Adobe After Effects 5/5.5 Essentials Video Tutorials
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Adobe After Effects is the design application that has become the standard for 2D/3D compositing, special effects, and animation, even among video and motion graphics professionals.
In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, Jayse Hansen guides you through the use of After Effects 5/5.5, taking you from the basics of creating a clip, organizing, and how to work with compositions, to working with typography, audio, effects, fades, and transitions. Other lessons involve working with 3D layers, lighting, and cameras, importing from Photoshop and Illustrator, and 3D enhancements.
Introduction Welcome What is After Effects? Should I Learn After Effects or Something Else? Why You Should Learn After Effects The Best Way to Learn After Effects Assumptions I have Made About You How This Course Works Get Your After Effects Notebook What You'll Learn What's New in AE 5.0 Lets Get on with It! Basics Basic Level What You'll Learn in the Basic Level Example of What You'll Learn Get Ready to Conquer Quick Overview of Creating a Clip in AE Details Project Window & Importing in Detail Organizing: Saving / Deleting / Renaming Extra Tips: Essential De-Interlacing Interlacing and Fields Example Bad (Upper) How to Fix Example Properly De-Interlaced (Lower) Compositions New Comp Settings Common Comp Sizes and Frame Rates to Memorize The Comp Window Time Line How it All Works Together Review Effects The Coolest Part of AE Applying Hue / Saturation and Fast Blur Changing the Values Deleting or Hiding Effects and RAM Preview Assignment #1! Adding Effects to Solid Layer Text and Glows Quality Switches Adding the Glow Adding Effects to Adjustment Layers Assignment Two! Animation Basics Learning to Keyframe Scale and Position Opacity Easy Ease Fade Out Adjusting Keyframes Proportionately Reversing Keyframes and Copy / Paste Animation Keyboard Shortcuts Using Exponential Scale Animating Opacity Animating the Anchor Point and Setting Work Area Moving Layers Animating a Blur Effect Using Motion Blur Lets Preview! Rendered End Result Assignment #3 Create Something Personal RAM Previews and Time Controls RAM Preview Shift RAM Preview Preview Keyboard Shortcuts Ctrl (CMD) RAM Preview Saves the Preview Region of Interest Tool Dynamic Resolution Audio Preview Preferences Setting the Work Area B and N keys Frame By Frame Shortcuts Overview Shortcuts Rendering Basics RAM Preview Changing Render Settings Saving Render Settings Output Module Saving Render Twirl-downs Timeline and Layers Customizing the Timeline Area View Adding Comp Markers Layer Management Reordering Layers Using Numbers Layer Markers Nesting Compositions Grouping Layers Centering and Aligning Layers Copying and Pasting Attributes AV Features Solid Layers Switches Shy Layers Continuous Rasterization Quality Settings Effects Switch Frame Blending Motion Blur Adjustment Layer Switch 3D Layer Switch Editing Layers Editing Layers Sequencing Layers Straight Cuts Sequencing and Dissolves True Cross-dissolve Trimming Clips and Slip Edits Ripple Edit Inserts Handy IBON keyboard Shortcut Trimming on the Timeline Slip Edits Playing a Clip Backwards Time Remapping Work Area Extras How Footage Affects the Initial Work Area B & N Keys / IBON / Shift Snap Trimming Comp to the Work Area Fades and Transitions Cross Fade True Cross Fade Fade to Black Text Basic Text Animating Size and Tracking Adding Glow Gotcha...Don't Animate the Scale Using Title Safe Guides Adding the Kickback Adding Horizontal Blur Using Path Text for Normal Text Advance Options in Path Text Animating Individual Characters Final Touches Normal Path Text Number Generator Typography Basic Typography Intro / Serif Vs. Sans-Serif Fonts Categories: Handwritten / Brush Scripts Categories: Techno Type Fonts Where to Find Fonts General Design Guidelines Further Resources: Books Further Resources: Websites Importing From Photoshop Examining a Layered PS File Importing Into AE as Composition Modifying Layers Importing with Alpha Channels Creating an Alpha in Photoshop Working with Pre-Multiplied Alpha Channels Creating a Straight Alpha the Best Kind! Multi-colored Straight Alpha Channels Working with B&W Scans Play Around with These How to View the Alpha Channel in AE Saving Out to a Layered PS Document |
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