Video2Brain - Adobe After Effects CS6: Learn by Video

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Genre: Video Training

Adobe After Effects is an incredibly deep and rich set of tools for creating motion graphics, manipulating movies, adding visual effects, and more. In this Learn by Video course, created in partnership with our friends at Peachpit Press, experts Todd Kopriva and Angie Taylor teach you how to make the most of this powerful software, including the new features in After Effects CS6. After getting an overview of the workflow and the user interface, you will learn how to bring assets into After Effects and configure the software for optimum performance. You’ll also learn a range of compositing features, including the new variable-width masks and 3D camera tracker features, as well as basic masking and color keying. Tips on everything from troubleshooting and avoiding common problems to creating finished movie files round out this comprehensive training.

Introducing After Effects CS6

What Is Adobe After Effects and Where Does It Come From?

Course Introduction

What's New in After Effects CS6

Don't Worry, It's Only a Dialog Box

Basic Workflow and Terminology Overview

Interface Tour

The Project Panel and Flowchart Panel

The Composition Panel and the Layer Panel

The Timeline Panel

The Preview Panel

The Effects & Presets Panel, Bridge, and the Effect Controls Panel

Colors, Channels, and Color Bit Depth

Modifying Preferences and Keyboard Shortcuts

Configuring the User Interface

Creating Compositions and Layers

Creating Compositions and Changing Composition Settings

Creating Text with the Character Panel

Controlling Blocks of Text with the Paragraph Panel

Creating Shape Layers

Working with Solids

Importing Footage

Importing Movies

Importing Still Images and Image Sequences

Importing Photoshop and Illustrator Files

Importing Projects

Interpreting and Managing Footage

Interpreting Footage Manually and Automatically

Fields and Interlacing

Pixel Aspect Ratios

Trimming Footage and Layers

Animation Basics

Animating Transform Properties

Working with Motion Paths

Using Motion Sketch to Record Motion

Fine-Tuning Animation

Working in the Layer Panel

Anchor Point Animation

Keyframe Types

Keyframe Assistants

The Graph Editor

Animating Text Layers

Importing Photoshop Text

Applying Animators

Combining Animators

Animation Presets

Fun with Shape Layers

Ways to Create Shapes

Shape Layers for Text Effects

Basic Compositing

Blending Layers with Blending Modes

Alpha Channels and Transparency

Isolating a Subject with a Mask

Color Keying

Motion Tracking and Rotoscoping

The 3D Camera Tracker

Effects

Understanding Effect Categories

Animating Effect Properties

Brainstorming

Using Compound Effects

"Fixer" Effects

Layer Styles

Effect Presets

Adjustment Layers (Force Motion Blur)

Time

Frame Rates

Time Stretching and Time Remapping

Slowing Motion, Freezing a Frame, and Reversing Time

Grouping and Linking

Nesting

Pre-Composing

Parenting

Using Nulls

Expressions

Introduction to 3D

Working with 3D Layers

Axis Modes

Bending Layers

Extruding Shapes

Cameras

Lights

Material Options (Environment Layers)

Depth of Field

Environment Layers

Memory and Performance

Setting Up After Effects for Optimum Performance with 64-Bit Systems

RAM and Disk Caching

Render Order and Collapsing Transformations

Standard Render Order and the Transform Effect

Collapsing Transformations

Output Options

Rendering and Exporting with the Render Queue

Exporting with the Adobe Media Encoder

Collecting Files

Project Explorations and Recap

Preparing Cinema 4D Projects for After Effects

Compositing C4D Multipass Renders in After Effects

Using a Simple Effect and Duplicate Layers for Creative Results

Using Basic Color Correction and Light Wrap for Compositing

Closing Thoughts