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 Take professional DVD authoring to a new level of creativity and productivity with Adobe® Encore™ DVD 1.5. VTC author Doug Sahlin helps users streamline workflow by demonstrating the comprehensive set of design tools, and smooth integration with other Adobe products, that Encore offers. Import and convert source files automatically to MPEG-2 video and Dolby® Digital audio, create and edit menus in Adobe Photoshop® format using a flexible interface and a comprehensive set of menu design tools. Sahlin also discusses outputting projects to all recordable DVD formats, allowing for a wide degree of playback compatibility. To get started today, simply click on a link below.
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Introduction
Welcome
What is After Effects?
Should I Learn After Effects or Something Else?
Why You Should Learn After Effects
The Best Way to Learn After Effects
Assumptions I have Made About You
How This Course Works
Get Your After Effects Notebook
What You'll Learn
What's New in AE 5.0
Lets Get on with It!
Basics
Basic Level What You'll Learn in the Basic Level
Example of What You'll Learn
Get Ready to Conquer
Quick Overview of Creating a Clip in AE
Details
Project Window & Importing in Detail
Organizing: Saving / Deleting / Renaming
Extra Tips: Essential De-Interlacing
Interlacing and Fields
Example Bad (Upper)
How to Fix
Example Properly De-Interlaced (Lower)
Compositions
New Comp Settings
Common Comp Sizes and Frame Rates to Memorize
The Comp Window
Time Line
How it All Works Together Review
Effects
The Coolest Part of AE
Applying Hue / Saturation and Fast Blur
Changing the Values
Deleting or Hiding Effects and RAM Preview
Assignment #1!
Adding Effects to Solid Layer Text and Glows
Quality Switches
Adding the Glow
Adding Effects to Adjustment Layers
Assignment Two!
Animation
Basics Learning to Keyframe Scale and Position
Opacity
Easy Ease
Fade Out
Adjusting Keyframes Proportionately
Reversing Keyframes and Copy / Paste
Animation Keyboard Shortcuts
Using Exponential Scale
Animating Opacity
Animating the Anchor Point and Setting Work Area Moving Layers
Animating a Blur Effect
Using Motion Blur
Lets Preview!
Rendered End Result
Assignment #3 Create Something Personal
RAM Previews and Time Controls
RAM Preview
Shift RAM Preview
Preview Keyboard Shortcuts
Ctrl (CMD) RAM Preview Saves the Preview
Region of Interest Tool
Dynamic Resolution
Audio Preview Preferences
Setting the Work Area B and N keys
Frame By Frame Shortcuts
Overview Shortcuts
Rendering Basics
RAM Preview
Changing Render Settings
Saving Render Settings
Output Module
Saving
Render Twirl-downs
Timeline and Layers
Customizing the Timeline
Area View
Adding Comp Markers
Layer Management
Reordering Layers
Using Numbers
Layer Markers
Nesting Compositions Grouping Layers
Centering and Aligning Layers
Copying and Pasting Attributes
AV Features
Solid Layers
Switches
Shy Layers
Continuous Rasterization
Quality Settings
Effects Switch
Frame Blending
Motion Blur
Adjustment Layer Switch
3D Layer Switch
Editing Layers
Editing Layers
Sequencing Layers
Straight Cuts
Sequencing and Dissolves
True Cross-dissolve
Trimming Clips and Slip Edits
Ripple Edit Inserts
Handy IBON keyboard Shortcut
Trimming on the Timeline Slip Edits
Playing a Clip Backwards
Time Remapping
Work Area Extras
How Footage Affects the Initial Work Area
B & N Keys / IBON / Shift Snap
Trimming Comp to the Work Area
Fades and Transitions
Cross Fade
True Cross Fade
Fade to Black
Text
Basic Text
Animating Size and Tracking
Adding Glow
Gotcha...Don't Animate the Scale
Using Title Safe Guides
Adding the Kickback
Adding Horizontal Blur
Using Path Text for Normal Text
Advance Options in Path Text
Animating Individual Characters
Final Touches
Normal Path Text
Number Generator
Typography
Basic Typography Intro / Serif Vs. Sans-Serif Fonts
Categories: Handwritten / Brush Scripts
Categories: Techno Type Fonts
Where to Find Fonts
General Design Guidelines
Further Resources: Books
Further Resources: Websites
Importing From Photoshop
Examining a Layered PS File
Importing Into AE as Composition
Modifying Layers
Importing with Alpha Channels
Creating an Alpha in Photoshop
Working with Pre-Multiplied Alpha Channels
Creating a Straight Alpha the Best Kind!
