Packed with more than 350 techniques, this book delivers what you need to know - on the spot. If you create graphics for television, this book is for you.

’Broadcast Graphics on the Spot’ show you how to produce more compelling TV graphics. From gathering images for use in broadcast graphics to working with fonts, mastering keying and rotoscoping, or working with logo motion, this book includes step-by-step procedures for creating over-the-shoulder graphics for news anchors, lower thirds, titles, and full-screens that can be used in everyday news productions.

This concise, comprehensive reference illustrates how to produce more compelling TV graphics with Photoshop and After Effects

Packed with more than 350 techniques, this book delivers what you need to know—on the spot. If you create graphics for television, this book is for you. If you think producing 80 graphics in an eight-hour day means things were light…then thi

This concise, comprehensive reference illustrates how to produce more compelling TV graphics with Photoshop and After Effects

Packed with more than 350 techniques, this book delivers what you need to know?on the spot. If you create graphics for television, this book is for you. If you think producing 80 graphics in an eight-hour day means things were light?then thi

This concise, comprehensive reference illustrates how to produce more compelling TV graphics with Photoshop and After Effects

Packed with more than 350 techniques, this book delivers what you need to know—on the spot. If you create graphics for television, this book is for you. If you think producing 80 graphics in an eight-hour day means things were light…then thi

This concise, comprehensive reference illustrates how to produce more compelling TV graphics with Photoshop and After Effects

Packed with more than 350 techniques, this book delivers what you need to know—on the spot.

If you create graphics for television, this book is for you. If you think producing 80 graphics in an eight-hour day means things were light...then this book is still for you.

No need to wade through tomes of documentation. Broadcast Graphics on the Spot presents immediate solutions in an accessible format. You can zero in quickly on just the solution you need the moment you need it. Written by Adobe-Certified Experts and experienced broadcast professionals, it clearly illustrates all the essential methods that pros use to get the job done efficiently and creatively. Screenshots and step-by-step instructions show you how to:

• Speed up software performance
• Acquire and manage source materials
• Get the most from the Layers Palette in Photoshop
• Master Alpha Channels and transparency
• Gain control over images through the Channels Palette
• Create still and motion backgrounds
• Create words and symbols using the Photoshop Type Tool
• Put your text into motion with the After Effects Type Engine
• Keep your images broadcast safe for the screen
• Get professional chroma key results on a tight deadline and budget
• Use automation and scripts to speed up your workflow
• Build and adapt original templates for consistent designs
• Enhance still and animated logos that will impress viewers
• Create over-the-shoulder graphics for newscasts
• Set yourself apart from the competition with special effects
• Output your graphics to tape, a nonlinear editor, or a still store

USER LEVEL: Intermediate to Advanced

It gives what it promises
This is a great purchase for those who really need a foundation in the world of broadcast design. I have purchased other material from rich and glen before and they have really helped me out in alot of directions so once again my hat goes off to them. You get so much more for the price they charge and this book needs to be on your shelf. Great tips and insights!!!!!!!

Great Nuggets!
The latest On The Spot book from CMP Books titled Broadcast Graphics, their very informative and short book of the hottest tips, was very informative with great nuggets of useful information. Not too much in any one gulp yet still gives you the "aha" factor. This book focuses mostly on Photoshop and After Effects in the broadcast arena (hence the title) and they even say this book is for those in television. However, the book also delves into keying, Illustrator, and script automation - so there’s a little something for everyone. Let’s face it, as a filmmaker you need to have a solid understanding of just about every facet of production and post-production and this book, with it’s quick tips, can be helpful in a pinch. It’s another arsenal in your toolbox. I only wish they had a quick index listing their tricks so when I’m really in a pinch I don’t have to search thru the book trying to remember what chapter I saw the helpful hint. All in all, a great productivity time saver and quick read.