Lynda - Pictures that Move: Creating Cinemagraphs with Photoshop, After Effects, Flixel, and Cliplets

Learn how to use Photoshop, After Effects, and two dedicated tools?Flixel and Cliplets?to explore the creative possibilities of cinemagraphs: static photos that contain areas of motion. Rich Harrington explores assembly techniques in each program and illustrates effective shooting and post-production techniques to improve the end results. The final cinemagraphs can be used in websites, banner ads, emails, presentations, or even digital signage.

Topics include:

Planning a cinemagraph shot  

Shooting video and time lapses for cinemagraphs  

Combining stills  

Developing a cinemagraph  

Loading image sequences and video  

Creating and refining masks  

Looping  

Correcting color  

Saving and optimizing GIF images and video