Introduction
What After Effects is…
- competing products
- industry standard
- basics
- renaming
- saving
- shortcuts
- Basics of Animation- open animation basics.aep
- Principles of Animation
- A Little Photoshop Part 1 – selecting, layers, brushes, paths...
- A Little Photoshop Part 2 – styles, adjustment layers, shapes, etc.
- What are Alpha Channels, and Who Cares? (cover straight/premult in import footage area)
Getting our Feet Wet
- Interface
- The Project Window
- The Comp Window-open 3D test for comp window.aep
- The Timeline Window
- Workspaces
- Preferences
- Trick or Treat, Smell My Footage- Import as Comp vs Footage (PS and AI), sequences, acceptable formats), import multiple
- Trick or Treat, Smell My Other Footage-adv options,
New to After Effects
- New Features Overview
- Puppet Tool
- Shape Layers
- Brainstorm feature
- Photoshop's Layer Styles
- Interface IN YOUR FACE!
- Adobe Bridge at a Glance
- Presets for Fun and Utility- foundation/starting point
- Presets for Learning-effects, expressions
- Pixelmotion and Timewarp
- Hey! Look at Those Curves!
- HDRI and Bits Explained- (same title).aep
- Old Open GL and New Open GL
Making Magic with After Effects!
- Intro to "T.R.A.P.S." and Animation
- T.R.A.P.S. are Your Friend (Part T)
- T.R.A.P.S. are Your Friend (Part R)
- T.R.A.P.S. are Your Friend (Part A)- teapot
- T.R.A.P.S. are Your Friend (Part P)
- T.R.A.P.S. are Your Friend (Part S)
Making Better Magic with After Effects!
- Kneel Before Zod (and Solids)
- Effects Appetizer
- Adjustment Layers
- Get by with a Little Help from Helpers
- Mattes- Welcome Mattes.aep
- Layer Transfer Modes Essentials – transfer modes.aep
- Pre-composing
- Easing Does It – easing the beast.aep
- Other Keyframe Interpolations
- Motion Paths-default spatial interpolation
- Bringing in Motion Paths from Illustrator
- Previewing Animations and RAM preview
- Who's Your Daddy? Parenting Basics
- Work Areas and Layer Markers
- The Uber Shortcut and Co.
- Text in AE
A Little Video Editing
- In/Out Points and Trimming
- The Layer Panel
It's All About the Effects
- Effects Help
- Creativity is King
- Blurs
- Fractal Noise
- Displacement Map
- Beam
- Lightning goes to College
- Lens Flares
- Light Rays and Sweeps
- Shatter
- Color Effects
- Foam
- Transitions
- Distortions
- Keying Crash Course
- Shape Effects
- Radio Waves
- Vegas
- Cell Pattern
- 3rd Party Plugin Party
It's a Mask, Mask, Mask, Mask World
- Intro to Masking
- Mask Options
- Pierre Bez-YAY!
- Animating Masks
- Rotoscoping
The Hills are Alive - Audio in AE
- Intro to Audio in AE
- Kiss My Asterisk
- Audio Effects
- Convert Audio to Keyframes
Bumping Up Your Game
- Using Multiple Effects Together
- Advanced Animation in AE CS3/4
Can't Someone Else Do It?
- Automating After Effects
- Keyframe Assistants Part 1
- Keyframe Assistants Part 2
- Text Message Your Animation?
The Power of Gray
- Goodbye Blue Skies and Hello Gray
- Maps for Effects
- Maps for Transitions
Output
- Rendering 101
- Render Queue Basics
- Render Queue Preferences
- Exporting a Layered Photoshop File
- DON'T FORGET - Alphas and Audio
- Essential File Formats
- Final Rendering Thoughts
Say Hello to AE's Little Friends
- AE and Photoshop
- AE and Illustrator
- AE and Flash
- AE and Premiere and Dynamic Link
- AE and Encore DVD
- AE and 3D Programs
Where Do We Go Now, Sweet Child o Mine?
- Intro to Advanced AE
- Intro to 3D Part 1
- Intro to 3D Part 2
- Intro to Expressions Part 1
- Intro to Expressions Part 2
Auf Wiedersehen
- To Pro, or Not to Pro
- How to Buy AE Cheap- great websites, books, MGLA, NAB, Studio Exchange,
- DEMO REEL!!!!!!!