After Effects CS4 New Features
by Chad Perkins
$ 39.95
  • 0.59 hrs
  •  EN
  • 44 lessons

In After Effects CS4 New Features, Chad Perkins explains all the changes and improvements in the latest release of Adobe's popular motion graphics application. Many of them are small workflow refinements that increase productivity, while some are revolutionary, like the new Unified Camera tool, the ability to import 3D objects via Photoshop files, and the new ways to work with compositions. Chad also discusses each of the latest effects, the enhanced integration with other CS4 applications, new rendering features, and much more. Example files accompany the course.
Course After Effects CS4 New Features
Author Chad Perkins
SKU
ISBN
Release Date 2008-10-07
Duration 0.59 hrs / 44 tutorials
Work files Yes
Price $ 39.95
Retail price $ 69.95
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Tags After Effects, CS4, New Features
Required software Adobe After Effects CS4
 
2. 3D Enhancements
The Unified Camera tool 01:14
New light wireframes 01:17
3. The Composition Revolution
The Composition Navigator 01:10
The Composition Mini-Flowchart 00:54
Navigating comps quickly 01:06
Changing comp settings from the Project panel 00:33
Opening nested comps 00:35
Panning with the mouse 00:29
The Auto Resolution setting 01:10
4. What's New in Effects
3D tracking with Mocha 02:36
The Cartoon effect 02:44
Turbulent Noise 01:39
Bilateral Blur 02:18
Improvements to Fractal Noise 00:55
5. Animation and Timeline Improvements
Searching the Timeline panel 01:33
Seperate Dimensions 01:25
The Center in View command 01:06
Flipping layers faster 00:50
Motion blur shutter angle/phase visualization 01:23
Shortcut for setting opacity and light intensity 01:17
6. Changes to Text, Masks, and Shape Layers
7. New Integration Features
3D layers from Photoshop! 05:27
Exporting After Effects projects to Flash using XFL 01:16
Dynamic Link video from Premiere Pro 01:23
Importing Speech Search data 03:20
Improving mobile device workflows 01:27
8. New Rendering Features
Rendering F4V files 01:07
Easy output to multiple formats 00:54
Adding rendered footage to a project 01:03
9. Technical Improvements
Using 4:3 guides in 16:9 projects 00:50
Exporting to XML 01:48
The XMP Metadata panel 01:29
Improved multicore processor settings 00:57
Improved pixel aspect ratio 00:44
The Interpret Footage button 00:23
Conclusion
Goodbye 00:18

 
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