The After Effects 7 Pro: Essentials series includes:
The course includes the following:
This course includes the following modules:
Part 01 – Interface, Footage & Animation Essentials
Part 02 – Masking, Mattes, Effects & Text Animation
Successful candidates will receive a certificate. This is for “After Effects 7 Pro: Essentials”.
The key job positions are given below. These are with the average UK salary per annum. (www.payscale.uk).
Free Introduction | |||
After Effects 7 Pro Essentials | FREE | 00:01:37 | |
Part 1 – Interface, Footage & Animation Essentials | |||
1: THE GRAND TOUR | |||
1. Applying a Mask & Transforming the Properties | |||
2. Keyframing & Easy Ease | |||
3. Layer Effects & Motion Blur | |||
4. Animating & Organizing Layers in the Timeline | |||
5. Working with Video & Track Mattes | |||
6. Inserting & Animating a Text Layer | |||
7. Completing the Animation | |||
2: THE PROJECT PANEL & WORKSPACES | |||
1. Navigating the Interface | |||
2. Customizing, Saving & Loading Workspaces | |||
3. Using the New Maximize Feature | |||
4. Opening & Closing Windows & Projects | |||
5. Working within the Project Panel | |||
6. Organizing Files in the Project Panel | |||
7. Tips for Utilizing the Project Panel | |||
8. Adjusting the Working Color Space | |||
3: THE NEW & POWERFUL COMP PANEL | |||
1. Adjusting the Composition Settings | |||
2. Creating a Comp from Existing Footage | |||
3. Creating a Comp from Stills | |||
4. Working with Multiple Composition Viewers | |||
5. Using the Zoom & Scroll Tools | |||
6. Changing the Preview Size | |||
7. Splitting the Composition Viewer | |||
8. Changing the View Options | |||
9. Selecting Composited Layers | |||
10. Using the Snapshot Feature to Store Frames in Memory | |||
11. .e New Color Channel Viewing Options | |||
12. Adjusting the Viewer Resolution & Pixel Aspect Ratio | |||
13. Exploring the Flow Chart Option | |||
4: THE TIMELINE & PREVIEWING | |||
1. Importing Footage | |||
2. Fitting an Image into the Comp Window | |||
3. Snapping the Position of Layers in the Timeline | |||
4. Introducing the AV Panel in the Timeline | |||
5. Labeling, Selecting Label Color & Arranging Layers | |||
6. Renaming Layers in the Timeline | |||
7. Hiding Layers with the Shy Switch | |||
8. Using the Quality & Effects Switches | |||
9. Applying Motion Blur | |||
10. Zooming, Viewing Switches, Modes & Duration Columns | |||
11. Moving the Time Indicator & Applying Markers | |||
12. Positioning & Trimming Layers Using Markers | |||
13. Previewing Audio & Setting Up a RAM Preview | |||
14. Setting Up a Work Area & a Region of Interest | |||
5: IMPORTING & ORGANIZING FOOTAGE | |||
1. Using Adobe Bridge | |||
2. Importing Movies & Sequences with Bridge | |||
3. Interpreting Alpha Channels | |||
4. Importing Adobe Photoshop(R) Files | |||
5. Interpreting a Photoshop Sequence | |||
6. Using Edit Original & Importing Layer Effects | |||
7. Exploring Importable Layer Effects | |||
8. Creating a Photoshop File in After Effects | |||
9. Importing Adobe Illustrator(R) Files | |||
10. Using Placeholders & Proxies | |||
11. Proxies & the Render Queue | |||
12. Working with Camera Raw Files | |||
13. Using a Proxy with Camera Raw Files | |||
6: VIDEO STANDARDS & THE CLIP PANEL | |||
1. Composition Settings & Pixel Aspect Ratio | |||
2. Fixing Interlaced Video Issues | |||
3. Solving 3:2 Pulldown Issues | |||
4. Making Insert & Overlay Edits | |||
5. Working with Split Layers & Extracting a Work Area | |||
Part 2 – Masking, Mattes, Effects & Text Animation | |||
1: PARENTING, NESTING & TIME REMAPPING | |||
1. Setting Up the Car Speeding Along Comp | |||
2. Adding Wheels to the Car Comp & Rotating .em | |||
3. Introducing Parenting, the Pick Whip & Parenting to a Null | |||
4. Common Challenges with Parenting Elements Together | |||
5. Working with Nested Compositions | |||
6. Pre-Composing & Animating the Car | |||
7. Enabling Time-Remapping vs. Time-Reverse Layer | |||
8. Time-Remapping, Frame Blending & Time-Reverse Keyframes | |||
9. Easing Keyframes & Time-Remapping Audio | |||
10. Using the Graph Editor to Time-Remap Slow Motion Footage | |||
