Adobe After Effects 7 Pro: Professional Features

Disc 1- Advanced Text, Mastering 3D & Expressions

• Working with the Text Panels
• Using the Range Selector to Animate Position
• Using the Range Selector to Animate Rotation
• Using the Range Selector to Animate Fill Color
• Animating Text On Screen
• Looking at the Character O.set Animator
• Animating the Character O.set
• Adjusting Scale & Tracking within the Range Selector
• Adjusting the Range Selector O.set
• Looking at the Range Selector Advanced Shape Options
• Easing the Shape Options & Adding a Fill Color
• Using the Ramp Down E.ect & O.set
• Looking at the New Blur Options for Text
• Fading Text Using Blur & Transparency

• 3D Position & Orientation
• Rotating a 3D Layer
• Viewing & Moving Objects on an Axis in 3D Space
• Understanding the 3D Coordinate System
• Introducing the Camera Tools
• Changing View Layouts & Options
• Exploring the Axis Modes
• Parenting, Ordering & Rendering
• Using OpenGL to Accelerate Graphic Processing
• Fast Preview Options & OpenGL

• Adding a 3D Camera to Your Scene
• Working with Di.erent 3D Camera Presets
• Point of Interest, Position & Camera Tools
• Using the Auto-Orientation Options
• Animating a Camera from Side to Side
• Animating a Camera 360 Degrees
• Using a Null Object to Animate a 3D Camera
• Creating a 3D Camera “Fly-By” E.ect
• Animating the Point of Interest
• Auto-Orienting Objects Toward a Camera
• Adjusting the Depth of Field
• Adjusting F-Stop, Aperture & Focus Distance

• Setting Up Your Workspace for Working with 3D
• Building a 3D Airplane
• Spinning the Propellor
• Collapse Transformations
• Animating a Pre-Composed 3D Object
• Creating a 3D Cityscape
• Looking at Lighting Options
• Working with Multiple Colored Lights
• Casting Shadows
• Realistic Lighting: Daytime
• Using a Layer as a Gobo
• Realistic Lighting: Nighttime & Sunset
• Disabling Shadows for Speci.ed Objects & Lights
• Adjusting the Shadow Map Resolution
• Introducing Material Options
• Fine-Tuning the Material Options
• Creating a Volumetric Solid Object
• Using Layer Blending Modes to A.ect a 3D Object

• Rotating an Object Using an Expression
• Duplicating a Rotating Layer & O.setting Orientation
• Tying the Point of Interest of a Camera to a Layer’s Position
• Using the Rotation of a Layer to Drive the Scale of Another
• Retaining Keyframe Information while Using Expressions
• Tying Geometric Values to E.ects Using Expressions
• Looping Keyframes Using Expressions
• Inverting an Expression
• Animating with the Motion Sketch & Smoother Panels
• O.setting Duplicate Layers Based on the Same Motion Path

• Using an Expression to Randomize Opacity
• Using an Expression to Randomize Scale
• Assigning a Variable to the Script
• Using an Expression with Time-Remapping
• Applying Expressions to E.ects
• Using the Slider Control to Keyframe an Expression
• Understanding Perlin Noise
• Using the Wiggle Script
• Wiggling along a Motion Path
• Expressions, Split Layers & the Random Seed
• Applying Wiggle across a Single Axis
• Understanding & Simplifying Expressions

• Applying the Circle Fun Expression
• Applying Parenting to an Expression
• The Write-On E.ect & Tracking a Child Expression
• Looking at the Bounce & Squash Expressions

• Creating a 3D Cube
• Adjusting Anti-Aliased Layers
• Inverse Kinematics
• Forward Kinematics
• Using the Random Seed to Build an Animation
• Creating a Smoke E.eect
• Transforming the Smoke into 3D
• Adjusting the Lights to Create a Nighttime

Disc 2 – Keying, Rotoscoping, Color Adjustment & Tracking

• Creating a Garbage Matte
• Using Linear Color Key & Spill Suppressor
• Color Correcting a Keyed Image
• Compositing a Keyed Image onto a New Background
• Looking at the Multi-Cam Edit Source File
• Setting Up a Green Screen Shot
• Keying Solutions
• Splitting the Layers
• Applying the Keylight Filter
• Re.ning the Key
• Adding a Matte Choker & Channel Blur
• Saving Animation Presets
• Adding Saved Presets from Adobe Bridge
• Fine-Tuning & Rendering

• Using the Color Stabilizer E.ect
• Creating a Sepia Tone & Adjusting Levels
• Hand Colorizing a Black & White Movie
• Introducing the Chrome Re.ections Comp
• Creating the Chrome Re.ection E.ect
• Adding a Blue Tone to the Chrome E.ect
• Correcting a Color Cast with the Channel Mixer
• Matching Colors with Hue/Saturation & Color Balance
• Working with Colorama
• Using the Depth Matte E.ect to Create 3D Fog
• Using Shift Channels to Change Color Temperature
• Creating a Convincing Composite
• Inserting Fog Using a Linear Wipe & Fast Blur

• Single Mask Rotoscoping
• Setting Up for Multiple Mask Rotoscoping
• Creating & Rotoscoping the Torso Mask
• Creating & Rotoscoping the Arm Mask
• Creating & Rotoscoping the Head Masks
• Creating & Rotoscoping the Nose & Mouth Mask
• Creating & Rotoscoping the Hand Mask
• Creating & Rotoscoping the Thumb Mask
• Animating Mask Opacity & Feathering Edges
• Applying Motion Blur & Add/Subtract Modes
• Colorizing & Blurring with an Adjustment Layer
• Combining Multiple Rotoscoped Elements
• Rending a Movie to be Used as a Luma Matte

• Introducing the Motion Tracker Controls
• Tracking the Motion of an Object within a Layer
• Applying the Motion Track Data to Another Layer
• Setting Up a Layer to Motion Track O. Screen
• Tracking the Motion of an Object O. Screen
• Using Expressions for Better Motion Tracking
• Using a Perspective Corner Pin Tracker
• Using E.ects with the Motion Tracker
• Using the Motion Stabilizer