After Effects CS4: Advanced

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    Course

  • Location

    Southwark

  • Duration

    2 Days

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Southwark (London)
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202 Blackfriars Road, SE1 8NJ

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DAY ONE

Overview of features
  • Optimising your system
  • Finding ways to speed up previews
  • Using different resolutions
  • Using Adobe Clip Notes
Advanced layer techniques
  • Using the Interpret footage dialog effectively
  • Parent and child relationships
  • Using Null layers
  • Understanding the Anchor Point
  • Using different blending modes
  • Advanced text animation
  • Using the Puppet tool
Working with compositions
  • Nesting comps
  • Pre-rendering comps
  • Pre-composing layers
  • Setting comp proxies
  • Importing Photoshop and Illustrator comps
  • Rendering order issues
Using masks
  • Animating masks
  • Using stencils and silhouettes
  • Using RotoBezier masks
  • Auto-tracing alpha channels
  • Importing masks from Photoshop
  • Creating Track mattes
  • Using Keylight for Bluescreen and Greenscreen mattes
Generating professional special effects
  • Motion tracking
  • Motion stabilisation
  • Image stabilisation
  • Using colour keying
  • Using the Difference Matte effectively
  • Using a Garbage Matte
  • Using Vector Paint
  • Advanced keying and warping tools
    Colour management tools
DAY TWO

Working in 3D space
  • Creating a layer in 3D space
  • 3D text animations
  • Creating complex shapes
  • Understanding the limitations of 2D planes in 3D space
  • Using lights and cameras
  • Using Nulls to control cameras
Using expressions
  • Why expressions are useful
  • Creating expressions to slave other layers
  • Expressions vs Parent and Child
  • Transferring properties in equations
Rendering comps
  • The different Codecs in Quicktime
  • Rendering effectively and quickly
  • Understanding field order
  • Rendering using Alpha channels
  • Rendering to create a comp proxy
An introduction to Particle playground
  • A guide to effects in After Effects
  • 3D channel effects
Using sound in After Effects
  • Adding and previewing sound
  • Using sound markers to synchronise action
Hints and tips
  • Creating PDF video files
Best practice in After Effects

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