Lynda - Motion Graphics for Video Editors: Creating Backgrounds

Nearly every video project needs a background, whether it's an elaborate background for a chroma key set or simply a lower third. This course shows you how to create your own still and motion backgrounds using a few simple ingredients: the files that come with the course and from other sources on the web, and the built-in tools in Photoshop and After Effects. No special assets or plugins required! Rich Harrington introduces practical and easy-to-implement techniques that are suitable for video editors of all levels, and can be used to quickly add texture and style to your next project.

Topics include:

The role of backgrounds in video

Achieving proper color and contrast

Gathering source material

Working with gradients

Filtering and blending backgrounds

Using patterned tiles

Shooting background plates

Stacking and blending footage

Designing backgrounds with the effects in After Effects