Intermediate After Effects CS3 Training DVD

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1. Introduction

• Welcome
• Using reference material
• Using the exercise files

2. Quick Navigation Tips and Tricks

• About this chapter
• Two great ways to select layers fast
• Finding a lost CTI
• What is IBON?
• Making the work area the size of multiple layers
• Jumping to the beginning or end of the work area
• Trimming a comp to the work area
• Filling up “gaps” in footage

3. Advanced Color Concepts

• Understanding histograms
• Understanding the Levels effect
• Advanced compositing with Levels
• Understanding the Curves effect
• Changing the time of day with Curves
• About bit depth
• About HDR
• How everyone benefits from HDR
• What is linear blending?
• Using the Color Balance effect
• Faking HDR results with Color Balance
• Colorizing with Colorama
• Why you need color management

4. Understanding Blend Modes in After Effects

• What are blend modes?
• The “darkening” modes
• The “lightening” modes
• The “overlay” modes
• Using Difference mode
• Using the color modes

5. Taking Effects to the Next Level

• Controlling effects with maps
• Using grayscale maps to displace an object
• Bringing photos to life with displacement
• Using multiple effects
• Saving animation presets
• Loading animation presets

6. Mastering Fractal Noise

• Mastering Fractal Noise parameters
• Fractal Noise, CS3, and HDR
• Creating fire with Fractal Noise
• Creating water with Fractal Noise
• Creating smoke with Fractal Noise
• Creating animated bars with Fractal Noise
• Creating angry grunge with Fractal Noise
• Creating a 3D city flyover with Fractal Noise
• Creating seamless loops of Fractal Noise
• Using Cell Pattern
• Using Roughen Edges

7. Mastering Shatter

• Mastering Shatter parameters
• Fine-tuning Shatter pieces
• Controlling Shatter with maps
• Creating blown dust with Shatter
• Creating an underwater explosion with Shatter
• Creating a Matrix effect with Shatter
• Creating real 3D objects by hacking Shatter
• Having Shatter use your comp's camera

8. A Look at Card Wipe

• What is Card Wipe for?
• Learning Card Wipe
• Bringing Card Wipe to life!
• Creating a 3D postcard fly-through with Card Wipe

9. An Overview of Particle Systems

• What is a particle system?
• Using common particle system elements
• Using Foam
• Creating realistic snowfall with Foam
• Creating sparkles with Foam
• Customizing Radio Waves
• A look at Cycore's particle systems
• Introducing Particle Playground

10. Mastering Masks in After Effects

• How to use the Pen tool
• What is a RotoBezier path?
• Using Auto-trace
• Mask modes
• Animating masks
• Mask options
• Smart mask interpolation
• Using masks and the Vegas effect

11. Advanced Puppet Tool Tutorials

• Using Puppet Overlap pins
• Using Puppet Starch pins
• Puppet options
• Using the puppet tools to create facial animation

12. Advanced Shape Layers

• Making custom Shape Layers
• Using Path Operands with Shape Layers
• Making Shape Layers from type

13. Advanced 3D Tips

• Using Vanishing Point 2.0 (VPE) files
• Using Depth of Field
• Making color shadows
• Changing an object's material
• Orient to Camera
• Getting back missing 3D layers
• About precomposing and 3D
• Using Z-scale on precomposed 3D comps
• Using null objects

14. Motion Tracking Tutorials

• What is tracking used for?
• A closer look at tracking options
• Tracking and effects
• Tracking an object in perspective
• Creating a lightsaber fight with tracking

15. Playing Around with Time Tools

• Using the Timewarp effect
• Remapping time
• Stretching time
• Blending stretched time
• Creating an “echo” in time
• Creating time displacement

16. Advanced Animation and the Graph Editor

• An in-depth look at the Graph Editor
• Scaling animations in the Graph Editor
• Understanding graphs and velocity
• Creating masterful animation with graphs
• Creating roving keyframes
• Creating temporarily roving keyframes

17. Getting a Better Grasp of Expressions

• The “zen” of expressions
• Basic expression syntax
• What is an array?
• Using Expression Controls
• Expressions and the Graph Editor
• Converting expressions to keyframes
• Copying, pasting, and saving expressions
• Using variables
• Adding comments to expressions
• Introduction to scripting and the secret Demo palette
• Getting help with expressions
• About the Expressions template

18. Real-World Expressions

• The wiggle expression
• The smooth expression
• The random expression
• Creating loops with expressions
• The index expression
• Getting an object to trail another with expressions

19. Exploring Technical Issues

• Pixel aspect ratios
• Straight and premultiplied alphas
• OpenGL
• About NTSC, PAL, and SECAM
• Interlaced and progressive video
• About broadcast-safe color

20. Getting More Efficient with After Effects

• The importance of knowing the render order
• Setting footage to loop in the Project panel
• Speeding up the workflow with proxies
• Capturing video in After Effects
• Replacing layers
• Reloading layers
• The secret, automatic solid parent
• Making an object the size, width, or height of your comp
• Using Snapshots
• Previewing a specific area
• Using the Flowchart
• Changing preview preferences from the Comp window
• Temporarily adjusting comp brightness
• Getting what you want with Preferences
• Getting more tips (with Tip of the Day)

21. More Efficient Outputting

• Moving and archiving entire After Effects projects
• Making Render Queue templates
• Creating interlaced output
• Network rendering
• Rendering with OpenGL

Training Conclusion

• Goodbye

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