Autodesk Combustion Training Hands-on

Explore Autodesk Combustion's full non-destructive workflow for visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing, including three-dimensional compositing, color correction, tracking, masking, and particle effects.

Explore the interface of the compositing software, including the workspace panel, timeline panel, and viewport, and learn how operator controls, transforms, and playback tools shape your final composite.

Open the new composition dialog in Autodesk Combustion, select composite, and switch to custom. Set the output size, frame rate, no field, and duration.

Create a new composition of 50 frames at 25 fps with a black background, import JPEGs, and arrange them as layered footage, scaling proportionally and positioning them while using undo/redo.

Learn to import video in Autodesk combustion, examine supported formats and convert non supported footage to avc or mp4, then set up a new workspace and import media.

Master the editing timeline with playback controls, start, play forward or backward, and loop or ping pong, while tracking frames and managing keyframes, markers, and imports.

Learn to extend and adjust footage duration using start and end frames, and replace footage in a composition while preserving effects and transformations.

Explore layer controls in a hands-on Autodesk Combustion workflow, using transform controls to animate birds from left to right, adjusting position, scale, rotation, and pivot while renaming layers for compositing.

Animate a bird with transform controls and keyframes, adjusting scale, position, and opacity along a time linear path, then duplicate layers for follower birds and apply color correction.

Duplicate animation across multiple layers and preserve keyframes, then use composite controls to offset, scale, and rotate copies, creating natural, offset motion in Autodesk Combustion.

Explore viewport layouts in Autodesk Combustion, switching between single, dual vertical, dual horizontal, four-view, and other layouts to compare and composite with precise pan, zoom, and operator-driven adjustments.

Explore alpha channel fundamentals and 32-bit RGBA data to control transparency, enabling masking and compositing of irregular shapes over changing backgrounds in visual effects workflows.

Isolate the boy with the magnetic lasso or pen tool, crop the background, and reveal the alpha channel for compositing. Convert the 24-bit RGB JPG to 32-bit to preserve transparency.

learn to use alpha channels and transparency to composite images with different backgrounds in Autodesk Combustion, preserving color plus alpha across 32-bit footage.

Explore transfer modes, or blend modes, in a 2D composite by adjusting layer opacity and trying normal, dissolve, and add effects to blend footage behind other layers.

Master layer blending in autodesk combustion hands-on part 2, covering subtract, multiply, and screen modes. See how these modes darken or brighten pixels to composite foreground with background.

Explore how to use screen blend mode in Autodesk Combustion to composite foreground elements with video, adjusting frames, rotation, and scale for a seamless bloom effect.

Explore layer blending in Autodesk Combustion, focusing on transfer modes like overlay to boost contrast and color saturation, and applying color correction for video composites.

Explore soft and hard light blending, opacity control, and how the current layer blends with underlying layers, using darken (Duncan) and lighten (Leighton), difference, and negative modes for final composite.

Explore layer blending in Autodesk Combustion, applying negative transfer mode, colorize, and luminance to control how the current layer samples from behind it for dynamic composites.

Explore advanced layer blending in Autodesk Combustion, mastering fully additive, luma, grayscale HSV, shade, saturation, and desaturation transfer modes to refine edges and composites.

Explore layer blending techniques in Autodesk Combustion by using behind mode, desaturated adjustments, alpha masking, and transfer modes such as color dodge, color dot, and colorblind.

Preserve alpha lets you keep alpha information in a 2d composite, enabling your top layer to reveal texture from beneath and apply text or video textures via the alpha channel.

Preserve alpha to embed video textures into text, using bold fonts like Arial Black or Impact, and animate the texture with scale and keyframes for dynamic results.

Explore the stencil layer, a special feature that must reside in the same composite and uses alpha data to pull pixels into the target layer's alpha channel.

Apply stencil layers inside a composite controlled layer to drive alpha and luma, then animate the footage along the x axis with offset and scale, including Photoshop cutouts.

Create and adjust stencil layer designs using shapes and text, apply the design to footage, and toggle visibility and alpha to explore dynamic effects.

Apply animation to image layers by keyframing scale and y-axis transforms, adjust the timeline, add transitions, and use easing for smooth motion.

Explore hands-on techniques to animate using rotation, scaling, and opacity in Autodesk Combustion, employing keyframes and ease in/out to create smooth transitions.

Learn the interface and workspace panel, import media, use the operator controls, zoom and pan the viewport, and manage layers in 2d composites while animating and transforming with alpha and transfer modes.