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Adobe After Effects 6 Tutorials

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Adobe® After Effects® is the essential tool for creating motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, DVD, and the Web. Offering unmatched integration with Adobe Premiere® Pro, Photoshop® CS, Adobe Encore™ DVD, Adobe Audition™, and Illustrator® CS software, After Effects provides users the speed, precision, and power to be visually innovative while meeting production challenges and delivering quality results. VTC author, Nathan Dickson, begins the tutorial with in-depth lessons on interface layout and typical workflows, before providing lessons on composition, animation, motion control, color correction, audio editing, rendering, and much more! Work files are also included with the tutorial. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the Adobe After Effects 6 lessons.
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Intro
What is After Effects? (02:35)
Typical Workflows (02:36)
New in Version 6 (01:42)
System Requirements (03:43)
Interface
The Workspace (02:42)
Customizing the Workspace (03:17)
Managing Palettes (03:11)
Application Preferences (02:11)
Getting Assistance (02:24)
Projects
The Project Window (05:06)
Project Settings (02:44)
Importing Fundamentals (04:38)
Importing Layered Images (03:34)
Importing Alpha Channels (03:21)
Project Window Management (05:42)
Compositions
Defining a Composition (02:10)
Composition Settings pt. 1 (05:40)
Composition Settings pt. 2 (01:47)
Timecode (06:36)
Compositions from Footage (04:49)
Timeline Window (06:58)
Composition Window (07:11)
Animation
Layer Properties (06:12)
Introduction to Keyframes (05:45)
Keyframe Manipulation (07:03)
Property Shortcut Keys (04:28)
Animating Multiple Properties (06:47)
Keyframe Shortcut Keys (04:49)
Using the Anchor Point (05:54)
Editing Motion Paths (04:21)
Previewing Movies
Time Controls Palette (03:08)
RAM Preview (05:04)
RAM Preview Options (04:33)
Faster Previews (05:03)
Motion Control
Spatial Interpolation (07:00)
Temporal Interpolation (05:58)
Speed Graphs pt. 1 (05:16)
Speed Graphs pt. 2 (06:21)
Motion Path Settings (03:00)
Layers
Layer Stacking Order (03:32)
Layer Labelling (04:39)
Locking and Shy Layers (02:40)
In and Out Points (05:46)
Sequencing Layers (05:27)
Solid Layers (04:08)
Layer Blending Modes (05:32)
Splitting Layers (05:09)
Aligning and Replacing Layers (05:15)
Text Layers
Character Palette (06:32)
Paragraph Palette (04:58)
Animating Text (03:11)
Range Selector pt. 1 (05:03)
Range Selector pt. 2 (05:16)
Range Selector pt. 3 (05:08)
Wiggly Selector (05:35)
Combining Selectors (04:28)
Paint
How to Paint (05:35)
Paint Palettes (05:16)
Rotoscoping (04:34)
Write-On! (06:18)
Morphing (06:34)
Eraser Tool (04:04)
Clone Tool (06:36)
Time Travel
Stretching Time (06:10)
Remapping Time (04:38)
Interpret Footage (06:20)
Parenting
Assigning Children to Parents (04:24)
Importance of Anchors (03:16)
Parenting of Compositions (06:16)
Null Objects (03:50)
Masks
Mask Fundamentals (04:21)
Pen Tool (05:48)
Mask Properties (03:35)
Mask Modes (04:49)
Animating Masks (06:39)
Masks and Text (04:32)
Mattes
Alpha Channels (02:51)
Alpha Track Mattes (05:38)
Luminance Track Mattes (04:03)
Visual Effects
How to Use Effects (05:25)
Levels/Curves/Sharpening (06:49)
Color Correction (06:29)
Transition Effects (07:03)
Blur Effects (04:50)
Distortion Effects (05:11)
Chroma Key Effects (06:54)
Adjustment Layers (07:01)
Overriding Rendering Order (06:18)
3D Layers
3D Layers and Properties (04:44)
3D Camera (06:35)
3D Lighting (04:55)
3D Animation (07:06)
Audio
Previewing Audio (05:34)
Manipulating Audio (04:04)
Synchronized Audio (04:34)
Audio Effects (07:04)
Rendering
Rendering Fundamentals (04:18)
Render Settings pt. 1 (03:56)
Render Settings pt. 2 (03:25)
Interlaced Rendering (03:25)
Rendering Pulldown (03:11)
Rendering Presets (01:58)
Output Options pt. 1 (05:16)
Output Options pt. 2 (04:46)
Rendering Proxies (04:18)
End
Wrapping it Up (00:49)
Credits
About this Author (02:03)

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Tutorial Information / Pricing
Title: Adobe After Effects 6
Author: Nathan Dickson
SKU: 33568
ISBN: 1-932808-21-3
Duration: 9 hrs / 107 Lessons
Compatibility: Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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