In this lesson we focused on editing tools, and I was introduced to a great piece of software called Adobe Bridge. We were taught to use Bridge when organising our files - it has a really comprehensive layout and is useful in terms of 'batch-renaming' and seeing multiple files at once. It also links to Photoshop which I found useful, and more importantly, a camera RAW editor where you can adjust pretty much everything - hue, saturation, contrast, curves, exposure, levels, etc.
Original photo (left), my edited 'sun set' version (right)
We were also taught some Adobe Photoshop basics, but having quite a few years' worth of experience with this software, I didn't find it as valuable as the other elements of the lesson.
Original image (left), my edited 'stormy' version (right)
Later on we went back to using Adobe After Effects. However, instead of editing images we were given some film clips to edit. I had lots of fun in this lesson experimenting with different tools and ways of editing. For example, to solve camera shake we learned to use an effect called 'Warp Stabilizer' - which I had to use a lot in my Time Based Narrative project! I also played around with colour levels and added a mirror effect for some of the clips.
We were also taught the basics of using the compositing software Premiere Pro. This also proved to be very useful for my Time Based Narrative project, especially learning about the dynamic link between Premiere and After Effects - shown by the pink clips below.
The final result:
(Better quality: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Ejl2-Gs8Y&feature=plcp)
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