Adobe After Effects CS5: Learn by Video - Video2brain

Adobe After Effects CS5: Learn by Video
Create Striking Motion Graphics
Table of Contents
Introduction: Basic Workflow and Interface Tour
Don't Worry. It's Only a Dialog Box!
Legacy Projects 03:34
Missing Fonts or Footage 07:02
Collecting Files 03:09
Missing Effects 01:35
Selecting Items and Live Update 03:23
Basic Workflow and Terminology Overview 06:31
Interface Tour
The Project Panel and the Flowchart Panel 04:23
The Composition Panel and the Layer Panel 11:34
The Timeline Panel 10:14
The Preview Panel 06:20
The Effect Controls Panel and the Effects & Presets Panel 05:16
The Tools Panel 03:48
Colors, Channels, and Color Bit Depth 08:27
After Effects Jumpstart
Test Yourself
Creating a Cityscape in 3D 06:31
Lip-Syncing Animation with Expressions 07:39
Animating Characters with the Puppet Tools 06:32
Character Animation with the Paint Tools 05:36
Leaving One Color or Changing One Color in a Movie 03:32
Creating a Trail of Echoes Behind a Moving Subject 02:34
Converting a Movie to Look Like a Cartoon 02:45
Removing a Logo from a Moving Image 02:28
Setup: Memory, Hardware, and Preferences
Modifying Preferences and Keyboard Shortcuts 04:18
Configuring the User Interface 05:13
Setting Up After Effects for Optimum Performance with 64-Bit Systems 06:09
Test Yourself
Creating Compositions and Layers
Creating Compositions and Changing Composition Settings 03:13
Creating Graphics and Layers Directly in After Effects
World-Class Training
Creating and Formatting Text in the Character Panel 20:19
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Test Yourself
Creating and Formatting Text in the Character Panel 20:19
Controlling Blocks of Text with the Paragraph Panel 12:50
Working with Shape Layers 13:32
When to Use Solid Layers 06:21
Importing, Interpreting, and Managing Footage
Importing Footage
Importing Movies 02:47
Supported Import Formats and Codecs 04:22
Importing Still Images and Image Sequences 04:24
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator Files 07:47
Importing Projects 02:51
Interpreting and Managing Footage
Test Yourself
Basic Animation
Interpreting Footage Manually and Automatically 04:44
Fields and Interlacing 05:15
Pixel Aspect Ratios 04:31
Trimming Footage and Layers 04:00
Animating the Transform Properties
Introduction to Animation Terminology 03:56
The Five Transform Properties 19:54
Working with Motion Paths 11:26
Using Motion Sketch to Record Motion 21:06
Panning and Zooming
Optimizing After Effects for Easy Animation 05:47
Animating in the Layer Panel 10:27
Introduction to the Graph Editor 11:18
Cool Tricks with the Graph Editor 09:54
Saving and Applying Animation Presets 12:06
Using the Align Panel for Animation 15:01
Animating Effect Properties
Test Yourself
Text and Shape Animation
Animating Effects 09:17
Working with Layer Styles 05:50
Applying Basic Expressions 08:33
Animating Text Layers
Applying and Editing Text Animators 10:37
Adding Properties to Preset Animators 04:41
Working with Imported Text 03:24
Applying Multiple Animators 04:48
Modifying Preset Text Animators 03:35
Building Custom Preset Animators 07:19
Animating Shape Layers
Understanding Shape Categories 10:42
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Test Yourself
Basic Compositing
Effects
Time
Understanding Shape Categories 10:42
Animating Shape Layer Properties 10:38
Alpha Channels and Transparency 04:52
Isolating a Subject with a Mask 06:07
Track Mattes and Preserving Underlying Transparency 04:46
Color Keying 11:30
Isolating a Subject with Roto Brush 12:30
Motion Tracking and Rotoscoping 10:14
Removing an Object with Clone Stamp 06:10
Blending Layers with Blending Modes 04:13
Test Yourself
Understanding Effect Categories 09:03
Understanding Effect Properties (Turbulent Noise) 12:09
Creating Cool Effects with Turbulent Noise 10:57
Using Compound Effects 06:35
Understanding Distortion Effects 08:31
Color Correction Tools 12:09
Perspective Effects 16:06
Using Layer Styles 07:12
Effect Presets 09:44
Looping Effect Properties and Presets 13:39
Brainstorming 16:30
Adding Adjustment Layers 14:20
Test Yourself
Frame Rates 08:52
Frame Blending 07:19
Time-Stretching and Time-Remapping 08:10
Slowing Motion, Freezing a Frame, and Reversing Time 08:34
Test Yourself
Grouping and Linking
Nesting 13:55
Pre-Composing 13:48
Changing Render Order 09:31
Collapsing Transformations 04:06
Parenting 15:39
Nulls 11:20
Expressions 14:07
Test Yourself
Introduction to 3D
3D Layers and Axis Modes 14:18
Working with the 3D Tools and Interface 20:18
Manipulating 3D Layers 06:18
Auto-Orienting in 3D 08:42
Cameras and Nulls 13:43
Lights and Material Options 13:08
3D Text 07:37
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3D Text 07:37
Test Yourself
Render Order and Troubleshooting
Standard Render Order and the Transform Effect 10:40
Collapsing Transformations 04:30
3D Layer Interactions, Shadows, and What Breaks Them 07:15
Removing Seams with Alpha Add 04:15
Test Yourself
Output Options
Rendering and Exporting with the Render Queue 05:45
Exporting to Flash Player or Flash Professional 04:53
Exporting with Adobe Media Encoder 05:06
Using Output Templates 03:30
Color Management 05:03
Test Yourself
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