Lesson 4

Importing Graphics and Mattes

After you have added various effects to your sequence and created some imaginative animations, it is time to look at the next stage in your workflow: importing images, logos, and animated graphics to add some extra gloss to your work.

Media Used: The media for this lesson is in the MC205 Pro Effects Project. Open the Lesson 04 Graphics bin. There is also a folder on the DVD called Graphics for Lesson 04 that contains various files for importing.

Duration: 60 minutes

GOALS

Understand image-size adjustment

Work with square and nonsquare pixels

Understand color space

Deal with aspect-ratio conversion

Prepare images for import

Import Photoshop layers

Import sequential pictures and time lapses

Import animated graphics and logos