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Now, as we've mentioned before about Ultra, Ultra is a little quirky.
Especially, when it comes to terminology, it uses some terms
that you typically don't find especially in other Adobe video programs.
So what I want you to do is get acquainted with some of the terms that we will be using.
Especially for those of you that are self-starters that just basically want to know a couple
of things about a program and then just kind of figure out the rest
yourselves. This will be a big help for you.
First and foremost, we should know that the green screen footage that we typically key
out, that is called the Input Clip. Now, behind the Input Clip, we have the Background
or the Virtual Set. Sometimes we have both, but usually it's one
or the other. So, right now as you can see here we don't
have anything in the Background and we are using a Virtual Set.
So, this background that you are seeing here with a cool glass and everything, that comes
with Ultra. Virtual Sets actually have a file extension
of .mfx. Now, when you have a Virtual Set collection
with a bunch of other goodies put together that's called
a Master Set Library, sometimes abbreviated MSL.
We will talk more in detail about Virtual Sets and Master Set Libraries a little bit
later on. Just be aware that Virtual Sets and Backgrounds
are typically interchangeable. Now, sometimes you will have a Virtual Set
or a Background with a hole in it. That's what we have here in this Virtual Set.
We have a little TV set with a hole in it. What we put in that hole is a Source B piece
of footage. As you can see my little layers here, I have
the Hollywood.jpeg as my Source B. However, if you come over here to this dropdown
where it tells us our Input Clip, you will see that if we click on Inset, that we actually
see Hollywood.jpeg. So this might be a little confusing as well,
Inset and Source B are often used interchangeably as well.
So again, either Inset or Source B is basically what goes in these holes in the background.
Also, be aware that we have overlays here in Ultra.
So if you want to put may be like a little logo bug in the bottom right-hand corner which
you see all the time in TV, you are more than welcome to do that and that's
pretty standard terminology. Also as you are going through Ultra documentation,
be aware that because of the nature of Ultra, it's meant to have people
in these backgrounds. It's not really meant for a Superman to be flying through the air,
although you can totally use it for that. It really is customized for people that want
to create footage that looks kind of like this where you are having a host kind
of talking through a documentary and what not.
So, often times I refer to this person as the subject or often times the talent.
Finally, be aware that a project in Premiere or After Effects is referred to as a session.
If you go to the File menu, you will see Open Session, Save Session.
Your entire project here in Ultra is referred to as a session.
There are a few more little quirks about Ultra but as far as terminology goes, those are
the ones that kind of threw me for a loop when I was first learning.
Hopefully that will make you feel a little more comfortable as we go through the rest
of these movies kind of setting up Ultra in this chapter.