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Premiere & Photoshop + Video Effects

Create photoshop file within Premiere

Open a new Premiere Project using custom preset
save it
Click File>New>Photoshop File
Premiere opens a new image in Photoshop that is the size of the Premiere movie

Create the background

Change the background and foreground colors in the toolbar to colors you want in the background
Select the Gradient tool
Click the gradient presets dropdown on the gradient toolbar
Append some of the gradient presets and choose any you like.
Double click the gradients dropdown to open the gradient editor
choose a gradient
drag gradient tool across background
Filter>Noise>add noise to make it speckled
File>Save opens it in Premiere
Drag onto Track 1

Create a foreground figure to animate

Create another new Photoshop image in Premiere
Open the baby.psd or baby.jpg file
Select the background with the quickselection tool
after the entire background is selected, click Select>reverse to select the baby.
File>New Layer>layer via copy movies baby into own layer
Delete background layer to leave transparent background
save
it should appear in Premiere project window

Animate the baby image

In Photoshop:

Prepare the images by cropping to film size dimensions or to dimensions with the same ration (e.g., 4:3). If you want to pan through the photos, you should make them larger than your video dimensions.

Apply effects that change their display over time.

The photos should be cropped:

to the same size as the movie or a multiple of the movie dimension size
or have the aspect ratio of 4:3 for standard sized movies (e.g., 160 x 120 px; 320 x 240 px).
Otherwise there are ugly borders in extra space

filmstrips or .flm files.

Export a video sequence as an FLM file
These filmstrips can be opened in PhotoShop and altered, as long as you do not use layers or change file type from .flm.
When you save altered filmstrip file, changes show up in Premiere

Prepare still photos --

Download these digital images into the 421video folder: image32, image 52 , image164
Open files in Photoshop
Adjust the auto color, levels, color balance, etc. of each of these photos using the Adjust tools on the Image dropdown menu
Select the crop tool.
In tool options under the menu bar, set crop options to 320 pixels x 240 pixels or 160 pixels by 120 pixels and DPI to 150 or 300.
Crop each photo
Apply Unsharp Mask filter to sharpen up cropped and resized image
Save to 421video directory with a descriptive name.

Open Premiere & import files

Import the photos you just cropped into project window: File>import>
Import longer sound files from 421audio:
- pickin.aif
- RCKBLY2M.AIF
Save project in 421video directory

Build movie in timeline:

If you want to have more area in which to pan or move the still image to create the illusion of movement, crop the still image dimensions to be twice that of the video file dimensions
import the still image into Premiere
Drag it onto the timeline
If you plan to make it semi-transparent it should be in one of the upper video tracks.
Extend its length: right-click image
- select Speed/Duration
- lower speed to about 20%
Or drag the right end of the image clip in the timeline and pull it to the right.
Save project

Pan through a still image to add movement

pan movement horizontally and virtically.
Click the twistie on the left of the video track in the timeline to open the track
Open Video Effects palette
Open the Distort Bin
Select Offset and drag it onto the still image
- The Offset effect pans the image within a clip.
- Visual information pushed off one side of the image appears on the opposite side.
Drag the timeline marker to the beginning of the image in the timeline
In the Effects Control Palette, open the Offset Effect
The still image can be moved in the Monitor
With the timeline at the beginning, click on the Add/Remove keyframe diamond on the right to add a keyframe
Drag the image in the monitor
- can be moved left right
- can be moved up and down
- made larger or smaller by pulling handles
OR use the Shift Center control sliders to move the image inside the timeline: left slider adjusts horizontal point, right slider adjust vertical center point
Move the timeline control to the right and click the add keyframe diamond
move the image center with the sliders or by dragging the image in the monitor
continue through the image clip, moving from left to right and from top to bottom (or reverse order), adding keyframes
Save the project
Preview the results by hitting the Enter key.

Drag second image into different video track so that two clips just overlap each other.

You may need to change the Time Zoom Level in the lower left corner of the timeframe so you can see more of the clips in the timeframe: for example from 1 second to 4 seconds
Lengthen duration by dragging border of clip to right or rightclick clip, select Duration and extend the duration of the clip
Open the Transitions palette and select a transition between the two images
Add a transition on the transition track (e.g., additive-dissolve)
Double click the Transition in the Transitions palette to view different settings for the transition
Save the project and press the Enter key to preview the movie

Add an effect from the Effects palette to the second movie clip

Select second image in video track
Try a different effect on this clip, again using keyframes - some to try
- Adjust
  - Brightness/Contrast - lighten/darken image, increase/decrease contrast
  - Color Balance - can change mix of colors
  - Levels - can use to lighten video to make it more visible
- Image Control
  - Color Balance
  - Color Replace
- Pixelate
  - Pointillize
- Render
  - Lens Flare
- Stylize
  - Alpha Glow
  - Color Emboss
  - Find Edges
  - Solarize
Can apply multiple effects to clips -- Premiere applies them in order they appear in Effect Controls palette, from top to bottom (top one first)
If you want to apply an effect to only part of a clip, you can use keyframes, or you can cut the clip in 2 pieces with the razorblade before you apply the Effect
Each time you apply an effect, save project
Press Enter key to build preview
If you don't like an effect you can select it and press the Garbage can at the bottom of the Effect Controls palette to delete it.
You can also turn off effects by clicking the enable effect button (looks like a lower case f) next to the effect name in the Effect Controls palette.

Drag a third image into video 1a track so that two clips just overlap each other.

Lengthen duration by dragging border of clip to right
Add a transition on the transition track (e.g., additive-dissolve)
Add a different Video Effect and adjust with Keyframes
Save project
Press Enter key to build preview