After Effects Apprentice 05: Creating Transparency with Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer

MOV + Exercise Files | Duration: 2h 36min | 960x600 | Video: 30 fps 1164 kbps | Audio: AAC 48 KHz 123 kbps 2 stereo | 980 MB

Genre: eLearning | Level: Beginner | Language: English

In this course, Chris Meyer demonstrates the most common techniques for adding selective transparency to layers in After Effects through the use of masks, track mattes, and stencils. In addition to explaining the tools and basic theory behind transparency, the course covers several practical applications for these techniques, including isolating objects, creating vignettes, and filling text with visual texture. Tutorials on crafting custom transitions and other treatments are also included. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

• Creating masks using parametric shapes or freeform with the Pen tool

• Editing and animating masks

• Combining multiple masks

• Using one layer to define the transparency of others

• Explaining the interaction between effects, masks, and mattes

• Mastering mask animation