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Course Description
Adobe® After Effects® is the essential tool for creating motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, DVD, and the Web. After Effects provides the speed, precision, and power to be visually innovative, yet still meet production challenges, with the utmost quality. Whether you want to color correct footage, add special effects or even generate exciting motion graphics, After Effects can do it all. In this VTC course, Dwayne Ferguson, a professional animator and television art director, will show users step by step, how to get the most out of this powerful application. Users will learn the interface, cameras and lighting, animation and more. Exciting hands-on projects at the end of the course will help reinforce skills. Work Files are included. To begin learning Adobe After Effects CS4, simply click on one of the lessons.
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Introduction
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| New in After Effects CS4 | (02:34) | T | |
| System Requirements | (03:18) | T | |
| Peripheral Devices | (03:40) | T | |
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Interface
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| The Workspace | (04:10) | T | |
| Custom Workspaces | (03:51) | T | |
| Panels | (02:43) | T | |
| Folders | (04:19) | T | |
| Previews | (02:57) | T | |
| Templates | (03:05) | T | |
| He|p | (03:13) | T | |
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Footage
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| Import Movies | (03:25) | T | |
| Import Stills | (03:49) | T | |
| Image Sequences | (04:29) | T | |
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Compositions
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| Understand Comps | (03:29) | T | |
| Project Settings | (03:55) | T | |
| Composition Panel | (05:28) | T | |
| Precomps | (03:38) | T | |
| Layers | (03:14) | T | |
| Align & Distribute | (02:46) | T | |
| Adjustment Layers | (04:19) | T | |
| Alpha Channels | (03:22) | T | |
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Parent & Nest
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| Parent Objects | (03:29) | T | |
| Null Objects | (02:23) | T | |
| Nesting | (03:53) | T | |
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Animation
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| The Timeline | (03:47) | T | |
| Keyframes & Timecode | (04:02) | T | |
| Animate Properties pt. 1 | (03:27) | T | |
| Animate Properties pt. 2 | (02:43) | T | |
| Anchor Point | (02:41) | T | |
| Presets | (03:26) | T | |
| Behaviors | (03:05) | T | |
| Motion Paths | (03:20) | T | |
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Advanced Animation
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| He|pers | (02:08) | T | |
| Graph Editor | (04:49) | T | |
| Wiggler | (04:39) | T | |
| Smoother | (03:13) | T | |
| Easing | (03:09) | T | |
| Expressions | (03:03) | T | |
| Auto-Orient | (03:17) | T | |
| Motion Sketching | (03:59) | T | |
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Work with Text
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| Work with Text | (05:27) | T | |
| Text Animation | (02:52) | T | |
| Presets | (03:02) | T | |
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Cartoon Effect
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| Cartoon Effect pt. 1 | (04:28) | T | |
| Cartoon Effect pt. 2 | (02:49) | T | |
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Puppet Tool
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| Puppet Tool | (03:43) | T | |
| Pins | (03:07) | T | |
| Overlap | (03:23) | T | |
| Live Recording | (03:40) | T | |
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Painting & Masks
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| Paint Tools | (04:02) | T | |
| Vector Painting | (02:47) | T | |
| Onion Skinning | (03:50) | T | |
| Erasing | (03:09) | T | |
| Blend Modes | (04:20) | T | |
| Feathering | (02:49) | T | |
| Opacity | (03:08) | T | |
| Shapes | (03:05) | T | |
| Cloning | (04:39) | T | |
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Key & Track
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| Track Points | (03:42) | T | |
| Motion Tracking | (04:14) | T | |
| Stabilization | (02:57) | T | |
| Garbage Mattes | (01:42) | T | |
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Special Effects
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| Solids | (03:28) | T | |
| Brainstorm | (03:59) | T | |
| Rain | (04:11) | T | |
| Blurs | (03:41) | T | |
| Distortion | (03:02) | T | |
| Dynamics | (03:56) | T | |
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Audio
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| Sound Formats | (03:55) | T | |
| Import Audio | (03:44) | T | |
| Place Audio | (02:35) | T | |
| Markers | (03:58) | T | |
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Edit Video
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| Safe Zones | (02:41) | T | |
| Loop Footage | (04:43) | T | |
| Time Stretch | (04:19) | T | |
| Slip Editing | (04:09) | T | |
| Split Layers | (03:30) | T | |
| Color Correction | (04:25) | T | |
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Work with 3D
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| X / Y & Z | (03:07) | T | |
| Moving in 3D | (03:39) | T | |
| Lights | (05:15) | T | |
| Shadows | (04:15) | T | |
| Cameras | (05:09) | T | |
| 3D Text | (02:55) | T | |
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3D Layer Import
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| 3D in Photoshop | (03:13) | T | |
| Work with 3D Layer | (03:50) | T | |
| Import 3D Layer | (03:46) | T | |
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CS4 Application Integration
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| Illustrator Files | (03:09) | T | |
| Work with Premiere Pro | (03:33) | T | |
| Work with Flash | (02:35) | T | |
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Saving & Exporting
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| Saving Files | (03:43) | T | |
| Exporting | (04:19) | T | |
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Render & Output
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| Render Settings | (03:46) | T | |
| Output Options | (03:42) | T | |
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Project: The Mage Tower
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| Project Overview | (01:22) | T | |
| Import & Organize | (03:16) | T | |
| Layers | (02:42) | T | |
| The Fog | (03:01) | T | |
| More Fog | (03:14) | T | |
| Blur | (03:43) | T | |
| Animation | (03:57) | T | |
| Test Render | (03:39) | T | |
| Finished Movie | (01:21) | T | |
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Project: Journey to Earth
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| Project Overview | (01:36) | T | |
| Journey pt. 1 | (04:02) | T | |
| Journey pt. 2 | (05:40) | T | |
| Journey pt. 3 | (02:22) | T | |
| Journey pt. 4 | (04:00) | T | |
| Journey pt. 5 | (03:34) | T | |
| Journey pt. 6 | (04:48) | T | |
| Journey pt. 7 | (03:14) | T | |
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Content Creation
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| Content Creation pt. 1 | (02:02) | T | |
| Content Creation pt. 2 | (03:36) | T | |
| Content Creation pt. 3 | (03:35) | T | |
| Content Creation pt. 4 | (02:41) | T | |
| Content Creation pt. 5 | (03:23) | T | |
| Content Creation pt. 6 | (02:42) | T | |
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Project: Black Zero Trailer
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| Project Overview | (04:07) | T | |
| Choosing Audio | (02:36) | T | |
| Import Assets | (05:18) | T | |
| Arrange Assets | (02:28) | T | |
| In & Out Points | (02:12) | T | |
| Effects | (02:56) | T | |
| Render | (02:55) | T | |
| Premier Pro | (04:05) | T | |
| Audio Fade | (01:21) | T | |
| Exporting | (02:44) | T | |
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Resources
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| Magazines | (03:05) | T | |
| Websites | (03:07) | T | |
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Wrap Up
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| Wrap Up | (01:53) | T | |
| About the Author | (02:25) | T | |
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| Course: | Adobe After Effects CS4 |
| Author: | Dwayne Ferguson |
| SKU: | 33997 |
| ISBN: | 1-935320-46-7 |
| Release Date: | 2009-05-27 |
| Duration: | 7.5 hrs / 131 tutorials |
| Work Files: |
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| Captions: | Available on CD and Online University |
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