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Getting Started |
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About Classroom in a Book |
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Installing After Effects, Bridge, and Media Encoder |
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3 | (1) |
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Restoring default preferences |
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3 | (1) |
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4 | (2) |
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6 | (1) |
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Adobe Authorized Training Centers |
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1 Getting to Knowthe Workflow |
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About the After Effects work area |
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10 | (1) |
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11 | (1) |
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Creating a project and importing footage |
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11 | (4) |
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Creating a composition and arranging layers |
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15 | (2) |
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17 | (1) |
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Adding effects and modifying layer properties |
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18 | (4) |
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Animating the composition |
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22 | (3) |
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25 | (1) |
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About timecode and duration |
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26 | (1) |
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27 | (3) |
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30 | (2) |
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Optimizing performance in After Effects |
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32 | (1) |
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Rendering and exporting your composition |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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Controlling the brightness of the user interface |
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35 | (1) |
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Collaborating in After Effects |
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36 | (1) |
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Finding resources for using After Effects |
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36 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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37 | (1) |
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2 Creating A Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets |
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38 | (18) |
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40 | (1) |
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Creating a new composition |
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40 | (4) |
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Working with imported Illustrator layers |
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44 | (2) |
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Applying effects to a layer |
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46 | (1) |
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Applying and controlling effects |
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47 | (1) |
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Applying an animation preset |
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48 | (1) |
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Precomposing layers for a new animation |
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49 | (1) |
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50 | (1) |
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51 | (1) |
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Rendering the composition |
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52 | (3) |
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Review questions and answers |
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55 | (1) |
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56 | (32) |
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58 | (2) |
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60 | (1) |
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Installing a font using Adobe Fonts |
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60 | (3) |
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Creating and formatting point text |
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63 | (2) |
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Animating with scale keyframes |
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65 | (2) |
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Using a text animation preset |
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67 | (2) |
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69 | (2) |
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Animating imported Photoshop text |
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71 | (4) |
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75 | (2) |
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77 | (1) |
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Animating an image to replace text |
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77 | (3) |
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Using a text animator group |
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80 | (1) |
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About text animator groups |
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81 | (2) |
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Animating a layer's position |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (2) |
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Review questions and answers |
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87 | (1) |
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4 Working With Shape Layers |
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88 | (28) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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Creating a self-animating shape |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (4) |
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Creating custom shapes with the Pen tool |
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99 | (2) |
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Positioning layers with snapping |
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101 | (2) |
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103 | (4) |
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Animating using parenting |
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107 | (4) |
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Using nulls to connect points |
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111 | (1) |
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About parent and child layers |
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111 | (2) |
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Previewing the composition |
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113 | (1) |
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Animating layers to match audio |
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114 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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115 | (1) |
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5 Animating A Multimedia Presentation |
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116 | (30) |
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118 | (1) |
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Using Creative Cloud Libraries in After Effects |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (4) |
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Animating additional elements |
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131 | (4) |
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135 | (2) |
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137 | (2) |
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Animating precomposed layers |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (2) |
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143 | (1) |
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Supported audio file formats |
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143 | (1) |
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Editing audio files in Adobe Audition |
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144 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (34) |
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148 | (2) |
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Preparing layered Photoshop files |
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150 | (1) |
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Simulating lighting changes |
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151 | (2) |
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Duplicating an animation using the pick whip |
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153 | (2) |
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About Photoshop layer styles |
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155 | (1) |
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Using a track matte to confine animation |
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156 | (1) |
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156 | (3) |
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About track mattes and traveling mattes |
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159 | (2) |
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Animating using the Corner Pin effect |
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161 | (2) |
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Simulating a darkening sky |
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163 | (5) |
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Viewing render times for layers |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (10) |
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Review questions and answers |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (22) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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Creating a mask with the Pen tool |
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184 | (1) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (1) |
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186 | (2) |
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Feathering the edges of a mask |
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188 | (1) |
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Replacing the content of the mask |
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189 | (1) |
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189 | (1) |
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Zooming and panning by touch |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (5) |
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197 | (1) |
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Using the Rectangle and Ellipse tools |
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198 | (3) |
