshop 16. See also Hal's Malcontent (tutorial);

Relokation Ne (tutorial); Suburban Satan (tutorial)

Adobe Premiere. See Bothriolepis (tutorial); jenovah (tutorial) animation. See Bothriolepis (tutoria l); Hal's Malcontent (tutorial) Arber, jason 99 Askew. Bradley 126

B

Bass, Saul 128 BD4D London 84 Birch, Gina 48. 80 Bolland, Ashleigh 126 Bothriolepis (tutorial) 176-209

adding glow to swimming f ish 198 adding grain to footage 189 adding music 207 adding shadows to fish 183 adding sound effects 208 adding text to grid shot 200-201 Adobe Photoshop 193, 194 animating fish 181 -182 animating text 194-197 assembling scenes in Adobe Premiere 207-208 backtracking from grid shot 201 , 204-206 Brightness and Contrast filter 185, 188

Cinelook f ilter 189 Color Balance f ilter 177, 188 compositing 'fish fol lowing' shot 187-190

compositing overhead shot 183-187 covering text with Alpha Inverted Matte solid 195-196

creating background grid 193 creating fish skeleton 194 Deep Paint 3D 180 dissection sequence 191 -193. 199-200 fading text into background 202-203 Glow f ilter 191. 196. 197, 200, 205 importing stock footage 182. 184 Interpret Footage dialog box 184 lighting scene 181 Mask Feather tool 187 modeling fish in 3ds max 179 Motion Blur filter 193 Motion Sketch tool 190 Motion Tracker window 185, 186. 192 motion tracking fish 190 placing pivot point of fish layer 186

problems with stock footage 177. 178 Production Bundle 196 project brief 176 removing flesh from f ish 199-200 rendering top and side views of fish 193 replacing flesh onto fish 204-205 sliding grid out of shot 204 Smoother tool 190 texturing f ish 180 transit ion from seabed shot to grid shot 197-1 99 UV unwrapping tool180

Brightness and Contrast filter 185. 188

c CineLook f ilter 75, 189 Color Balance filter 1 04, 177, 188 Color Dodge layer mode 1 08. 115 composit ing. See Bothriolepis (tutorial) compression artifacts 65 Cooper, Kyle 128

D

Darkin. Christian 3, 4. 174. See Bothriolepis (tutorial)

Darwin plug-in 174 Difference layer mode 68 DigiEffects Deli rium plug-in. See Suburban Satan (tutorial)

DigiEffects Video Malfunction plug-in See Relokation Ne (tutorial) Directional Blur filter 29. 30 Director. See Karamii (tutorial) discreet combustion 2 18, 143 discreet flame 8 discreet inferno 8, 18

E

Easy Ease function 34. 35. 45, 46, 172 Effect Controls window 52, 66

F

FE Bend It plug-in. See Relokation Ne (tutorial) Final Cut Pro 79 Fletcher, Prue 19 Flood, Nathan 126 Fractal Noise filter 24. 25

G

Gaussian Blur f ilter 13, 62. 86, 104. 112 Glow f ilter 191 , 196. 197. 200. 205

H

Hal's Malcontent (tutorial) 130-145

••••••• Adobe Photoshop 130. 131, 142, 144 animating layers to move camera 130 background stars 131, 141 black_reflect layer 139, 140 black_reflect* layer 140 blueRim_SAT layer 136 blue_rim layer 136 davey composition frame rate and resolution settings 131 dave_ worried.mov layer 132. 133, 139, 140 drawing Dave figure 142 engine flicker effect 130 engine glow and flame effect 130 facial animation 142 glow layer 144 helm_shade01-0S layers 138 highlight_helmet01 -02 layers 137 hmc_cu02_ mini.psd 132. 140 hmc_s2_mini.mov 131 integrating Dave into vortex shot 143 lhs_01 and lhs_02 layers 135 main_space_dude layer 137 no_highlights layer 137 Painter 142 particle effect 143, 144 placing Dave inside space suit 133 rendering resolution 144 shade_face_ lhs01 -02 layers 139 shade_lhs01-02 layers 137 shadow_ numbers layer 136 space suit shadow and light layers 131 -140 spaceship fly-by sequence 130 stars flicker effect 131 stars_ bg.tif 132, 140, 141 suit_shadow_ rhs layer 133 visor reflection effect 131 visor _flare01-05 layers 13S visor _redstripes _rhs layer 134 visor_ red_stripes_ left layer 135 visor _stars02 layer 133 visor _stripes layer 137 visor_ top_ highlight layer 134 visor_yeltow1-3 layers 138 vortex sequence 143. 144 Wiggle function 130, 131

