Adobe Video and Production Masterclass

Course Content

After Effects User Interface and Animation
What is a project file and what is in it?
Tools and Panels: : how to around in the application
Workspaces: selecting, saving, setting
Basic AnimationT
ransform properties of layers
Keyframing: making element move
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
Intermediate Animation
In depth keyframe manipulation and interpolation
Graph Editor
Motion Sketch/Smoother
Auto-Orient/Motion Blur
Roving Keyframes
Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool
Panning a large graphic: technique
Hold Keyframes
Layer Control
Trim-move-stack-split (keyboard shortcuts)
Quality
Slip Tool
Sequence Layers
Solo Switches
Looping Footage
Image Sequences
Frame Rate vs. Time Stretch
Blending Modes
Effects and Solids with Blending Modes
Effects and Presets Panel: animation presets
Adjustment layers
Transparency
MasksShape, feather, expansion
Masking with the Pen Tool: Bezier curves
Mask Shape Interpolation
Mask modes
Mattes and Stencils
Mask shapes
Type and Titles
Simple Rules of Titling
Basic Text
Text Animators/Range Selectors
Randomizing
Applying and Saving Text Animation presets
Per character animators in CS3
NestingPrecomps
Editing precomps
Locking panels
Render Order
How After Effects put it all together
Exporting Files
Render Queue
Export As
Same Frame As
Prerender
The Workspace in Premiere Pro
Workspaces
Working with the Project window
Importing clips and image files
Working with the Monitor window
Working with the Timeline window
Navigating to a specific frame in the Timeline and Program View
Using labels
Using palettes
Sequencing and Basic Real-Time Editing
The Real-Time editing experience
Adding clips to the Timeline
Developing a sequence and using Automate to Sequence
Using the Automate to Sequence command
Multiple sequencing
Viewing the rough cut
Refining the rough cut
Pretrimming clips using the Source view
Fine-tuning in the Timeline
Exporting the Timeline as a movie
Transitions
About transitions
The Effects palette
Inserting a transition
Previewing the transition
Pre-trimming a clip and adding a transition
Adding a transition using the Effects palette
Changing the attributes of transitions
Adding multiple transitions at one time
Transitions used as special effects
Fundamentals of Multipoint Editing
Understanding three-point and four-point editing
Making a three-point edit
Linking and unlinking clips
Handling unsynchronized linked clips
Closing a gap with the Ripple Delete command
Integrating Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator with Premiere Pro
Using effects from other Adobe programs
After Effects and Photoshop "inside" Premiere Pro
Titles and Credits
Creating a simple title
Using the ellipse tool
Mapping a textured fill
Rolling titles and crawling titles
Using titles in a Premiere Pro project
Adding titles to the Timeline
Using other programs to create titles
AudioGetting to know the Audio workspace
Automating the mixing process
Creating and adjusting audio effects