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Description

Course name:

After Effects CS5 Essential Training

Author:

Chad Perkins

Duration (hr:min):

08:45

Released on:

4/30/2010

Exercise files:

Yes

Software works on:

Mac and Windows

In After Effects CS5 Essential Training, author Chad Perkins discusses the basic tools, effects, and

need-to-know techniques in Adobe After Effects CS5, the professional standard for motion graphics,

compositing, and visual effects for video. The course provides an overview of the entire workflow, from

import to export, as well as detailed coverage of each stage, including animating text and artwork,

adding effects to compositions, working in 3D, and rendering and compressing footage. Exercise files

are included with the course.

Topics include:

    * Understanding the After Effects workflow

    * Precomposing footage

    * Explaining the basics and beyond of animating

    * Creating glows, patterns, textures, and more with effects

    * Color correcting footage

    * Working with text

    * Manipulating video playback speed

    * Masking objects and shape layers

    * Removing backgrounds with keying

    * Compositing multiple pieces of footage

    * Integrating After Effects with the rest of the Creative Suite

1. Introduction

Introduction           01:30

What is After Effects?           03:12

How to use the exercise files           00:58

28:14 2. Introductory Project

After Effects workflow overview           02:18

Bringing elements into After Effects           02:23

Adding elements to the Timeline           01:57

Working with layers           03:45

Creating animation with presets           03:24

Applying effects           03:34

Creating animation without presets           05:38

Previewing your work           02:46

Exporting content as a movie file           02:29

27:20 3. Getting Started with After Effects

Touring the interface           06:02

How After Effects projects work           04:47

What is a composition?           04:52

Tips for adding content to compositions           02:49

Understanding the properties of video           08:50

57:08 4. Learning to Animate

Importing an Illustrator file           04:57

Animation basics           07:12

Animating opacity           06:40

Understanding anchor points           04:57

Animating position           06:08

Animating rotation           04:41

Animating scale           07:19

Using the Puppet tool           07:13

Copying and pasting keyframes           03:04

Animation shortcuts           04:57

09:42 5. Precomposing and Nesting Compositions

Understanding precomposing           06:51

Navigating through compositions quickly           02:51

01:12:09 6. The Power of Effects

A showcase of effects           02:34

Creating a layer for effects           03:01

Applying effects           04:54

Animating effect properties           04:29

Using Glow           05:34

Creating patterns and textures           06:57

Creating a fireball           07:09

Using the Cycore effects           05:58

Adding blur           05:45

Creating a galaxy scene from scratch           08:38

Distorting objects with effects           04:07

Creating and using lens flares           04:21

Creating lightning bolts           04:03

Viewing random variations with Brainstorm           04:39

30:52 7. Working with Video

Shortening the duration of layers           04:23

Trimming in the Footage panel           04:14

Slowing and accelerating video speed           07:09

Applying video transitions between clips           06:07

Working with image sequences           04:47

Importing footage with an alpha channel           04:12

36:11 8. Color-Correcting Footage

Brightening dark footage           09:12

Changing colors in footage           06:34

Creating cinematic color treatments           08:17

Creating a quick vignette           03:42

Colorizing black-and-white objects           04:50

Using adjustment layers           03:36

21:09 9. Creating and Animating Text

Creating and editing text           07:39

Applying text animation presets           04:41

Animating text manually           04:43

Applying layer styles to text           04:06

28:58 10. Becoming More Efficient

Let's get better           00:37

Using work areas           03:37

Creating markers           06:17

Replacing layers           02:35

Mastering Timeline navigation           03:18

Aligning and distributing layers           03:04

Selecting layers quickly           01:56

Cropping layers           03:43

Adjusting comp resolution           03:51

23:53 11. Painting

Using the paint tools           09:35

Using the Roto Brush tool           09:25

Animating growing vines           04:53

40:29 12. Working with Masks and Shape Layers

Creating and using masks           06:42

Exploring mask options           07:57

Creating masks with Auto-trace           06:51

Masking objects with other objects           05:33

Making shape layers           03:43

Modifying shape layers           09:43

30:44 13. Working in 3D

Turning 2D layers into 3D layers           09:22

Creating lights and cameras           06:14

Creating shadows           04:23

Using depth of field           04:42

Working with 3D effects           06:03

18:10 14. Keying and Compositing

Removing a green screen background           04:37

Refining the matte           04:48

Compositing with color adjustments           04:50

Compositing with blend modes           03:55

25:44 15. Intermediate Animation

Understanding spatial interpolation           02:05

Creating and adjusting motion paths           03:55

Orienting moving objects along a path           01:29

Drawing motion with Motion Sketch           02:51

Creating pauses in animation           03:06

Understanding temporal interpolation           01:56

Easing keyframes           05:57

About the Graph Editor           04:25

17:52 16. Stabilizing and Tracking Motion

Stabilizing shaky footage           07:46

Tracking the motion in footage           04:27

Tracking with mocha           05:39

24:58 17. Parenting and Expressions

Setting up parent layers           05:49

Working with null objects           02:31

What are expressions?           07:17

Modifying simple expressions           02:20

Using the wiggle expression           07:01

06:52 18. Working with Audio

Understanding audio in motion graphics           01:22

Previewing and mixing audio           03:55

Enhancing audio tracks with effects           01:35

11:36 19. Rendering and Compression

Adding comps to the Render Queue           02:30

Exploring key Render Queue settings           04:11

How should I export my video?           04:55

07:16 20. Integration

Using Photoshop with After Effects           02:10

Using Illustrator with After Effects           03:02

Using Flash with After Effects           02:04

00:11 Conclusion

Goodbye           00:11