Hewitt. Chris james 82, 100, 126. See also Relokation Ne (tutorial)

Manchester 84

Interpret Footage dialog box 1 04

jenovah (tutorial) 102-124 3ds max 102.112,123

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adding clouds to first scene 106 adding clouds to fourth scene 112 adding design elements 119-122 adding sound with Adobe Premiere 1 24-12S After Effects composition settings 103 alpha channel 102, 104, 1 OS Cloud2.mov 111 Color Balance filter 1 04 Color Dodge layer mode 1 08, 115 compressing movie with discreet cleaner 5 125 creating battleship 111 Gaussian Blur filter 104-106, 112, 116-118 importing footage into After Effects 103 Interpret Footage dialog box 1 04 )enovah.mov 103 )enovah l.mov 1 04 )enovah 16.mov 111 )enovah 17.mov 111, 112 jenovah 18.mov 111 Lighten Transfer Mode 105 Normal layer mode 1 05. 116 Overlay layer mode 1 06, 113, 114 Overlay.psd 111. 117, 118, 120 Particle Studio plug-in 123 Radial Blur filter 1 08 Rectangle Mask toot 122 removing hard edges from renders 1 04 Render Output File settings 1 02, 103 Render Queue settings 119 rendering complete composition 119 rendering for After Effects from 3ds max 102 Screen layer mode 11 S, 117 Selection tool 122 sequence 1 104-107 sequence 2 107-110 sequence 3 110 sequence 4 111-114 sequence S 114 sequence 6 11 S-117 Shine filter 1 08, 1 09, 11 0, 112, 116 Soft Light layer mode 119, 120. 121 , 122 start and end sequences 123, 124 Time Stretch window 120, 122 Tint filter 106

Karamii (tutorial) S0-79 adding adjustment layer to end titles 62 adding color saturation to DV footage 70 adding keyframes to clips 76 adding static and Super 8 footage 63 Adobe Premiere 79 animating flying text 56-60 animating video clips 7S-77 assembling final composition 71

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Basic 3D effect 56 changing proportion of clips 77 city journey segment 69-70 CineLook Film Damage f ilter 75 Color Key effect 65, 66 Color Tolerance setting 67 copying and pasting keyframes 58 creating end titles 51 . 52 creating text in Director 64 Difference layer mode 68 Dropper tool 66 Edge Thin and Feather controls 67 Effect Controls window 52, 66 end title template layer 52 end t itle text settings 52 Final Cut Pro 79 Gaussian Blur filter 62 interpretation rules.txt 72 interpreting fields of clips 71-72 Keyframe Assistant 78 keying text layers 64-68 Lens Flare effect 64 manipulating video footage 64 Mask Feather tool 74 masking edges of clips 72-74 Ram Preview 59-60 Rectangle Mask tool 73 rotating letters in end t itle text 60-61 separating letters in end t itle text 53-SS Smoother tool 78 smoothing movement of letters 61 Sony VX1 000 camera 69 soundtrack 51 speeding up audio track 70 speeding up DV footage 69 split screen images SO Sublime Burn video footage 63 Time Stretch effect 69 toggling off Cinelook Film Damage effect 75 Wiggler function 78

Karlsson, jens 1 26 keyboard shortcuts 25 Keyframe Assistant 78 keyframes 58 Knights, Oliver 48. 80 Korngold. Emil 126 Korngold, Joost 4, 84. 98, 100. See also jenovah (tutorial)

