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Beginners Adobe After Effects CS3 Training DVD

Learn how to take your skills to the next level. This Beginners Adobe After Effects CS3 training DVD is the ultimate in comprehensive learning for the discerning professional.

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1. Introduction

Introduction Demo
About Night of the Living Dead Demo
How to use the exercise files

2. After Effects Overview

Overview of the After Effects workflow Demo

3. Getting Started

4. Importing Files

5. Of Layers and Compositions

About compositions
Adding assets to compositions
Using the Composition panel
Layers essentials
Aligning and distributing layers
Nesting compositions
Using markers

6. Using the Timeline

Using the Timeline panel
Managing multiple layers
Cleaning up the timeline
Understanding timecode

7. Animation Essentials

Understanding keyframes and interpolation
Previewing your animations
Selecting and moving keyframes
Animating position
Animating opacity
Animating scale
Animating rotation
Animating the anchor point
Using work areas
Using the keyframe navigator
The best keyframe shortcuts

8. Animation Part 1: The Basic Principles

Animation principles
Anticipation
Exaggeration
Follow-through

9. Animation Part 2: Helpers

Animation helpers
Easing keyframes
Sketching motion
Using the Wiggler
Using the Smoother
Stabilizing motion
Using Auto-Orient
Intro to expressions

10. Animation Part 3: The Next Level

Parenting
Altering multiple parameters at once
Working with motion paths
Introduction to the Graph Editor

11. Being Creative with After Effects

Using shape layers
Animating characters with the Puppet tool
Experimenting with the new Brainstorm feature
Painting, cloning, and erasing
Animating paint strokes

12. Introduction to Effects

Using effects
Using Help for effects
Using blur effects
Distorting objects
Understanding glowing and light effects
Shattering objects
Color correcting with effects
Creating something from nothing
Browsing effects favorites with Bridge

13. Using Text in After Effects

Creating text
Formatting text
Animating text
Using text presets
Using safe zones

14. Video Editing in After Effects

Trimming and video editing in After Effects
Using the Footage and Layer panels
Performing a slip edit
Splitting a layer
Time stretching

15. Masks, Mattes, and Keying

Creating masks
What's a track matte?
About keying footage
Creating a garbage matte
Introduction to Keylight

16. Working with Audio

The importance of audio
Using audio in After Effects
Creating audio markers
Mixing audio
Converting audio to keyframes

17. Introduction to 3D

About 3D layers
Per-character 3D text
Intro to lights and cameras
About coordinates, axes, and viewports

18. Photoshop and After Effects

Importing Photoshop files
What Photoshop objects will After Effects recognize?
Using Photoshop Layer Styles in After Effects
Convert Photoshop text to editable text
Exporting frames as layered Photoshop files
Cool tricks with Photoshop

19. Integrating

Importing and using Illustrator files
Using Dynamic Link
Other ways to integrate with Premiere
Using After Effects with Encore
Using After Effects with Soundbooth
Using After Effects with Flash

20. Exporting

The Render Queue
Setting up a client review with Clip Notes
Rendering to multiple formats at once
Essential file formats
Essential codecs
Exporting video for iPod and Sony PSP
Exporting for mobile devices using Device Central

Conclusion

Goodbye

Adobe After Effects CS3 Training Info

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From creating simple animation to integrating Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash files, After Effects CS3 Professional Training Essentials explores the possibilities available using the motion graphics and animation features in After Effects. Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins teaches the fundamentals of managing the timeline, working with 3D layers, creating projects for iPods and mobile devices, and more. Using numerous hands-on visual effects and motion graphics exercises, these tutorials teach the skills necessary for mastering After Effects tools and workflow processes. Chad even devotes an entire chapter to using After Effects and Photoshop together effectively. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.. Close »

Instructor : Chad Perkins

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Publisher:

lynda.com, Inc.

Duration:

9.25 hours - 109 lessons

Platform:

PC or Mac

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$149.95

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