After Effects Training Videos - Tutorials
Advanced After Effects CS4 DVD - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Chad Perkins | Running Time: 8.75 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

In After Effects CS4 Beyond the Basics, Chad Perkins explores advanced techniques for working with motion graphic elements, animation, color correction, and more. Chad provides tips for working more efficiently, and then moves on to advanced effects, detailed masking techniques, and real-world expressions. Integrating Photoshop into the After Effects workflow is also highlighted. Exercise files accompany the course.
Adobe After Effects CS4 Tutorial - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Luisa Winters | Running Time: 6.5 hours | Training Level : Beginner

Total Training for Adobe After Effects CS4 Essentials introduces you to the wonderful world of motion graphics and the fundamentals of After Effects. After watching this training, you'll know all about creating basic animations, text animation, tracking and stabilizing, basic keying and compositing, basic 3D animation. Plus, you'll get an insider's view of some of the new features of After Effects CS4. Whether you are new to After Effects, or brushing up on a technique, this series is just what you need to get up to speed fast.
After Effects CS4 DVD - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Chad Perkins | Running Time: 8.75 hours | Training Level : Beginner

In After Effects CS4 Essential Training, Chad Perkins teaches fundamental motion graphics design techniques from the ground up. He shows how to gather video, audio, and graphical source materials into layered compositions, make edits and adjustments, then bring it all to life with a powerful array of visual effects and animation techniques. These skills are demonstrated in a series of increasingly intricate projects, from creating a galaxy to building a fantasy battle scene. Chad also demonstrates workflows for keying and compositing, shows how to integrate with other applications, shares useful tips and secrets, and much more. Exercise files accompany the course.
Adobe After Effects CS3: Animating Characters - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: George Maestri | Running Time: 4.25 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

Filmmakers of all kinds are exploring new digital tools for creating animated content. After Effects CS3: Animating Characters follows the creation of a short animated film, from storyboard through final output, using After Effects CS3. George Maestri uses a one-minute monster movie to showcase the new Puppet tool, along with many other techniques for animating characters in After Effects. He covers lip syncing, creating segmented characters with movable joints, and employing special effects. George demonstrates in detail how to create individual scenes and shots, and offers insight into how to pull the pieces together to form a cohesive production. Familiarity with After Effects is recommended. Exercise files accompany the course.
After Effects CS3 Effects DVD - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Chad Perkins | Running Time: 11.75 Hours | Training Level : Beginner

In After Effects CS3 Effects, Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins explores the basic purposes and practical uses of each of the application's effects. He teaches in detail how to apply every native effect, covering 3D Channel effects, Blur & Sharpen effects, using channels for blending and reflections, color correction, distortion, particle systems, and keying. This training is essential for those who want to push After Effects CS3 to its limits. Exercise files accompany the course.
Advanced After Effects CS3 Tutorial - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Ko Maruyama | Running Time: 7 hours | Training Level : Intermediate / Advanced

Get ready to dive in deeper than basic editing and compositing with these entertaining and educational Adobe After Effects Training videos on the advanced feature set in After Effects. You'll explore the 3D environment to understand better how to work with 3D cameras and add realistic lighting and shadows. Plus, test drive tools that you may have never ventured to try before, such as painting and keying. Ko wraps up the course with a closer look at the all new Puppetry and Shapes tools. This Training course is presented in HD quality video and is available by subscription to the online service.
Adobe After Effects CS3 Tutorial - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Ko Maruyama | Running Time: 9.17 hours | Training Level : Beginner

Discover the world of animation with these After Effects CS3 Training Essentials. Hosted by professional animator Ko Maruyama, these training videos focus on new features and essential tools, tutorials include Shape Layers, the Puppet Tool and Brainstorm. You'll also learn how to use many of the new effects found in After Effects CS3 as well as how to import Photoshop Layer Styles. Learn the tricks you need to get on your way to producing high-end animations. These tutorials are presented using HD video.
After Effects CS3 DVD - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Chad Perkins | Running Time: 9.75 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics shows how to take After Effects to the next level. Instructor Chad Perkins teaches techniques for bringing photos to life with displacement, crafting fire and water effects with Fractal Noise, mastering masks, using the other puppet tools, creating a lightsaber fight, running the gamut of expressions, and taking advantage of advanced 3D options. Chad shares his best tips and tricks for mastering After Effects CS3 Professional, and takes viewers through each of the program's advanced features. Exercise files accompany the tutorials. An excellent training DVD for users who already have a working knowledge of Adobe After Effects CS3.
Adobe After Effects CS3 - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Chad Perkins | Running Time: 9.25 hours | Training Level : Beginner

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.
After Effects 7 and Flash 8 Integration - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Lee Brimelow | Running Time: 2.5 hours | Training Level : Beginner

For those ready to combine professional motion graphics from Adobe After Effects 7 with interactive applications created in Adobe Flash 8, this tutorial is the first stop. From discussing the differences between Flash and After Effects to showing how to seamlessly import and export vector animations from each application, Lee Brimelow explains everything involved in using the two applications in unison. The tutorial covers working with third party plug-ins, exporting QuickTime from Flash, using the Audio Spectrum and Audio Waveform effects, and creating special effects in After Effects for use in Flash. Exercise files accompany the tutorial.
After Effects 7 Title Design Techniques - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Daniel Sorenson | Running Time: 4.25 hours | Training Level : Beginner

In After Effects 7 Title Design Techniques , instructor and industry expert Daniel Sorenson demonstrates how to create enticing titles for video projects such as opening or ending credits, showing real-world projects and examples. The training teaches how to create effects such as oozing blood to pixel dust, lightning bolts to billowing curtains. Special focus is placed on how to choose title techniques that communicate effectively and create an emotional impact. Exercise files accompany the tutorial videos.

The video tutorials in After Effects 7 Title Design Techniques require plug-ins only available in Adobe After Effects 7 Professional. If you are using Adobe After Effects 7 Standard, you may not be able to recreate all the example techniques.
After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2 Integration - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Jeff Foster | Running Time: 4.75 hours | Training Level : Beginner

After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2 Integration is a series of video-based tutorials designed to teach you the most efficient methods for using content from Photoshop in your After Effects animation. You'll learn how to best prepare Photoshop layers for translation into After Effects, how to create 3-D layers from Photoshop layers, how to apply lighting and special effects, how to work with displacement maps and mattes, and how to animate still images. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.
After Effects 7 Animation - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Jeff Foster | Running Time: 3.25 hours | Training Level : Intermediate

In this After Effects 7 Training DVD, Jeff Foster shares Animation Techniques, shares methods and best practices for creating fantastic animation. From setting up a camera and getting the right angles, to imitating the movement of the human skeleton and animating text layers, These tutorials explain everything you need to know to create and edit animations for the most realistic effects. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace.
After Effects 7 - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Jeff Foster | Running Time: 6.75 hours | Training Level : Beginner

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.
After Effects 6 DVD - Training Videos - Tutorials
Author: Lynda Weinman | Running Time: 6 hours | Training Level : Beginner

This Adobe After Effects 6 Training Video with Lynda Weinman offers a thorough overview of the most essential features of the standard version of the latest release of After Effects! The newest features, such as Paint effects and Text Layers are covered in these tutorials, as well all other fundamental to intermediate features. You will create animated compositions as you learn everything from simple transformations using Keyframes, Effects, Masks, and Track Mattes, to more advanced concepts covering Photoshop and Illustrator Integration, Text Layers, Paint Effects, 3D Layers, Lights, Multiple Cameras, Expressions, Parenting, and Compositing. A great training DVD for After Effects users of all levels.