Course Title: Adobe After Effects 6



Adobe® After Effects® is the essential tool for creating motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, DVD, and the Web. Offering unmatched integration with Adobe Premiere® Pro, Photoshop® CS, Adobe Encore™ DVD, Adobe Audition™, and Illustrator® CS software, After Effects provides users the speed, precision, and power to be visually innovative while meeting production challenges and delivering quality results. VTC author, Nathan Dickson, begins the tutorial with in-depth lessons on interface layout and typical workflows, before providing lessons on composition, animation, motion control, color correction, audio editing, rendering, and much more! Work files are also included with the tutorial. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Adobe After Effects 6 lessons.


Course Author/Expert: Nathan Dickson

Language: english

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 107

Course Duration: 9 hours



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Course Outline:



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Intro


What is After Effects?

Typical Workflows

New in Version 6

System Requirements


Interface


The Workspace

Customizing the Workspace

Managing Palettes

Application Preferences

Getting Assistance


Projects


The Project Window

Project Settings

Importing Fundamentals

Importing Layered Images

Importing Alpha Channels

Project Window Management


Compositions


Defining a Composition

Composition Settings pt. 1

Composition Settings pt. 2

Timecode

Compositions from Footage

Timeline Window

Composition Window


Animation


Layer Properties

Introduction to Keyframes

Keyframe Manipulation

Property Shortcut Keys

Animating Multiple Properties

Keyframe Shortcut Keys

Using the Anchor Point

Editing Motion Paths


Previewing Movies


Time Controls Palette

RAM Preview

RAM Preview Options

Faster Previews


Motion Control


Spatial Interpolation

Temporal Interpolation

Speed Graphs pt. 1

Speed Graphs pt. 2

Motion Path Settings


Layers


Layer Stacking Order

Layer Labelling

Locking and Shy Layers

In and Out Points

Sequencing Layers

Solid Layers

Layer Blending Modes

Splitting Layers

Aligning and Replacing Layers


Text Layers


Character Palette

Paragraph Palette

Animating Text

Range Selector pt. 1

Range Selector pt. 2

Range Selector pt. 3

Wiggly Selector

Combining Selectors


Paint


How to Paint

Paint Palettes

Rotoscoping

Write-On!

Morphing

Eraser Tool

Clone Tool


Time Travel


Stretching Time

Remapping Time

Interpret Footage


Parenting


Assigning Children to Parents

Importance of Anchors

Parenting of Compositions

Null Objects


Masks


Mask Fundamentals

Pen Tool

Mask Properties

Mask Modes

Animating Masks

Masks and Text


Mattes


Alpha Channels

Alpha Track Mattes

Luminance Track Mattes


Visual Effects


How to Use Effects

Levels/Curves/Sharpening

Color Correction

Transition Effects

Blur Effects

Distortion Effects

Chroma Key Effects

Adjustment Layers

Overriding Rendering Order


3D Layers


3D Layers and Properties

3D Camera

3D Lighting

3D Animation


Audio


Previewing Audio

Manipulating Audio

Synchronized Audio

Audio Effects


Rendering


Rendering Fundamentals

Render Settings pt. 1

Render Settings pt. 2

Interlaced Rendering

Rendering Pulldown

Rendering Presets

Output Options pt. 1

Output Options pt. 2

Rendering Proxies


End


Wrapping it Up


Credits


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