The Focal easy guide to After Effects : for new users and professionals / Curtis Sponsler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sponsler, Curtis, author.

Series:

Focal easy guide series.

Focal easy guide series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adobe After effects.

Computers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Easy guide to After Effects

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Focal Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

If you want to become a resourceful creative artist then look no further! This quick reference to After Effects will show you how to open, install and get up-and-running to a professional level with Adobe's motion graphics and visual effects software package.Curtis Sponsler guides you through some of the common stumbling blocks that frustrate novice and many intermediate designers. Clear and concise full color examples will help you to quickly learn the key features, interface and functional techniques used within the production workspace. By putting these key s

Contents:

Cover; THE FOCAL EASY GUIDE TO AFTER EFFECTS: For new users and professionals; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTIION; For Beginners with Experience; This is Not a Windows Only Book; Be Not Intimidated; WELCOME TO AFTER EFFECTS; Interface Navigation; The After Effects Workspace; Primary Workspace Windows; Support Windows; The Project Window - Where You Gather Your Work's Resources; Project Window Buttons; Importing Resources; The Import Dialog Box; The Timeline Window - Where You Build Your Work; Composition Settings; Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR); Timeline Columns and Options

Timeline Window TourComposition Window - Where You See Your Work; Support Palette Windows - Pop-up Tools for Productivity; Help - The Most Ignored and Overlooked Menu; Focus on the Timeline Window; Mix and Match Files; Projects vs Comps; A Clean Slate; Composition Settings; 'Drag and Drop' and 'Click and Drag' - Moving Timeline Elements; Compositions Are Like Onions - They Have Layers; Layer Components; Transform Values Edit Window; Audio Layers; Animating Layer Transforms - Adding Keyframes; Blending Modes; Track Matte; Deleting Keyframes; Nudge Nudge - Know What I Mean?

Go To Dialog Box IdiosyncrasiesFocus on the Composition Window; Pixel Perfect Preview; Selecting Layers; Fast Previews - OpenGL Preview; Drag and Drop Construction; Motion Constraints; Transform Handles; Look Ma - No Handles!; The Layer Window - Editing Clips; The Footage Window - Layer Window Lite; Preparing Imported Resources; Interpretation Rules!; Alpha Channel Support; Alpha Interpretation; Frame Rate; Fields and Pulldown - Part 1: Separate Fields; Identifying Correct Field Order; Fields and Pulldown - Part 2: The 3:2 Pulldown; Other Options - Part 1: Pixel Aspect Ratio

Other Options - Part 2: EPS and Illustrator Files Get Special TreatmentReplace Footage - 'Where Did My Files Go?'; Proxy Footage - Use Really Big Files and Not Kill Your Computer; Avid Windows AVI Codec Issues; BUILDING YOUR PROJECT; Layers - Part 1: Discovery; Building Your Projects - One Layer at a Time; Blending Modes - Pixel Mixing Your Layers Together; Masking - Part 1: Making Box Masks; Subpixel Precision - A Brief Voyage of Enlightenment; Masking - Part 2: Making Oval Masks; Masking - Part 3: Adjusting Masks; Duplicating and Splitting Layers Overview; Splitting Layers

Duplicating LayersAudio - A Sound Primer; Timing's Everything; 1, 2, 3, Mark; Sound Affects; Sound Keys; Keyframe Animation; Copy and Paste Keyframes; Keyframe Creation and Modification; Moving Keyframes; The Keyframe Assistant; Keyframe Interpolation - Temporal (Time); Temporal Changes; Keyframe Interpolation - Spatial (Motion); Interpolation and the Pen Tool; Converting Vector Interpolation; Precomps - Layers Within Layers; After Effects' Killer-Killer Feature; Opportunities Abound; WONK TV Returns; Standard Nesting; Looping Etiquette - Part 1; Collapse Transformations - Enhanced Nesting

Finishing the Logo Design

Notes:

"Comparison website with information on software updates"--Cover.

ISBN:

9786610628698

9781136144301

1136144307

9781280628696

1280628693

9781423722328

1423722329

9780080456317

0080456316

OCLC:

61365579