Multi-colored Straight Alpha Channels
Working with B&W Scans
Play Around with These
How to View the Alpha Channel in AE
Saving Out to a Layered PS Document
Illustrator
Difference Between a Raster Item and a Vector Item
The Vector Language
Working in Illustrator / Problems when Importing
Using Crops to Define Your Final Output in AE
Viewing Alpha Channel of Illustrator Files
Applying Effects - Continuously Rasterize Solution
Masks
Creating Simple Masks
Adding Feather
Modifying Masks
Editing Mask Points
Selecting Multiple Points
Deselecting Points
Adjusting Bezier Curves
Mask Interaction Multiple Masks
Drawing Masks with the Pen Tool
Learning to Trace with the Pen Tool
Freeform Drawing with the Pen Tool
Importing From Illustrator
Adding Effects
Animating the Masks
Track Mattes
Introduction to Track Mattes
Applying a Moving Luma Matte to a Movie
Pre-Composing to Add Effects
How the Mattes Were Created
Replacing Mattes
Improving the Bad Design
Alpha Track Mattes
Transfer Modes
Introduction to Transfer Modes
Dropping Out White
Dropping Out Black
Inverting Line Art
Review
Another Example of Dropping Out White
Adding Effects
Creating the Look of Heaven / Film / Instant Sex Photoshop Example
Some Alternatives
Using it in After Effects
Color Boost Defeating JPG Artifacting
Color to Black and White Fade
Difference Trick
Compositing Stock Effects Over Footage with Screen and Add Modes
Compositing Smoke Using the Screen Mode
Audio
Introduction to Audio Formats / Sample Rates and Bit Rates
Importing Audio
Previewing Audio
Previewing Shortcuts
Viewing the Waveform
The Audio Palette
Spotting Audio Setting Layer Markers
Adding a Script layer
Working with Markers in Pre-comps
Audio Effects
Stereo Mixer Effect
Looping a Music Track
Audio Fade is Not as Straight Forward as You'd Think
3D Layers
Introduction to 3D in After Effects
Turning on 3D layers: Views XYZ Handles
Rotating Along XYZ.
Customizing Keyboard Keys for Views
Difference Between Orientation and Rotation
Arranging in Space
Animating a Surreal Sky Photoshop Steps
Working with 3D Layers
Adding an Atmosphere
Final Render of Red Clouds
3D Lighting
Using Lights to Add Drama
Working in Draft 3D Mode
Using Views to Set the Scene
Adding a New Light Light Types
Positioning the New Light
Options: Intensity
Options: Color / Cone Angle and Cone Feather
Options: Shadow Controls
Example: True 3D Shadow Fall-off
Transform Properties: Point of Interest
A Note About AE 5.5
Negative Lighting
Parenting Lights
3D Cameras
Introduction to 3D Cameras
Creating a Fly-through effect
Adding a Camera
Using the Orbit: Pan and Track / Dolly Tools
Animating the Camera Setting Custom Resolution
Modifying the Motion Path
Using Roving Keyframes
Orient Layers Towards Camera
Using Multiple Cameras
Adding Depth of Field
Comparisons with and without Depth of Field
A Note About Multiple Views in After Effects 5.5
Expressions
Get Excited! Expressions Are Cool
Four Basics You Must Learn
Setting Up an Illustrator Cyber-Screen
First Option Using Parenting
Better Option - Using the Pick Whip Tool to Match Properties
Basics of Java Syntax
Using Math to Alter Expressions
Linking Dissimilar Properties - Rotation to Opacity
Converting Value Ranges 100 to 360
Linking Lights and Cameras to Layers with Expressions
Orientating a Camera the Wrong Way
Orientating a Camera the Right Way with Expressions
Rendered Example
Offsetting Time Values
Efficiently Working with Null Objects
New Features of After Effects 5.5
Awesome New Features
Resetting Preferences - Tip of the Day
Automated Proxy Creation Awesome!
Details Behind Proxy Creation - Creating a Motion Proxy
New Effects
The New Effects Palette
Four Color Gradient
Grid
Roughen Edges
Cell Pattern
Advanced Lightning
New Transfer Modes
Linear / Classic /Vivid / Pin Additions and New Keyboard Shortcut
3D Enhancements
Introduction to Multiple Views
Colored Shadows Simple Example
Colored Shadows Example Two
Colored Shadows Example with Video
Rendered Example
Setup Explained - Using Expressions / Changing Lighting Settings
Creating a Reflection Effect
Rendered Example
Final Word About Colored Shadows
Adjustment Lights
How Adjustment Lights Differ From Adjustment Layers
SWF Import
Importing Files From Flash or Livemotion
Demo Tips
Introduction
The Most Important Thing to Focus on
Selecting Work to Include
Tips for Motion Graphics Designers
Tips for Visual Effects Artists / Compositors
Delivery Options VHS / DVD
Targeting Your Market
Tips for the Perfectionists
End Notes
What Now?
Appendix Further Resources
Keep Moving Forward!
Some Favorite Learning Websites
Some Favorite Useful Websites
Some Favorite After Effects Books
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