L

Lens Flare effect 64 Lighten Transfer Mode 13 Light Ray 2.5 plug-in. See Relokation Ne (tutorial)

M

Macromedia Director. See Karamii (tutorial) Mask Feather tool 74, 187 Mask tool 150 Maya 9, 10 Maya Paint Effects. See Suburban Satan (tutorial) McDonald's commercial (tutorial) 8-18

adding glow and twinkle to coin 17. 18 adding reflection layers 13 adding reflections to blocks of ice 14-15 adding shadow layers 15-16 adding shadow to stationary bottle cap 16 adjusting 3D light ing 10 aemw_cap_reflect.tif.OOOl 13 aemw _cap_shad.t if.0001 15 aemw_coin.tif.OOOl 11 aemw_coin_glow.tif.0001 17 aemw _coin _reflect.tif.0001 13 aemw_coin_shadow.tif.0001 15 animating cap and coin 10 animation reference footage 8 darkside.psd 16 Gaussian Blur filter 13, 15. 16 ice_bgplate.jpg 9, 10, 11 importing image background 9 importing TIFF sequences 11 Lighten Transfer Mode 13 modeling and lighting cap and coin 9 Premultiplied Unlabelled Alpha option 1 1 project br ief 8 rendering TIFF sequences 10 Screen Transfer Mode 13 stabilizing reference footage 9 transition from coin to cap 12

Motion Blur filter 193 Motion Sketch tool 1 90 Motion Tracker window 185, 1 86, 1 92 Muller, Tom 1 26 Multiply layer blending mode 24

N

New Order (band) 48 Normal layer mode 1 OS, 116

0

Olimax 48, 80 Orton. Beth (singer) 48 Overlay layer mode 1 06, 1 13. 1 14

p

Painter 142 Particle Studio plug-in 123

• •••••••••••• • • • • • •• . ......................................................................................................................... : Photoshop 16. See also Hal's Malcontent (tutorial); Relokation Ne (tutorial); Suburban Satan (tutorial) Pixelan SpiceMaster plug-in. See Suburban Satan (tutorial) Premiere. See Bothriolepis (tutorial) ; jenovah (tutorial) Production Bundle 8, 68, 196

R

Radial Blur filter 108 The Raincoats (band) 48 reflections. See Hal's Malcontent (tutorial); McDonald's commercial (tutorial) Rectangle Mask tool 73. 122 Re:Flex Morph plug-in. See snowboarding f ilm (tutorial) Relokation Ne (tutorial) 84-98

3D animation 90, 91 3D integration 96 3D morph 93 3D transitions 91 . 92 , 94 3ds max 90, 91 adding adjustment layers 87, 91 -92 adding camera layer above map layer 95 adding static malfunctions 94 Adobe Photoshop 88 animating intro 86-87 animating map 88-89 audio malfunction effect 97 color scheme 84 DE Video Malfunction plug-in 85, 87. 91 , 94. 97 end sequence 97 FE Bend It plug-in 93 font selection 85 Gaussian Blur f ilter 86 increasing logo's canvas size 97 Light Ray 2.5 plug-in 97 masking gradient strip 86-87 New Mask option 87 placing soundtrack into timeline 86 plug-ins used 85 radial wipe transition 88, 89 Ram Preview 87 Relokation.aep 85 resolution and frame rate settings 85 soundtrack 85. 92 syncing transition to audio 87, 92 tweening Z position of map elements 96

Reynolds, Peter 6, 128. See also Hal 's Malcontent (tutorial) ; McDonald's commercial (tutorial) Rondel, David 126

s Screen layer mode 115, 117. 154 Screen Transfer Mode 13 Seymour. Mike 6. 19

shadows. See Hal's Malcontent (tutorial);McDonald's commercial (tutorial) Shimizu. Nao 48 Shine f ilter 108. 109. 110. 112. 116 Smoother tool 78 snowboarding film (tutorial) 22-47

