Getting Started |
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About Classroom in a Book |
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Restoring default preferences |
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1 Getting To Know The Workflow |
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Creating a project and importing footage |
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Creating a composition and arranging layers |
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Adding effects and modifying layer properties |
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Animating the composition |
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Optimizing performance in After Effects |
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Rendering and exporting your composition |
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Customizing the workspace |
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Controlling the brightness of the user interface |
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Finding resources for using After Effects |
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Review questions and answers |
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2 Creating A Basic Animation Using Effects And Presets |
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Importing footage using Adobe Bridge |
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Working with imported Illustrator layers |
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Applying effects to a layer |
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Applying an animation preset |
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Rendering the composition |
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Review questions and answers |
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Creating and formatting point text |
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Using a text animation preset |
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Animating with scale keyframes |
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Animating using parenting |
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Animating imported Photoshop text |
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Animating text using a path animation preset |
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Using a text animator group |
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Cleaning up the path animation |
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Animating a nontext layer along a motion path |
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Exporting to Adobe Flash Professional CSS |
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Review questions and answers |
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4 Working With Shape Layers |
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Incorporating video and audio layers |
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Applying a Cartoon effect |
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Using Brainstorm to experiment |
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Review questions and answers |
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5 Animating A Multimedia Presentation |
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Animating the scenery using parenting |
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Adjusting an anchor point |
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Masking video using vector shapes |
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Animating additional elements |
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Creating an animated slide show |
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Zooming in for a final close-up |
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Review questions and answers |
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Simulating lighting changes |
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Duplicating an animation using the pick whip |
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Animating movement in the scenery |
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Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte |
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Adding a lens flare effect |
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Review questions and answers |
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Creating a mask with the Pen tool |
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Feathering the edges of a mask |
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Replacing the content of the mask |
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Review questions and answers |
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8 Distorting Objects With The Puppet Tools |
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Defining areas of overlap |
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Review questions and answers |
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9 Using The Roto Brush Tool |
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Creating a segmentation boundary |
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Creating a transition from the full clip to the foreground |
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Adding a background image |
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Review questions and answers |
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10 Performing Color Correction |
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Removing unwanted elements |
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Correcting a range of colors |
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Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect |
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Review questions and answers |
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Working with a null object |
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Creating a backdrop for 3D animation |
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Review questions and answers |
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Adding reflections to 3D objects |
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Previewing the entire animation |
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Review questions and answers |
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13 Advanced Editing Techniques |
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Using motion stabilization |
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Using single-point motion tracking |
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Using multipoint tracking |
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Creating a particle simulation |
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Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect |
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Review questions and answers |
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14 Rendering And Outputting |
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Creating templates for the rendering process |
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Creating templates for output modules |
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Exporting to different output media |
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Review questions and answers |
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Appendix: Color Management in After Effects CSS |
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Index |
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