Adobe After Effects CS5

Adobe After Effects CS5

Released February 2011
Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
ISBN: 9781926873343

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Video description

In this Adobe After Effects CS5 Tutorial Video you are taken through the an introduction to this powerful post-production software by a true Adobe Expert. Tom Green, among other things, a widely published book author, an Adobe Community Expert, Adobe Education Leader, Professor of Interactive Media at Humber College in Ontario, Canada, and much much more. They don't come much more qualified than this to teach an Adobe After Effects CS5 training course! You will start out with the basics - composition, file import, and a tour of the interface you will come to know and love. Quickly accelerating through topics such as text, animation, keying, and other important lessons, this video tutorial gets deeper into Adobe After Effects even than most books you will find on the subject. You will not only learn applying effects to your videos, but how to create mattes, play with depth of field, 3D effects, even some basic audio work. In this computer based tutorial, you will watch as expert Tom Green takes you through each step in his lessons, and at the same time, you can work on the exact same files, as he has included more than 1.5 GB of working files for you. By the conclusion of this Adobe After Effects CS5 tutorial, you will be completely comfortable working with your own video and projects in this powerful software.

Table of contents

  1. Introduction
    1. What You Will Learn
    2. Files
  2. AE Quick Start - Part 1
    1. Composition
    2. File Import
    3. Layers Timeline
    4. Objects Timelines
    5. Blends
    6. Key Frames
    7. Text
    8. Effects
    9. Animation - Part 1
    10. Animation - Part 2
  3. AE Quick Start - Part 2
    1. Preview
    2. Render Queue
    3. Tricks And Troubleshooting
    4. Your Turn - Chapter 3
  4. Animating Text
    1. Text Panel
    2. Animation Preset
    3. Path Animation
    4. Importing Photoshop Files
    5. Your Turn - Chapter 4
  5. Keying And Alpha Video
    1. Getting Started
    2. Overview - Chapter 5
    3. Key Light
    4. Spill Choke
    5. Color Range
    6. RotoBrush
    7. Output
  6. Animating
    1. Illustrator Import
    2. Position
    3. Blur
    4. Animator
    5. Squash And Stretch
    6. Arc
    7. Parallax
    8. Rotation
    9. Puppet
  7. Effects - Part 1
    1. Preset Effects
    2. Applying Effects
    3. Glow
    4. Fractal
    5. Multiple Effects
    6. Smoke
    7. Your Turn - Chapter 7
  8. Effects - Part 2
    1. Blowing Stuff Up
    2. Wiggles
    3. Flares
    4. Lightning
    5. Radio
    6. Brainstorm
    7. Rainstorm
  9. Color And After Effects
    1. Levels
    2. Curves
    3. Color Change
    4. Colorize
    5. Adjustment Layer
    6. Leave Color
    7. Photo Filter
    8. Colorama
  10. Painting In After Effects
    1. Paint Basics
    2. Paint Erase
    3. Write On - Part 1
    4. Write On - Part 2
  11. After Effects Lab
    1. Cartoon
    2. Spheres - Part 1
    3. Spheres - Part 2
    4. Winter
    5. MotionSketch
  12. Masks And Shape layers
    1. Masks
    2. Track Mattes - Part 1
    3. Track Mattes - Part 2
    4. Track Mattes - Part 3
    5. AutoTrace
    6. Reflection
    7. Shape Layers
  13. Working In 3D
    1. 3D Layers
    2. Lights
    3. Camera
    4. Camera Animate
    5. Panorama
    6. Parent - Part 1
    7. Parent - Part 2
    8. Your Turn - Chapter 13
  14. After Effects Projects
    1. Bad TV
    2. Shadows
    3. Depth Of Field
    4. 3D Title
    5. Bend
    6. Realistic Fog
  15. Playing With Particles
    1. Fireworks
    2. Burst
    3. Blow Up
    4. Wind Tunnel
  16. Tracking With Mocha
    1. Stabilize
    2. Track
    3. Multipoint
    4. Mocha
  17. Add Audio To After Effects
    1. Overview - Chapter 17
    2. Applying
    3. Audio Effects - Part 1
    4. Audio Effects - Part 2
  18. Using Expressions
    1. Expression
    2. Loop
    3. Wiggle
    4. Frame Blend
    5. Time Remap
  19. Integrating With Other Adobe Products
    1. Flash To After Effects
    2. ActionScript To After Effects
    3. After Effects To SWF
    4. After Effects To XFL
    5. After Effects To Flash
  20. Rendering: The End Game
    1. Render
  21. Goodbye
    1. Goodbye

Product information

  • Title: Adobe After Effects CS5
  • Author(s):
  • Release date: February 2011
  • Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
  • ISBN: 9781926873343