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Adobe After Effects CS4 Training

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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
New in After Effects CS4 (02:34)
System Requirements (03:18)
Peripheral Devices (03:40)
Interface
The Workspace (04:10)
Custom Workspaces (03:51)
Panels (02:43)
Folders (04:19)
Previews (02:57)
Templates (03:05)
He|p (03:13)
Footage
Import Movies (03:25)
Import Stills (03:49)
Image Sequences (04:29)
Compositions
Understand Comps (03:29)
Project Settings (03:55)
Composition Panel (05:28)
Precomps (03:38)
Layers (03:14)
Align & Distribute (02:46)
Adjustment Layers (04:19)
Alpha Channels (03:22)
Parent & Nest
Parent Objects (03:29)
Null Objects (02:23)
Nesting (03:53)
Animation
The Timeline (03:47)
Keyframes & Timecode (04:02)
Animate Properties pt. 1 (03:27)
Animate Properties pt. 2 (02:43)
Anchor Point (02:41)
Presets (03:26)
Behaviors (03:05)
Motion Paths (03:20)
Advanced Animation
He|pers (02:08)
Graph Editor (04:49)
Wiggler (04:39)
Smoother (03:13)
Easing (03:09)
Expressions (03:03)
Auto-Orient (03:17)
Motion Sketching (03:59)
Work with Text
Work with Text (05:27)
Text Animation (02:52)
Presets (03:02)
Cartoon Effect
Cartoon Effect pt. 1 (04:28)
Cartoon Effect pt. 2 (02:49)
Puppet Tool
Puppet Tool (03:43)
Pins (03:07)
Overlap (03:23)
Live Recording (03:40)
Painting & Masks
Paint Tools (04:02)
Vector Painting (02:47)
Onion Skinning (03:50)
Erasing (03:09)
Blend Modes (04:20)
Feathering (02:49)
Opacity (03:08)
Shapes (03:05)
Cloning (04:39)
Key & Track
Track Points (03:42)
Motion Tracking (04:14)
Stabilization (02:57)
Garbage Mattes (01:42)
Special Effects
Solids (03:28)
Brainstorm (03:59)
Rain (04:11)
Blurs (03:41)
Distortion (03:02)
Dynamics (03:56)
Audio
Sound Formats (03:55)
Import Audio (03:44)
Place Audio (02:35)
Markers (03:58)
Edit Video
Safe Zones (02:41)
Loop Footage (04:43)
Time Stretch (04:19)
Slip Editing (04:09)
Split Layers (03:30)
Color Correction (04:25)
Work with 3D
X / Y & Z (03:07)
Moving in 3D (03:39)
Lights (05:15)
Shadows (04:15)
Cameras (05:09)
3D Text (02:55)
3D Layer Import
3D in Photoshop (03:13)
Work with 3D Layer (03:50)
Import 3D Layer (03:46)
CS4 Application Integration
Illustrator Files (03:09)
Work with Premiere Pro (03:33)
Work with Flash (02:35)
Saving & Exporting
Saving Files (03:43)
Exporting (04:19)
Render & Output
Render Settings (03:46)
Output Options (03:42)
Project: The Mage Tower
Project Overview (01:22)
Import & Organize (03:16)
Layers (02:42)
The Fog (03:01)
More Fog (03:14)
Blur (03:43)
Animation (03:57)
Test Render (03:39)
Finished Movie (01:21)
Project: Journey to Earth
Project Overview (01:36)
Journey pt. 1 (04:02)
Journey pt. 2 (05:40)
Journey pt. 3 (02:22)
Journey pt. 4 (04:00)
Journey pt. 5 (03:34)
Journey pt. 6 (04:48)
Journey pt. 7 (03:14)
Content Creation
Content Creation pt. 1 (02:02)
Content Creation pt. 2 (03:36)
Content Creation pt. 3 (03:35)
Content Creation pt. 4 (02:41)
Content Creation pt. 5 (03:23)
Content Creation pt. 6 (02:42)
Project: Black Zero Trailer
Project Overview (04:07)
Choosing Audio (02:36)
Import Assets (05:18)
Arrange Assets (02:28)
In & Out Points (02:12)
Effects (02:56)
Render (02:55)
Premier Pro (04:05)
Audio Fade (01:21)
Exporting (02:44)
Resources
Magazines (03:05)
Websites (03:07)
Wrap Up
Wrap Up (01:53)
About the Author (02:25)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Adobe After Effects CS4
Author: Dwayne Ferguson
SKU: 33997
ISBN: 1-935320-46-7
Duration: 7.5 hrs / 131 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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