Adobe after Effects CS5

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gyncild, Brie

Adobe Creative Team, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

Adobe Creative Team, Contributor.

Series:

Classroom in a book Adobe After Effects CS5 classroom in a book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe After effects.

Computer animation--Data processing.

Computer animation.

Image processing--Digital techniques.

Image processing.

Computer graphics--Special effects.

Computer graphics.

Cinematography--Special effects.

Cinematography.

Computer drawing.

Multimedia systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 385 p.) : ill.

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Adobe Press 2010

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe After Effects CS5 choose Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in After Effects CS5 and how to work efficiently and deliver in the widest possible range of media types. In addition to learning the key elements of the After Effects interface, this completely revised CS5 edition covers 64-bit performance; new Mocha, Color Finesse 3, and Digieffects FreeForm plug-ins; Roto Brush; AVC-Intra and expanded RED camera support; and more. “The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.” —Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor, Rocky Mountain Training Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does—an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Contents:

COVER

CONTENTS

GETTING STARTED

About Classroom in a Book

Prerequisites

Installing After Effects

Optimizing performance

Restoring default preferences

Copying the lesson files

How to use these lessons

Additional resources

Adobe certification

1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORKFLOW

Lesson overview

Getting started

Creating a project and importing footage

Creating a composition and arranging layers

Adding effects and modifying layer properties

Animating the composition

Previewing your work

Optimizing performance in After Effects

Rendering and exporting your composition

Customizing the workspace

Controlling the brightness of the user interface

Finding resources for using After Effects

Checking for updates

Review questions and answers

2 CREATING A BASIC ANIMATION USING EFFECTS AND PRESETS

Importing footage using Adobe Bridge

Creating the composition

Working with imported Illustrator layers

Applying effects to a layer

Applying an animation preset

Previewing the effects

Adding transparency

Rendering the composition

3 ANIMATING TEXT

About text layers

Creating and formatting point text

Using a text animation preset

Animating with scale keyframes

Animating using parenting

Animating imported Photoshop text

Animating text using a path animation preset

Animating type tracking

Animating text opacity

Using a text animator group

Cleaning up the path animation

Animating a nontext layer along a motion path

Adding motion blur

Exporting to Adobe Flash Professional CS5

4 WORKING WITH SHAPE LAYERS

Adding a shape layer

Creating custom shapes.

Creating stars

Incorporating video and audio layers

Applying a Cartoon effect

Adding a title bar

Using Brainstorm to experiment

5 ANIMATING A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

Animating the scenery using parenting

Adjusting an anchor point

Masking video using vector shapes

Keyframing a motion path

Animating additional elements

Applying an effect

Creating an animated slide show

Adding an audio track

Zooming in for a final close-up

6 ANIMATING LAYERS

Simulating lighting changes

Duplicating an animation using the pick whip

Animating movement in the scenery

Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte

Animating the shadows

Adding a lens flare effect

Animating the clock

Retiming the composition

7 WORKING WITH MASKS

About masks

Creating a mask with the Pen tool

Editing a mask

Feathering the edges of a mask

Replacing the content of the mask

Adding a reflection

Creating a vignette

Adjusting the color

8 DISTORTING OBJECTS WITH THE PUPPET TOOLS

About the Puppet tools

Adding Deform pins

Defining areas of overlap

Stiffening an area

Animating pin positions

Recording animation

9 USING THE ROTO BRUSH TOOL

About rotoscoping

Creating a segmentation boundary

Fine-tuning the matte

Creating a transition from the full clip to the foreground

Creating the logo

Animating text

Adding a background image

Adding audio

10 PERFORMING COLOR CORRECTION.

Lesson overview

Adjusting color balance

Replacing the background

Removing unwanted elements

Correcting a range of colors

Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect

11 BUILDING 3D OBJECTS

Building a 3D object

Working with a null object

Working with 3D text

Creating a backdrop for 3D animation

Nesting a 3D composition

Adding a camera

Completing the scene

12 USING 3D FEATURES

Animating 3D objects

Adding reflections to 3D objects

Animating a camera

Adjusting layer timing

Using 3D lights

Adding effects

Previewing the entire animation

13 ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES

Using motion stabilization

Using single-point motion tracking

Using multipoint tracking

Creating a particle simulation

Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect

14 RENDERING AND OUTPUTTING

Creating templates for the rendering process

Creating templates for output modules

Exporting to different output media

Appendix: Color Management in After Effects CS5

INDEX.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786612648953

9780321717863

0321717864

9781282648951

1282648950

9780321717870

0321717872

OCLC:

1027167311