Adobe after Effects CS5

Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe After Effects CS5 choose Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Gyncild, Brie (-)
Autor Corporativo: Adobe Creative Team Corporate Author (corporate author)
Otros Autores: Adobe Creative Team Contributor (contributor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] Adobe Press 2010
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Classroom in a book Adobe After Effects CS5 classroom in a book
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629109606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • COVER
  • CONTENTS
  • GETTING STARTED
  • About Classroom in a Book
  • Prerequisites
  • Installing After Effects
  • Optimizing performance
  • Restoring default preferences
  • Copying the lesson files
  • How to use these lessons
  • Additional resources
  • Adobe certification
  • 1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORKFLOW
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Creating a project and importing footage
  • Creating a composition and arranging layers
  • Adding effects and modifying layer properties
  • Animating the composition
  • Previewing your work
  • Optimizing performance in After Effects
  • Rendering and exporting your composition
  • Customizing the workspace
  • Controlling the brightness of the user interface
  • Finding resources for using After Effects
  • Checking for updates
  • Review questions and answers
  • 2 CREATING A BASIC ANIMATION USING EFFECTS AND PRESETS
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
  • Creating the composition
  • Working with imported Illustrator layers
  • Applying effects to a layer
  • Applying an animation preset
  • Previewing the effects
  • Adding transparency
  • Rendering the composition
  • Review questions and answers
  • 3 ANIMATING TEXT
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • About text layers
  • Creating and formatting point text
  • Using a text animation preset
  • Animating with scale keyframes
  • Animating using parenting
  • Animating imported Photoshop text
  • Animating text using a path animation preset
  • Animating type tracking
  • Animating text opacity
  • Using a text animator group
  • Cleaning up the path animation
  • Animating a nontext layer along a motion path
  • Adding motion blur
  • Exporting to Adobe Flash Professional CS5
  • Review questions and answers
  • 4 WORKING WITH SHAPE LAYERS
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Adding a shape layer
  • Creating custom shapes.
  • Creating stars
  • Incorporating video and audio layers
  • Applying a Cartoon effect
  • Adding a title bar
  • Using Brainstorm to experiment
  • Review questions and answers
  • 5 ANIMATING A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Animating the scenery using parenting
  • Adjusting an anchor point
  • Masking video using vector shapes
  • Keyframing a motion path
  • Animating additional elements
  • Applying an effect
  • Creating an animated slide show
  • Adding an audio track
  • Zooming in for a final close-up
  • Review questions and answers
  • 6 ANIMATING LAYERS
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Simulating lighting changes
  • Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
  • Animating movement in the scenery
  • Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte
  • Animating the shadows
  • Adding a lens flare effect
  • Animating the clock
  • Retiming the composition
  • Review questions and answers
  • 7 WORKING WITH MASKS
  • Lesson overview
  • About masks
  • Getting started
  • Creating a mask with the Pen tool
  • Editing a mask
  • Feathering the edges of a mask
  • Replacing the content of the mask
  • Adding a reflection
  • Creating a vignette
  • Adjusting the color
  • Review questions and answers
  • 8 DISTORTING OBJECTS WITH THE PUPPET TOOLS
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • About the Puppet tools
  • Adding Deform pins
  • Defining areas of overlap
  • Stiffening an area
  • Animating pin positions
  • Recording animation
  • Review questions and answers
  • 9 USING THE ROTO BRUSH TOOL
  • Lesson overview
  • About rotoscoping
  • Getting started
  • Creating a segmentation boundary
  • Fine-tuning the matte
  • Creating a transition from the full clip to the foreground
  • Creating the logo
  • Animating text
  • Adding a background image
  • Adding audio
  • Review questions and answers
  • 10 PERFORMING COLOR CORRECTION.
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Adjusting color balance
  • Replacing the background
  • Removing unwanted elements
  • Correcting a range of colors
  • Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect
  • Review questions and answers
  • 11 BUILDING 3D OBJECTS
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Building a 3D object
  • Working with a null object
  • Working with 3D text
  • Creating a backdrop for 3D animation
  • Nesting a 3D composition
  • Adding a camera
  • Completing the scene
  • Review questions and answers
  • 12 USING 3D FEATURES
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Animating 3D objects
  • Adding reflections to 3D objects
  • Animating a camera
  • Adjusting layer timing
  • Using 3D lights
  • Adding effects
  • Adding motion blur
  • Previewing the entire animation
  • Review questions and answers
  • 13 ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Using motion stabilization
  • Using single-point motion tracking
  • Using multipoint tracking
  • Creating a particle simulation
  • Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect
  • Review questions and answers
  • 14 RENDERING AND OUTPUTTING
  • Lesson overview
  • Getting started
  • Creating templates for the rendering process
  • Creating templates for output modules
  • Exporting to different output media
  • Review questions and answers
  • Appendix: Color Management in After Effects CS5
  • INDEX.