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Adobe After Effects Training DVD
Take your skills to the next level. This Adobe After Effects training DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.
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1. Getting Started
2. Interface Essentials
3. Creating Projects
4. Composition
- Creating a composition
- 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. After Effects 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 Mode Tutorials
- Interpreting footage
9. Text Layer Tutorials
- 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 in After Effects
- 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 Tutorials
- 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)
Training Conclusion
- Goodbye
After Effects 7 Training Essentials
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 »
Format : DVD
Price : $149.95 | £74.95 | €95.95
Publisher : lynda.com, Inc.
Duration : 6.75 hours - 121 lessons
Platform : PC or Mac
Closed Captioning : No
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