In this video, you learn how to create a rolling background from a static image.We will make use of a layered Photoshop file, the action 3D compositor and texturing tools. Detailed explanations of how it works as well as touch on some animation tips.

In this video, you learn how to use the colour warper and vectorscope in ConnectFX to white balance a shot.

When returning from working on location, you can copy all your media using the MediaHub from the portable drive to the main storage. This allows Smoke to work faster and be more efficient.

Autodesk Smoke can have multiple Media Storage Volumes to handle its media. You set up storage for you main work but you can also set up a portable drive for on-site work as well.

This video shows you how to set up a portable drive for Smoke.

Part 12 - Export out a ConnectFX composite with its alpha channel in the final video of the series.

This workflow shows you how to work with Smoke be able to get these composites exported out.

Part 11 - Learn how to export files out of Autodesk Smoke with their alpha embedded in the exported media.

See the workflow to recreate matte containers and export that out as an image sequence with an embedded alpha.

Part 10 - Get alphas out of ConnectFX and back into the sequence for layer compositing.

Examine the workflow of separating your graphics from your background. Great for promo versioning and changing editorial without damaging the graphics composition.

Part 9 - This video gives an explanation of Straight Alpha and Premultiplied Alpha and their differences.

You also see how to composite the two types of alphas and the issues they can create and how to deal with them in Autodesk Smoke.

Part 8 - unlike all the other nodes in ConnectFX, action can have as many outputs as you want. Learn to create an alpha output from action for further compositing.

Also learn how expose every output out of action in ConnectFX

Part 7 - shows the INs and OUTs of the Alpha channel through the ConnectFX nodes.

Explanations of how alpha flows through a node based composite and demonstrates two examples.