Course Title: Adobe After Effects CS4



Adobe After Effects CS4 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.


Course Author/Expert: Dwayne Ferguson

Language: English

Full Online Training Available: Yes

Number of Course Movies: 131

Course Duration: 7.5 hours



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Introduction


New in After Effects CS4

System Requirements

Peripheral Devices


Interface


The Workspace

Custom Workspaces

Panels

Folders

Previews

Templates

He|p


Footage


Import Movies

Import Stills

Image Sequences


Compositions


Understand Comps

Project Settings

Composition Panel

Precomps

Layers

Align & Distribute

Adjustment Layers

Alpha Channels


Parent & Nest


Parent Objects

Null Objects

Nesting


Animation


The Timeline

Keyframes & Timecode

Animate Properties pt. 1

Animate Properties pt. 2

Anchor Point

Presets

Behaviors

Motion Paths


Advanced Animation


He|pers

Graph Editor

Wiggler

Smoother

Easing

Expressions

Auto-Orient

Motion Sketching


Work with Text


Work with Text

Text Animation

Presets


Cartoon Effect


Cartoon Effect pt. 1

Cartoon Effect pt. 2


Puppet Tool


Puppet Tool

Pins

Overlap

Live Recording


Painting & Masks


Paint Tools

Vector Painting

Onion Skinning

Erasing

Blend Modes

Feathering

Opacity

Shapes

Cloning


Key & Track


Track Points

Motion Tracking

Stabilization

Garbage Mattes


Special Effects


Solids

Brainstorm

Rain

Blurs

Distortion

Dynamics


Audio


Sound Formats

Import Audio

Place Audio

Markers


Edit Video


Safe Zones

Loop Footage

Time Stretch

Slip Editing

Split Layers

Color Correction


Work with 3D


X / Y & Z

Moving in 3D

Lights

Shadows

Cameras

3D Text


3D Layer Import


3D in Photoshop

Work with 3D Layer

Import 3D Layer


CS4 Application Integration


Illustrator Files

Work with Premiere Pro

Work with Flash


Saving & Exporting


Saving Files

Exporting


Render & Output


Render Settings

Output Options


Project: The Mage Tower


Project Overview

Import & Organize

Layers

The Fog

More Fog

Blur

Animation

Test Render

Finished Movie


Project: Journey to Earth


Project Overview

Journey pt. 1

Journey pt. 2

Journey pt. 3

Journey pt. 4

Journey pt. 5

Journey pt. 6

Journey pt. 7


Content Creation


Content Creation pt. 1

Content Creation pt. 2

Content Creation pt. 3

Content Creation pt. 4

Content Creation pt. 5

Content Creation pt. 6


Project: Black Zero Trailer


Project Overview

Choosing Audio

Import Assets

Arrange Assets

In & Out Points

Effects

Render

Premier Pro

Audio Fade

Exporting


Resources


Magazines

Websites


Wrap Up


Wrap Up

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