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Review questions and answers |
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201 | (1) |
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8 Distorting Objects With the Puppettools |
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202 | (20) |
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204 | (5) |
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209 | (1) |
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210 | (2) |
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Adding Advanced and Bend pins |
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212 | (2) |
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Defining areas of overlap |
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214 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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215 | (1) |
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216 | (1) |
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Using the Puppet tools to animate video |
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217 | (1) |
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218 | (2) |
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Extra credit: Act it out with Adobe Character Animator |
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220 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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221 | (1) |
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9 Using the Roto Brush Tool |
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222 | (22) |
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224 | (1) |
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224 | (2) |
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Creating a segmentation boundary |
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226 | (3) |
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Editing Adobe Premiere Pro clips with After Effects |
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229 | (3) |
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232 | (1) |
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Refine Soft Matte and Refine Hard Matte effects |
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232 | (2) |
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Freezing your Roto Brush tool results |
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234 | (2) |
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236 | (2) |
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238 | (2) |
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240 | (1) |
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Extra credit: Tracking faces |
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241 | (2) |
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Review questions and answers |
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243 | (1) |
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10 Adjusting Color and Mood |
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244 | (32) |
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246 | (2) |
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Previewing your project on a video monitor |
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248 | (1) |
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Detecting scenes in a composition |
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249 | (1) |
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Making color enhancements |
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250 | (3) |
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Adding a colorized effect |
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253 | (2) |
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255 | (4) |
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Color-correcting using Auto Contrast |
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259 | (1) |
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Cloning an object in a scene |
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259 | (4) |
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263 | (5) |
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268 | (4) |
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272 | (3) |
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Review questions and answers |
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275 | (1) |
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11 Creating Motion Graphics Templates |
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276 | (20) |
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278 | (1) |
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Preparing a master composition |
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279 | (5) |
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284 | (1) |
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Adding properties to the Essential Graphics panel |
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285 | (4) |
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Protecting the timing of a section |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (2) |
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Creating essential properties |
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292 | (1) |
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Extra credit: Using a Motion Graphics template in Adobe Premiere Pro |
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293 | (2) |
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Review questions and answers |
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295 | (1) |
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296 | (30) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (5) |
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304 | (1) |
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Using the 3D Transform Gizmo |
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305 | (3) |
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308 | (2) |
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310 | (1) |
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311 | (3) |
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314 | (3) |
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317 | (3) |
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320 | (3) |
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323 | (1) |
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Working with Cinema 4D Lite |
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324 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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325 | (1) |
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13 Working With the 3D Camera Tracker |
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326 | (22) |
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About the 3D Camera Tracker effect |
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328 | (1) |
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328 | (2) |
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330 | (1) |
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Repairing rolling shutter distortions |
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330 | (1) |
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Creating a ground plane, a camera, and the initial text |
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331 | (4) |
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Creating additional text elements |
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335 | (3) |
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Locking an image to a plane with a solid layer |
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338 | (1) |
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Adjusting the camera's depth of field |
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339 | (2) |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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Creating realistic shadows |
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343 | (2) |
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345 | (1) |
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345 | (1) |
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Previewing the composition |
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346 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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347 | (1) |
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14 Advanced Editing Techniques |
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348 | (40) |
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350 | (1) |
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350 | (1) |
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351 | (2) |
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Warp Stabilizer VFX settings |
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353 | (2) |
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355 | (3) |
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Using single-point motion tracking |
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358 | (3) |
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Moving and resizing the track points |
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361 | (4) |
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Removing unwanted objects |
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365 | (1) |
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365 | (4) |
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Creating a particle simulation |
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369 | (1) |
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369 | (3) |
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Understanding Particle Systems II properties |
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372 | (8) |
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About high dynamic range (HDR) footage |
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380 | (1) |
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Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect |
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381 | (6) |
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Review questions and answers |
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387 | (1) |
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15 Rendering and Outputting |
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388 | (16) |
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390 | (1) |
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About rendering and output |
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391 | (1) |
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Exporting using the Render Queue |
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391 | (3) |
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Preparing movies for mobile devices |
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394 | (1) |
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Creating templates for the Render Queue |
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395 | (1) |
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Rendering movies with Adobe Media Encoder |
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396 | (1) |
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397 | (5) |
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Preparing a movie for broadcast output |
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402 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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403 | (1) |
Index |
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