3D rotation of logo 43 4-Color Gradient filter 23. 26 animating background blobs 25-26 animating logo 44-46 animating snowboarding clips 33 animating to and from masks 38 Audio Waveform layer 28, 29. 30 Background composition 23 background.avi 28 beating aud io waveform effect 27-29 Bevel Alpha effect 42. 43 boarder _clip_3.avi 36 Boris plug-ins 31. 32 building background 22-24 Championship layer 44 changing clip anchor point 33 changing pixel aspect ratio 27 Colors layer 23, 24 creating logo for end sequence 42, 43 creating new light 45 curving corners of clips 32, 40 desaturating footage 31 design brief 22 Digital Display Option 29 Directional Blur filter 29. 30 Drop Shadow effect 42, 43 Easy Ease function 34. 3S, 45, 46 fad ing up from black 46 folder organization 31 Fractal Noise fil ter 24. 25 frame rate and resolution settings 23 HornyScratch.wav 28 Interpret Footage command 27 Main Comp B composition 27 Mask Shape contro l 38 mask.psd 40 morphing snowboarding footage 31 , 36-41 Multiply layer blending mode 24 Organic layer 24. 25 Ram preview 30 Re:Flex Morph plug-in 30. 31. 36 Re:Flex Warp filter 36, 37, 40 render ing background 26 returning color to image as static image grows 34 'shying' unused layers 42 Snowboarding layer 44 soundtrack 27 static l.tif 32, 33. 34 static- , end.t if 35 stat ic= l =end b.t if 41

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static_ 2.tif 41 Stroke filter 42 syncing logo to audio 42 Text filter 43 Tint filter 32. 33. 41 X-treme layer 43

Soft Light layer mode 119, 120. 121. 122 Steinberg Cubase. See Karamii (tutorial) Stroke filter 42 Suburban Satan (tutorial) 148-173

Adobe Photoshop 165 All together composition 1 72 animating drawing of pentagram 156 animating fire layer opacity 156

T

Basic Text filter 154. 155 Bevel Alpha effect 150. 156 creating custom swastika transition 165-166 creating inverted cross 169-172 creating mask for flames 155 creating smoke and flame field 151 -154 creating transitions 157-164 DE Fire effect 151. 153 DigiEffects Delirium plug-in 151. 158. 167. 168 drawing pentagram 150 Easy Ease option 172 ER Radium H transition 160. 161 fading in to sequence 172 final sequence composition 157, 168 fire layer 151 . 153. 155 FlowMotion transition 158, 159, 167. 168 Gaussian Blur filter (Photoshop) 165 Highland Cattle.wav 159. 172 importing )PEGs 159 Magic Wand tool (Photoshop) 165 Mask tool 150 Mask.tif 152. 153 Maya Paint Effects 150. 158. 168. 170 OL Eroded 1 H transition 161, 162 pentagram layer 150, 156 pentagram sequence 150. 1 51 Pixelan SpiceMaster plug-in 158. 159, 161. 162. 165 project brief 148, 149 Satan composition frame rate and resolution settings 150 Satan text layer 154. 155, 1 57 Screen blending mode 154 soundtrack 148. 149, 157 Stroke filter 157 Stroke On fi lter 168 Swastika_spice.bmp 166 syncing music to transit ions 158 zooming between sections 168

Time Stretch window 69. 120. 122 Text filter 43. 1 54. 155

Tint filter 32. 33, 41. 106 Tawse. Mark 20. 146. See also snowboarding film (tutorial); Suburban Satan (tutorial) Tracker/Stabilizer tool 8 Trapcode 1 08 Turin Brakes (band) 48 Tyszko, Simon 2, 48. See also Karamii (tutorial)

v Vandenbergen. Mark 19

w Widegren. james 126 Wiggler function 78. 130. 1 31 Wills, Adam 99

z Zenz. Anand 48, 80

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www.primalscream.org 48 www.renascent .nl 84. 99. 1 00 www.revisionfx.com 30 www.righthemisphere.com 180 www.saulbass.net 128 www.theculture.net 48 www.thedesignersrepublic.com 100 www.tomato.co.uk 100 www.trapcode.com/products_shine.html 108 www.turinbrakes.com 80 www.ximeralabs.com 126 www.zenz.net 80

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