Adobe After Effects
Getting To Know The Workflow
- Creating A Project And Importing Footage
- Creating A Composition And Arranging Layers
- Adding Effects And Modifying Layer Properties
- Animating The Composition
- Previewing Your Work
- Optimizing Performance In After Effects
- Rendering And Exporting Your Composition
- Customizing The Workspace
- Controlling The Brightness Of The User Interface
- Finding Resources For Using After Effects
- Checking For Updates
Creating A Basic Animation Using Effects And Presets
- Importing Footage Using Adobe Bridge
- Creating The Composition
- Working With Imported Illustrator Layers
- Applying Effects To A Layer
- Applying An Animation Preset
- Previewing The Effects
- Adding Transparency
- Rendering The Composition
Animating Text
- About Text Layers
- Creating And Formatting Point Text
- Using A Text Animation Preset
- Animating With Scale Keyframes
- Animating Using Parenting
- Animating Imported Photoshop Text
- Animating Text Using A Path Animation Preset
- Animating Type Tracking
- Animating Text Opacity
- Using A Text Animator Group
- Cleaning Up The Path Animation
- Animating A Nontext Layer Along A Motion Path
- Adding Motion Blur
- Exporting To Adobe Flash Cs4 Professional
Working With Shape Layers
- Adding A Shape Layer
- Creating Custom Shapes
- Creating Stars
- Incorporating Video And Audio Layers
- Applying A Cartoon Effect
- Adding A Title Bar
- Using Brainstorm To Experiment
Animating A Multimedia Presentation
- Animating The Scenery Using Parenting
- Adjusting An Anchor Point
- Masking Video Using Vector Shapes
- Keyframing A Motion Path
- Animating Additional Elements
- Applying An Effect
- Creating An Animated Slide Show
- Adding An Audio Track
- Zooming In For A Final Close-Up
- Sending The Project To Reviewers
Animating Layers
- Simulating Lighting Changes
- Duplicating An Animation Using The Pick Whip
- Animating Movement In The Scenery
- Adjusting The Layers And Creating A Track Matte
- Animating The Shadows
- Adding A Lens Flare Effect
- Animating The Clock
- Retiming The Composition
Working With Masks
- About Masks
- Creating A Mask With The Pen Tool
- Editing A Mask
- Feathering The Edges Of A Mask
- Replacing The Content Of The Mask
- Adding A Reflection
- Creating A Vignette
- Adjusting The Color
Distorting Objects With The Puppet Tools
- About The Puppet Tools
- Adding Deform Pins
- Defining Areas Of Overlap
- Stiffening An Area
- Animating Pin Positions
- Recording Animation
Keying
- About Keying
- Creating Compositions In Device Central
- Changing The Background Color
- Adding The Foreground Subject
- Using Garbage Masks
- Applying The Color Difference Key Effect
- Choking The Matte
- Removing Spill
- Adjusting Contrast
- Adding The Background Animation
- Adding Text
- Preparing The Composition For Mobile Devices
Performing Color Correction
- Adjusting Color Balance
- Replacing The Background
- Removing Unwanted Elements
- Correcting A Range Of Colors
- Warming Colors With The Photo Filter Effect
Building 3D Objects
- Building A 3D Object
- Working With A Null Object
- Working With 3D Text
- Creating A Backdrop Ford Animation
- Nesting A 3D Composition
- Adding A Camera
- Completing The Scene
Using 3D Features
- Animating 3D Objects
- Adding Reflections To 3D Objects
- Animating A Camera
- Adjusting Layer Timing
- Usingd Lights
- Adding Effects
- Adding Motion Blur
- Previewing The Entire Animation
Advanced Editing Techniques
- Using Motion Stabilization
- Using Single-Point Motion Tracking
- Using Multipoint Tracking
- Creating A Particle System
- Retiming Playback Using The Timewarp Effect
Rendering And Outputting
- Creating Templates For The Rendering Process
- Creating Templates For Output Modules
- Exporting To Different Output Media
CS5 New Features
- Roto Brush
- Digieffects FreeForm
- Auto-Keyframe mode
- Refine Matte Effect
