Photoshop Tips
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You can add patterns on light colored backgrounds to dark colors by converting pattern to smart object, Image > Adjustments > Invert, Screen
Alt + Option + Click/Drag will create duplicate that you are moving around
Direct Select shapes, Ctrl + X, Paste into other shape layer to condense
Ctl+E to flatten selection
Ctrl+, (comma) hides selected layers
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Ben Marriot Tips/Tricks
Use pickwhips to mimic parallax-type of effects (without having to fuss with the camera)
Posterize time effect can give animations a frame by frame look
Turbulent Displace effect adds boil (gives edges of shapes slight animated texture)
Keeps stroke the same even if shape is scaled up/down, apply to Stroke Width property
value/length(toComp([0,0]), to Comp([.7071,.0,7071])) || 0.001;
Keeps scale of object separate from parent layers, apply to scale
s = [];
ps = parent.transform.scale.value;
for( i= 0; i<ps.length; i++){
S[i] = value[i]*100/ps[i};
}
s
Gives object opposite rotation to parent (ferris wheel example), Apply to rotation
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Ctrl+ALt+Y adds adjustment layer (be clicked on layer you want to add adjustment to)
Create continuously looping animations without extra keyframes
LoopOut(“Cycle”);
LoopOut(“pingpong”; (cycles back and forth)
Premiere Pro Tips/Tricks
Offset Effect — can create looping animation, useful for backgrounds under more important text
Denoise Effect — can be used to remove bg humming
Lowpass Effect — removes high end of range to give effect that the sound is further away
Cut first shot at point where subject being masked has completely left the frame.
Find place in first shot where masking edge on subject hasn’t ENTERED the frame yet.
Match start of second shot to the location found above.
Apply mask under opacity and check Invert box
Repeat mask tracing for every frame until first clip has ended
Speed ramping can help smooth the transition
Remove unwanted objects (cliffnotes)
Duplicate track, apply opacity mask on new layer, then move masked portion over what you want to remove, increase feathering
Combining clips
Apply opacity mask on one track that you want to remove. Invert mask and apply to other clip. Remove feathing. Match reference points of two clips