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User Interface and Animation
-What is a project file and what is in it?
-Tools and Panels: how to navigate around the application,
-Workspaces: selecting, saving, setting,
Introduction to Animation
-Transform properties of layers
-Keyframing: making element move,
-Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files,
Intermediate Animation
-In depth Keyframe manipulation and interpolation
-Graph Editor,
-Motion Sketch/Smoother,
-Auto-Orient/Motion
-Blur, Roving
-Keyframes,
-Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool,
-Panning a large graphic: technique,
-Hold Keyframes,
Control of Layers
-Trim-move-stack-split (keyboard shortcuts)
-Quality, SlipTool,
-Sequence Layers,
-Solo Switches,
-Looping Footage,
-Image Sequences,
-Frame Rate vs. Time Stretch,
-Blending Modes,
-Effects and Solids with Blending Modes,
-Effects and Presets Panel: animation presets,
-Adjustment layers,
Transparency
-Masks
-Shape, feather, expansion,
-Masking with the Pen Tool:
-Bezier curves,
-Mask Shape Interpolation,
-Mask modes,
-Mattes and Stencils,
-Mask shapes
Type and Titles
-Simple Rules of Titling
-Basic Text,
-Text Animators/Range Selectors,
-Randomizing,
-Applying and Saving Text Animation presets,
-Per character animators,
Nesting
-Precomps
-Editing Precomps,
-Locking panels, Render Order
-How After Effects put it all together
Exporting Files
-Render Queue
-Export As
-Same Frame As
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Keyframes
-Different types of Keyframe
-Velocity
-Keyframe shortcuts
-Keyframe graph editor
Type Draw, Paint
-All About Alphas
-Working with Photoshop
-Dots, Pixels and Inches
-Working with Illustrator
-Plugging in Type
The Matrix
-Particle Playground
More On Effects
-Production Bundle Effects Round-Up
-Compound Effects
Animation Assistants
-Additional Assistants
-Motion Fun
-Express Yourself
-Animation and behaviour presets
Keying
-Using Keylight
Time and Tracking
-Time Remapping
-Time Games
-On Stable Ground
-Motion Tracking
-Time warp
Expressions
-Writing a simple expression
-Linking expressions to motion track
Working with 3D
-Cameras
-Lights
-3D Layers
NLE Integration
-Integration 101
-Integration with Nonlinear Editing Systems
Format Issues and Rendering
-Video Issues
-Playing the Field
-3:2 Pulldown
-Luminance and IRE Issues
-Working with D1/DV NTSC
-Working with Widescreen
-Pre-rendering and Proxies
-Advanced Rendering-Render Farm Concept
-What’s Your Preference?
-The Secret Preferences
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