11. Sequencing Layers & Time-Remapping a Nested Comp | |||
12. Easing In & Adjusting the Speed in the Graph Editor | |||
2: INCREDIBLY COOL MASKING | |||
1. Introducing the Masking Tools | |||
2. Animating a Mask to Reveal Text | |||
3. Using Guides & Feathering Masks | |||
4. Adding & Subtracting Masks | |||
5. Creating a Circular Mask | |||
6. Adjusting Masks on Photoshop® Files | |||
7. Pasting In Masks from Illustrator® | |||
8. Correcting & Controlling Mask Interaction | |||
9. Time-Reversing Keyframes | |||
10. Creating a Morph Target in Illustrator | |||
3: INTRODUCTION TO EFFECTS & PRESETS | |||
1. .e Snow Effect | |||
2. .e Fast Blur Effect | |||
3. Creating & Saving Animation Presets | |||
4. Using Fast Blur to Change the Depth of Field | |||
5. Using the Color Emboss & Snow Effects | |||
6. Creating a Chrome Reflection in a Pre-Comp | |||
7. Changing the Blend Mode & Sharing Presets | |||
4: MATTES & LAYER BLENDING MODES | |||
1. Using Layers as Mattes for Other Layers | |||
2. Using the Luminance of a Grayscale Image for Transparency | |||
3. Creating & Pre-Composing an Animated Matte | |||
4. Manipulating Transparency with Layer Blending Modes | |||
5. Using RGB Channels for Convincing Mattes | |||
6. Transitioning between Comps with a Stencil Alpha Matte | |||
5: TRACK MATTES, ADJUSTMENT LAYERS & EFFECTS | |||
1. Applying a Luma Track Matte | |||
2. Duplicating a Layer & Replacing It with a Matte | |||
3. Looping Multiple Layers Using Apply Interpretation | |||
4. Introducing Adjustment Layers in Photoshop | |||
5. Using Adjustment Layers to Blur & Colorize | |||
6. Using Layer Blending Modes | |||
7. Bringing in Illustrator Files to Use for the Title | |||
8. Creating a Custom Luma Matte | |||
9. Creating a Custom Adjustment Layer | |||
10. Animating a Mask on an Adjustment Layer & Adding a Blur | |||
11. Animating a Blur & Adjusting Transparency | |||
12. Adjusting the Timing of an Animation | |||
13. Pre-Composing Layers into a Nested Composition | |||
6: CREATING & FORMATTING TYPE | |||
1. Text Effects, Panels & Workspaces | |||
2. Creating a Type Layer | |||
3. Selecting, Aligning & Building Type Layers | |||
4. Populating & Scaling Type Layers | |||
5. Formatting Text with the Character Panel | |||
6. Changing the Stroke, Fill, Height & Width | |||
7. Adjusting the Tracking, Leading & Kerning | |||
8. Baseline Shift & Other Character Properties | |||
9. Using the Paragraph Panel | |||
10. Paragraph Panel Fly-Out Menu Options | |||
7: BASIC TEXT ANIMATION & PRESETS | |||
1. Introducing the Basic Text Animation Presets | |||
2. Applying Text Animation Presets to Animate In & Out | |||
3. Animating Text Properties: Scale & Inter-Character Blending | |||
4. Adjusting Rotation, Anchor Point Grouping & Alignment | |||
5. Animating the Tracking & Adjusting the Line Anchor | |||
6. Positioning & Animating Text on a Closed Path | |||
7. Animating Text on an Open Path | |||
8. Animating Text on a Spiral Path | |||
9. Animating a Paragraph on a Path | |||
10. Introducing Wiggler & the Wiggly Selector | |||
11. Adjusting the Wiggly Selector Options | |||
12. Taking a Closer Look at the Wiggler | |||
13. Adjusting Correlation & the Temporal & Spatial Phases | |||
14. Setting Up for Temporal & Spatial Phase Animation | |||
15. Animating a Bullet-Time “Matrix”-Style Effect | |||
16. Saving an Animation as a Preset | |||
8: OUTPUT & EXPORT | |||
1. Exporting a Flash™ Movie for the Web | |||
2. Previewing in a Browser & Changing Frame Rate | |||
3. Saving a RAM Preview & Exporting Multiple Movies | |||
4. Changing the Render Settings | |||
5. Changing the Output Module Settings | |||
6. Adding Multiple Output Modules | |||
9: PREFERENCES | |||
1. Looking at General Preferences | |||
2. Setting Preferences for Nested Comps | |||
3. Setting Preferences for Layers & Colors | |||
4. Setting Preview Preferences | |||
5. Setting Display Preferences | |||
6. Setting Import & Output Preferences | |||
7. Setting Up Grids, Guides & Labels | |||
8. Memory, Cache & Video Preview Prefs | |||
9. User Interface Colors & Auto-Save Prefs |
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