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Table Of Contents
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- Contents
- Composite Tutorial
- Introduction
- The Composite UI
- Customizing the Format of your Composition
- Create a New Composition
- Adding a Ramp Tool in the Schematic
- Importing Footage
- Zooming and Panning in the Player
- Customizing the Player Options
- Adding Tools to Your Composition
- Importing Footage (Alternate Method)
- Connecting Passes and Renders
- Compositing the Renders
- Changing the Blend Mode
- Compositing the Occlusion Pass
- Adding Color Correction to Fine-tune Results
- Node Details and Pixel Masking
- Adding Blur Tools
- Adding Motion Blur and Depth of Field
- Rendering the Results
- Index
5 Repeat the steps above with the Player view. and drag it into the viewport
where the original Schematic view is sitting.
NOTE Each direction that you swipe through using the Gate UI is represented by
the four cardinal directions: North, South, East and West. Each direction lets you
access a different element of the UI. In addition to the Tools, Views, and Pick list
tabs, you can swipe through the Gate UI to access the Composition Browser, the
overview Schematic view and a viewer’s options.
To access the Composition Browser:
1 Hit the tilde (~) key or click the middle-mouse button to display the Gate
UI.
2 Swipe through the west gate. The Composition Browser appears.
3 To retract the Composition Browser, drag the cursor to the right.
To access the Schematic overview:
1 Hit the tilde (~) key or click the middle-mouse button to display the Gate
UI.
2 Swipe through the north gate. The Schematic overview appears.
3 To retract the Schematic overview, drag the cursor down.
To access a viewer’s options at the bottom of the UI:
1 Position your cursor over the viewer.
2 Hit the tilde (~) key or click the middle-mouse button to display the Gate
UI.
3 Swipe through the south gate. The viewer’s options appear.
4 To retract the viewer’s options, drag the cursor up.
Customizing the Format of your Composition
This tutorial requires that you change some of the preferences, such as the
formatting of your composition. The default Composite format is 35 mm Full
Aperture 2K, however the files that you’ll need for this tutorial are HD 720p.
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