Adobe After Effects Cs6 Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team

• ISBN13: 9780321822437
• ISBN10: 0321822439
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-15
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

Creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe After Effects CS6 choose Adobe After Effects CS6 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 15 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in After Effects CS6 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 CS6 edition covers new features, including the Global Performance Cache, 3D Camera Tracker, Ray-traced 3D rendering, variable mask feathering, tight integration with Adobe Illustrator, rolling shutter repair, Pro Import files from Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro 7, improved mocha AE workflow, 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 doesan official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Author Biography

The Adobe Creative Team of designers, writers, and editors has extensive, real world knowledge of Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Table of Contents

Getting Started	p. 1
About Classroom in a Book	p. 1
Prerequisites	p. 1
Installing After Effects	p. 2
Optimizing performance	p. 2
Restoring default preferences	p. 2
Copying the lesson files	p. 3
How to use these lessons	p. 4
Additional resources	p. 4
Adobe certification	p. 6
Getting To Know The Workflow	p. 8
Getting started	p. 10
Creating a project and importing footage	p. 10
Creating a composition and arranging layers	p. 15
Adding effects and modifying layer properties	p. 18
Animating the composition	p. 24
Previewing your work	p. 31
Optimizing performance in After Effects	p. 34
Rendering and exporting your composition	p. 34
Customizing workspaces	p. 34
Controlling the brightness of the user interface	p. 36
Finding resources for using After Effects	p. 36
Checking for updates	p. 37
Creating A Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets	p. 40
Getting started	p. 42
Importing footage using Adobe Bridge	p. 43
Creating a new composition	p. 45
Working with imported Illustrator layers	p. 47
Applying effects to a layer	p. 50
Applying an animation preset	p. 51
Previewing the effects	p. 54
Adding transparency	p. 54
Rendering the composition	p. 55
Animating Text	p. 60
Getting started	p. 62
About text layers	p. 64
Creating and formatting point text	p. 64
Using a text animation preset	p. 67
Animating with scale keyframes	p. 70
Animating using parenting	p. 71
Animating imported Photoshop text	p. 73
Animating text using a path animation preset	p. 77
Animating type tracking	p. 79
Animating text opacity	p. 81
Using a text animator group	p. 82
Cleaning up the path animation	p. 85
Animating a nontext layer along a motion path	p. 87
Adding motion blur	p. 89
Working With Shape Layers	p. 92
Getting started	p. 94
Adding a shape layer	p. 96
Creating custom shapes	p. 98
Creating stars	p. 104
Incorporating video and audio layers	p. 108
Applying a Cartoon effect	p. 109
Adding a title bar	p. 111
Using Brainstorm to experiment	p. 114
Animating A Multimedia Presentation	p. 118
Getting started	p. 120
Animating the scenery using parenting	p. 121
Adjusting an anchor point	p. 125
Masking video using vector shapes	p. 126
Keyframing a motion path	p. 130
Animating additional elements	p. 133
Applying an effect	p. 137
Creating an animated slide show	p. 140
Adding an audio track	p. 145
Zooming in for a final close-up	p. 147
Animating Layers	p. 150
Getting started	p. 152
Simulating lighting changes	p. 156
H Duplicating an animation using the pick whip	p. 158
Animating movement in the scenery	p. 160
Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte	p. 164
Animating the shadows	p. 168
Adding a lens flare effect	p. 170
Animating the clock	p. 172
Retiming the composition	p. 174
Working With Masks	p. 182
About masks	p. 184
Getting started	p. 184
Creating a mask with the Pen tool	p. 187
Editing a mask	p. 188
Feathering the edges of a mask	p. 192
Replacing the content of the mask	p. 193
Adding a reflection	p. 195
Creating a vignette	p. 200
Adjusting the color	p. 202
Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools	p. 206
Getting started	p. 208
About the Puppet tools	p. 212
Adding Deform pins	p. 212
Defining areas of overlap	p. 214
Stiffening an area	p. 215
Animating pin positions	p. 216
Recording animation	p. 220
Performing Color Correction	p. 224
Getting started	p. 226
Adjusting color balance	p. 229
Replacing the background	p. 231
Removing unwanted elements	p. 236
Correcting a range of colors	p. 238
Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect	p. 240
Building 3D Objects	p. 244
Getting started	p. 246
Building a 3D object	p. 248
Working with a null object	p. 259
Working with 3D text	p. 260
Creating a backdrop for 3D animation	p. 267
Nesting a 3D composition	p. 268
Adding a camera	p. 269
Completing the scene	p. 272
Using 3D Features	p. 276
Getting started	p. 278
Animating 3D objects	p. 279
Adding reflections to 3D objects	p. 280
Animating a camera	p. 282
Adjusting layer timing	p. 283
Using 3D lights	p. 284
Adding effects	p. 288
Adding motion blur	p. 292
Previewing the entire animation	p. 293
Working with the 3D Camera Tracker	p. 296
About the 3D Camera Tracker effect	p. 298
Getting started	p. 298
Tracking the footage	p. 301
Creating a camera and the initial text	p. 302
Creating realistic shadows	p. 305
Adding ambient light	p. 307
Creating additional text elements	p. 307
Locking a layer to a plane with a null object	p. 310
Animating the text	p. 312
Adjusting the camera's depth of field	p. 315
Rendering the composition	p. 316
Advanced Editing Techniques	p. 318
Getting started	p. 320
Using the Warp Stabilizer	p. 320
Using single-point motion tracking	p. 325
Using multipoint tracking	p. 331
Creating a particle simulation	p. 336
Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect	p. 346
Rendering and Outputting	p. 352
Getting started	p. 354
Creating templates for the rendering process	p. 355
Creating templates for output modules	p. 359
Exporting to different output media	p. 363
Appendix	p. 375
Index	p. 376
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