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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.

Course After Effects CS5 Essential Training Author Chad Perkins SKU ISBN Release Date 2010-04-30 Duration 8.45 hrs / 112 tutorials Work files Yes Price $ 49.95 Retail price $ 99.95 Language Tags After Effects, CS5 Required software After Effects CS5

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 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 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 5. Precomposing and Nesting Compositions Understanding precomposing 06:51 Navigating through compositions quickly 02:51 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 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 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 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 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 11. Painting Using the paint tools 09:35 Using the Roto Brush tool 09:25 Animating growing vines 04:53 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 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 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 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 16. Stabilizing and Tracking Motion Stabilizing shaky footage 07:46 Tracking the motion in footage 04:27 Tracking with mocha 05:39 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 18. Working with Audio Understanding audio in motion graphics 01:22 Previewing and mixing audio 03:55 Enhancing audio tracks with effects 01:35 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 20. Integration Using Photoshop with After Effects 02:10 Using Illustrator with After Effects 03:02 Using Flash with After Effects 02:04 Conclusion Goodbye 00:11