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Course Outline

LESSON 1

• Getting to Know the Workflow
• 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 workspaces
• Controlling the brightness of the user interface
• Finding resources for using After Effects
• Checking for updates

LESSON 2

• Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
• Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
• Creating a new composition
• Working with imported Illustrator layers
• Applying effects to a layer
• Applying an animation preset
• Previewing the effects
• Adding transparency
• Rendering the composition

LESSON 3

• Animating Text
• 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

LESSON 4

• Working with Shape Layers
• 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

LESSON 5

• Animating a Multimedia Presentation
• 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

LESSON 6

• Animating Layers
• 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

LESSON 7

• Working with Masks
• 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

LESSON 8

• Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
• About the Puppet tools
• Adding Deform pins
• Defining areas of overlap
• Stiffening an area
• Animating pin positions
• Recording animation

LESSON 9

• Using the Roto Brush Tool
• 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

LESSON 10

• Performing Color Correction
• Adjusting color balance
• Replacing the background
• Removing unwanted elements
• Correcting a range of colors
• Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect

LESSON 11

• Building 3D Objects
• 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

LESSON 12

• Using 3D Features
• 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

LESSON 13

• Advanced Editing Techniques
• Using motion stabilization
• Using single-point motion tracking
• Using multipoint tracking
• Creating a particle simulation
• Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect

LESSON 14

• Rendering and Outputting
• Creating templates for the rendering process
• Creating templates for output modules
• Exporting to different output media

LESSON 15

• Color Management in After Effects CS5
• About color management
• Using color management in After Effects CS5

Classroom Locations

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Newport Beach

San Francisco

Los Angeles

San Jose