Adobe Photoshop Advanced Video

Creative professionals who use Photoshop for video timelines, animation, and motion graphics.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Navigate & Import: Set up the Video Timeline workspace and efficiently import video clips, image sequences, and audio tracks.
• Edit Non-Destructively: Utilize Smart Objects, Camera Raw filters, and color grading tools like 3D LUTs for video layers.
• Animate & Keyframe: Build keyframe-driven motion graphics, animated text, vector shapes, and short video bumpers.
• Composite & Render: Retouch video frames, apply masks, work with alpha channels, and render projects to professional video codecs like MP4.

Lesson 1: Photoshop Timeline & Video Workflows

• Navigating the Video Timeline workspace
• Importing video clips, image sequences, and audio tracks
• Working with Video Layers vs. standard layers
• Managing frame rates, aspect ratios, and pixel aspect ratios for video

Lesson 2: Non-Destructive Video Editing & Camera Raw

• Converting video layers into Smart Objects
• Processing video clips through Camera Raw as a filter
• Color grading video footage using Adjustment Layers and Lumetri/3D LUTs
• Applying video transitions, cuts, and split clips on the timeline

Lesson 3: Keyframing, Animation & Motion Graphics

• Keyframing layer properties (Position, Opacity, Style, Transform)
• Creating frame-by-frame animations and timeline keyframe motion
• Animating text, vector shapes, and graphic elements
• Creating animated GIFs and short video bumpers

Lesson 4: Advanced Compositing, Retouching & Rendering

• Retouching and clone-stamping directly on video frames
• Masking video layers and creating motion track effects
• Working with alpha channels and transparency in video
• Rendering video projects to MP4, H.264, and professional video codecs

• Practical working knowledge of computers and basic Mac OS X or Windows skills.
• Photoshop Fundamentals: An Introduction to Photoshop class or equivalent experience is recommended.

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