Premiere Pro Guru: Compositing and Masks

Course details

Master compositing and masks using the native effects in Adobe Premiere Pro. Adobe Premiere Pro Master Instructor Luisa Winters shows you how to make these crucial techniques part of your everyday editing workflow. Learn what alpha channels are and how you can create and modify them. Go over keying blue and green screen footage with Ultra Key and using track mattes to affect moving parts of clips. Explore ways to change the look of footage with blend modes, use masks to affect just a portion of your footage, and so much more.

Concepts

Getting Started

01 - Welcome
02 - Understanding the importance of video compositing in modern productions
03 - Setting up your workspace for optimal compositing efficiency
04 - Using the exercise files

1. What Are Alpha Channels

05 - Alpha channels - How color and transparency work in video
06 - Two types of alpha channels - Straight and premultiplied
07 - Keying and matting, what s the difference
08 - Creating and modifying alpha channels
09 - Using garbage mattes
10 - Codecs that support the alpha channel

2. Using Ultra Key to Key Green and Blue Screen Footage

11 - Isolating footage with masks
12 - An overview of the automatic settings
13 - Matte generation and keying footage
14 - Removing color casts with spill suppression
15 - Color matching for realistic composites
16 - Tips for better keying
17 - Using AI for seamless results

3. Dynamic Track Matte Compositing

18 - Track matte effects - Unleashing creative possibilities
19 - Track matte transitions and innovative scene blending
20 - Animated track mattes - Adding life and depth to compositions
21 - Combining track mattes with effects for stunning visuals

4. Exploring Other Keying Effects

22 - Using any color to create a composite with the Color Key
23 - Creating a composite with the Difference Matte Key
24 - Using the Luma Key to create a composite based on brightness
25 - Understanding the Non-Red Key effect
26 - Using the Alpha Adjust effect

5. Adjusting Blending Modes to Change the Character of Your Footage

27 - Exploring blending modes and their artistic applications
28 - Understanding the Normal category
29 - Darken your footage using the Subtractive category
30 - Lighten your footage using the Additive category
31 - How to use the Complex category
32 - Create colors using the Difference category
33 - Transfer luma or chroma using the HSL category

6. Using Masks to Affect a Portion of Your Footage

34 - Understanding effects that use masks
35 - Mastering Bezier Masks - Precise control for complex shapes
36 - Understanding mask feather, opacity, and expansion
37 - When your mask needs to move - Tracking
38 - Efficiently isolating objects in challenging scenes

Conclusion

39 - Recap
40 - Next steps