This innovative product from Adobe Press combines an
incredible 14 hours of high-quality HD video training
and a full-color printed reference to teach the fundamentals of
After Effects CS5
Experienced instructor Angie Taylor and Adobe Technical Support
Lead Todd Kopriva present the video instruction, complete with
lesson files, assessment quizzes and review materials. The video is
wrapped in a unique interface that allows the viewer …
This innovative product from Adobe Press combines an
incredible 14 hours of high-quality HD video training
and a full-color printed reference to teach the fundamentals of
After Effects CS5
Experienced instructor Angie Taylor and Adobe Technical Support
Lead Todd Kopriva present the video instruction, complete with
lesson files, assessment quizzes and review materials. The video is
wrapped in a unique interface that allows the viewer to jump to any
topic and also bookmark individual sections for later review. The
unique Watch-and-Work mode shrinks the video into a small window to
allow the student to work alongside in After Effects.
Project files used in the lessons allow viewers practice what
they've learned, and interactive review questions help reinforce
freshly gained knowledge.
Introduction: Basic Workflow and Interface Tour
Legacy Projects
Missing Fonts or Footage
Collecting Files
Missing Effects
Selecting Items and Live Update
Basic Workflow and Terminology Overview
Interface Tour
The Project Panel and the Flowchart Panel
The Composition Panel and the Layer Panel
The Timeline Panel
The Preview Panel
The Effect Controls Panel and the Effects & Presets Panel
The Tools Panel
Colors, Channels, and Color Bit Depth
After Effects Jumpstart
Creating a Cityscape in 3D
Lip-Syncing Animation with Expressions
Animating Characters with the Puppet Tools
Character Animation with the Paint Tools
Leaving One Color or Changing One Color in a Movie
Creating a Trail of Echoes Behind a Moving Subject
Converting a Movie to Look Like a Cartoon
Removing a Logo from a Moving Image
Setup: Memory, Hardware, and Preferences
Modifying Preferences and Keyboard Shortcuts
Configuring the User Interface
Setting Up After Effects for Optimum Performance with 64-Bit Systems
Creating Compositions and Layers
Creating Compositions and Changing Composition Settings
Creating and Formatting Text in the Character Panel
Controlling Blocks of Text with the Paragraph Panel
Working with Shape Layers
When to Use Solid Layers
Importing, Interpreting, and Managing Footage
Importing Movies
Supported Import Formats and Codecs
Importing Still Images and Image Sequences
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator Files
Importing Projects
Interpreting and Managing Footage
Interpreting Footage Manually and Automatically
Fields and Interlacing
Pixel Aspect Ratios
Trimming Footage and Layers
Basic Animation
Introduction to Animation Terminology
The Five Transform Properties
Working with Motion Paths
Using Motion Sketch to Record Motion
Panning and Zooming
Optimizing After Effects for Easy Animation
Animating in the Layer Panel
Introduction to the Graph Editor
Cool Tricks with the Graph Editor
Saving and Applying Animation Presets
Using the Align Panel for Animation
Animating Effect Properties
Animating Effects
Working with Layer Styles
Applying Basic Expressions
Text and Shape Animation
Applying and Editing Text Animators
Adding Properties to Preset Animators
Working with Imported Text
Applying Multiple Animators
Modifying Preset Text Animators
Building Custom Preset Animators
Animating Shape Layers
Understanding Shape Categories
Animating Shape Layer Properties
Basic Compositing
Alpha Channels and Transparency
Isolating a Subject with a Mask
Track Mattes and Preserving Underlying Transparency
Color Keying
Isolating a Subject with Roto Brush
Motion Tracking and Rotoscoping
Removing an Object with Clone Stamp
Blending Layers with Blending Modes
Effects
Understanding Effect Categories
Understanding Effect Properties (Turbulent Noise)
Creating Cool Effects with Turbulent Noise
Using Compound Effects
Understanding Distortion Effects
Color Correction Tools
Perspective Effects
Using Layer Styles
Effect Presets
Looping Effect Properties and Presets
Brainstorming
Adding Adjustment Layers
Time
Frame Rates
Frame Blending
Time-Stretching and Time-Remapping
Slowing Motion, Freezing a Frame, and Reversing Time
Grouping and Linking
Nesting
Pre-Composing
Changing Render Order
Collapsing Transformations
Parenting
Nulls
Expressions
Introduction to 3D
3D Layers and Axis Modes
Working with the 3D Tools and Interface
Manipulating 3D Layers
Auto-Orienting in 3D
Cameras and Nulls
Lights and Material Options
3D Text
Render Order and Troubleshooting
Standard Render Order and the Transform Effect
Collapsing Transformations
3D Layer Interactions, Shadows, and What Breaks Them
Removing Seams with Alpha Add
Output Options
Rendering and Exporting with the Render Queue
Exporting to Flash Player or Flash Professional
Exporting with Adobe Media Encoder
Using Output Templates
Color Management