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Adobe After Effects 7 Training DVD: Beginners

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Adobe After Effects training DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

The training uses broadcast quality audio and video to deliver concise and informative training right to your desktop. The Tutorial comes complete with practical working files and presented via an intuitive, easy-to-use interface, This Adobe After Effects tutorial video makes learning simple, quick and enjoyable. All training courses are authored by professional instructors who have a passion for teaching.

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Introduction

Welcome Demo
Setting up for exercise files Demo

1. Getting Started

What's new in After Effects 7 Demo
Standard vs. professional Demo
New format support in After Effects 7 Demo

2. Interface Essentials

3. Creating Projects

4. Composition

Creating a composition Demo
Getting footage into a composition
Importing a Photoshop file as a composition
Creating a composition from footage

5. Timeline, Keyframes, and Animation

Setting object durations
Keyframe essentials
Animating position
Animating other transform properties
Copying and pasting keyframes
Property keyboard shortcuts
Animating an anchor point using the Pan Behind tool
Adjusting bézier motion
Auto-orienting an object along a path
Following a complex motion path
Editing keyframes with the Graph Editor
Using animation presets
Creating and saving animation presets

6. Playing with Time

Using Keyframe Assistant
Keyframe interpolation - roving over time
Types of keyframe interpolation
Hold keyframes
Speed Graph Editor

7. Previewing Movies

Using the Time Control panel
RAM preview options
Previewing a region of interest and a work area
Wireframe previews

8. Layer Essentials

Layer basics
Editing an original layer in Photoshop
Solo, Lock and Shy buttons
The quality switch vs. continuous rasterization
Applying motion blur
Moving and trimming time in layers
Splitting layers
Time stretching and frame blending
Time remapping
Applying a timewarp effect
Replacing layers
Sequencing layers
Creating solid layers
Aligning and distributing layers
Layer modes
Interpreting footage

9. Text Layers

Creating and formatting text layers
Basic text animation
Using the Range selector
The Wiggly selector
Multiple animators and selectors
Using character offset
Text on a path
Applying text animation presets
Modifying and saving a text animation preset
Saving a text on path animation as a preset

10. Essential Effects

Applying filter effects
Animating effects
Drop shadows
Wipes and transitions
Lens blur
Making color correction adjustments
Effects as adjustment layers
Pre-compositing effects
Saving effects as favorites

11. Parenting Essentials

Simple parenting
Character animation
Using a null object as a parent

12. Painting

Painting essentials
Editing paint strokes
Paint strokes over time
Using brush strokes as a matte
Using the Clone tool

13. Masking Essentials

Creating simple masks
Drawing precise masks using the Pen tool
Using masks with text effects
Using masks modes
Animating and changing mask shapes
Convert an alpha channel to a mask with Auto-Trace
Faking painting with the Scribble effect

14. Track Mattes and Alpha Channels

Creating a track matte
Luminance-based track mattes
Animated text mattes with effects

15. Removing a Background with Color Keying

Choosing a key color
Adjusting and fixing color key selections
Using Luma Key on non-bluescreen composites
Using Keylight

16. Using 3-D Layers

Creating 3-D layers in the timeline
Adding lights in 3-D
Adding and animating a camera
Moving a camera around a scene
Auto-orienting objects

17. Working with Expressions

Adding expressions and creating relationships
Multiplying expression values
Expression arrays
Text, effects, and expressions
Converting expressions to keyframes

18. Tracking Motion and Stabilizing Footage

Tracking motion in a video clip
Corner pinning footage
Stabilizing footage
Fixing tracking problems

19. Adding Audio

Adding audio to a composition
Adding markers and comments
Adjusting audio levels

20. Rendering Final Movies

Using the render queue default settings
Changing the render queue settings
Output module and rendering templates
Rendering alpha channels or motion masks
Rendering audio
Saving RAM previews
Collecting files
After Effects for the Web
Rendering as Macromedia Flash files (.SWF and . FLV)

Conclusion

Goodbye

After Effects 7 Training Info

Title Information.

This After Effects 7 Training DVD with Jeff Foster is a comprehensive overview of Adobe's powerful motion graphics software. These video-based tutorials cover the interface, creating a project from scratch, working with keyframes, motion paths, animation presets, layer essentials, moving and trimming time, text layers and animation, filters and special effects, painting and cloning, alpha channels and masks, track mattes and color keying. Other topics include working with expressions, tracking motion, adding and adjusting audio, and rendering final movies. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.. Close »

Instructor : Jeff Foster

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Publisher:

lynda.com, Inc.

Duration:

6.75 hours - 121 lessons

Platform:

PC or Mac

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Price:

$149.95

£103.77

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