The After effects apprentice real-world skills for the aspiring motion graphics artist
Whether you're new to After Effects and want to get up to speed quickly, or already a user who needs to become familiar with the new features, After Effects Apprentice was created for you. With 11 core lessons plus a final project that pulls it all together, you'll learn how to tap this pr...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Burlington, MA :
Focal Press
2012.
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| Edición: | 3rd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628645106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- AFTER EFFECTS ApprenticeReal-World Skills for the Aspiring Motion Graphics Artist; Copyright; Table of Contents; advanced strokes; Introduction; Getting Started; Pre-Roll; Exploring the After Effects landscape.; project structure; main application window; Tools panel; Project panel; importing footage; Composition panel; Timeline panel; Layer panel; Info, Preview, Audio panels; Effects & Presets; Effect Controls; Workspaces; Adobe Bridge; Lesson 1 - Basic Animation; Building your first animation while you learn a typical After Effects workflow.; creating folders in the Project panel
- creating a new compositionimporting media; adding layers to the Comp panel; animating Position; RAM Preview; adding a background layer; editing spatial keyframes; motion paths; animating Opacity, Scale, and Rotation; arranging and replacing layers; adding solid layers; applying, copying, and pasting effects; rendering; RAM Preview options; the Work Area; caches and memory; importing layered Photoshop and Illustrator files; Lesson 2 - Advanced Animation; Manipulating keyframes to create more refined animations.; keyframe basics; Anchor Point overview; Anchor Point tool; motion control moves
- the Graph Editorpanning and zooming time; editing graph curves; editing multiple keyframes; Separate Dimensions; smoothing keyframes; Auto-Orient; Motion Blur; Roving keyframes; Hold keyframes; time display and timecode; Lesson 3 - Layer Control; Learning how to trim layers and enhance them using blending modes and effects.; layers and stacking order; moving layers in time; trimming layers; trimming in the Layer and Footage panels; slip editing; Sequence Layers keyframe assistant; looping footage; image sequences; changing the frame rate; Time Stretch; blending modes; effects and solids
- effect motion pathEffects & Presets panel; searching for effects; animation presets; Behavior presets; Layer Styles; adjustment layers; filmic glow trick; Brainstorm; the Cartoon effect; non-square pixels; Lesson 4 - Creating Transparency; Using masks, mattes, and stencils to cut out portions of a layer.; masking tools; creating mask shapes; animating a mask path; creating a vignette; Mask Expansion; masking with the Pen tool (Bezier masks); applying an effect to a masked area; controlling mask path interpolation; using effects with the mask path; Mask Modes and multiple masks
- Mask Opacitycreating and editing RotoBezier masks; Audio Spectrum effect; variable mask feathering ( new in CS6); Alpha Track Matte; nesting a track matte composite; Luma Track Matte; animating matte layers; Stencil Luma and Stencil Alpha; effects with track mattes and stencils; Lesson 5 - Type and Music; Animating text and working with music are essential to motion graphics design.; creating basic text; creating text animators; Range Selectors; animating text Position, Rotation, and Opacity; randomizing the order of characters; creating cascading text; setting the text Anchor Point
- animating by words
