Adobe® After Effects® is the essential tool for creating motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, DVD, and the Web. Offering unmatched integration with Adobe Premiere® Pro, Photoshop® CS, Adobe Encore™ DVD, Adobe Audition™, and Illustrator® CS software, After Effects provides users the speed, precision, and power to be visually innovative while meeting production challenges and delivering quality results. author, Nathan Dickson, begins the tutorial with in-depth lessons on interface layout and typical workflows, before providing lessons on composition, animation, motion control, color correction, audio editing, rendering, and much more! Work files are also included with the tutorial. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Adobe After Effects 6 lessons.
Intro
What is After Effects? Typical Workflows New in Version 6 System Requirements Interface
The Workspace Customizing the Workspace Managing Palettes Application Preferences Getting Assistance Projects
The Project Window Project Settings Importing Fundamentals Importing Layered Images Importing Alpha Channels Project Window Management
Compositions
Defining a Composition
Composition Settings pt. 1
Composition Settings pt. 2
Timecode
Compositions from Footage
Timeline Window
Composition Window
Animation
Layer Properties
Introduction to Keyframes
Keyframe Manipulation
Property Shortcut Keys
Animating Multiple Properties
Keyframe Shortcut Keys
Using the Anchor Point
Editing Motion Paths
Previewing Movies
Time Controls Palette
RAM Preview
RAM Preview Options
Faster Previews
Motion Control
Spatial Interpolation
Temporal Interpolation
Speed Graphs pt. 1
Speed Graphs pt. 2
Motion Path Settings
Layers
Layer Stacking Order
Layer Labelling
Locking and Shy Layers
In and Out Points
Sequencing Layers
Solid Layers
Layer Blending Modes
Splitting Layers
Aligning and Replacing Layers
Text Layers
Character Palette
Paragraph Palette
Animating Text
Range Selector pt. 1
Range Selector pt. 2
Range Selector pt. 3
Wiggly Selector
Combining Selectors
Paint
How to Paint
Paint Palettes
Rotoscoping
Write-On!
Morphing
Eraser Tool
Clone Tool
Time Travel
Stretching Time
Remapping Time
Interpret Footage
Parenting
Assigning Children to Parents
Importance of Anchors
Parenting of Compositions
Null Objects
Masks
Mask Fundamentals
Pen Tool
Mask Properties
Mask Modes
Animating Masks
Masks and Text
Mattes
Alpha Channels
Alpha Track Mattes
Luminance Track Mattes
Visual Effects
How to Use Effects
Levels/Curves/Sharpening
Color Correction
Transition Effects
Blur Effects
Distortion Effects
Chroma Key Effects
Adjustment Layers
Overriding Rendering Order
3D Layers
3D Layers and Properties
3D Camera
3D Lighting
3D Animation
Audio
Previewing Audio
Manipulating Audio
Synchronized Audio
Audio Effects
Rendering
Rendering Fundamentals
Render Settings pt. 1
Render Settings pt. 2
Interlaced Rendering
Rendering Pulldown
Rendering Presets
Output Options pt. 1
Output Options pt. 2
Rendering Proxies
End
Wrapping it Up
Credits
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