Index
Symbols
3D axis 269
adjusting depth of field 312
point of interest 276
3D Camera Tracker effect 294–314
3D layers
camera layers 275
creating in Cinema 4D Lite 279–287
Position properties 190
rotating 191
Rotation properties 269
3D Layer switch 269
casting shadows with 274
point of interest 272
3D text
extruding in After Effects 289
A
action-safe zones 31
Active Camera view 275
adding
transitions 239
Add mask mode 248
Add Or Remove Keyframe At Current Time button 129
adjustment layers 257
Adobe After Effects CC application
After Effects Help 36
compositions 10
installing 2
optimizing performance in 2
projects 10
workflow 9
workspace 8
Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release)
lesson files 3
prerequisites 2
Adobe After Effects Help 36
Adobe Audition, editing audio files in 146
about 41
browsing animation presets in 68
importing files with 41
navigating folders in 41
opening 41
previewing audio files in 143
previewing images in 42
preview panel 42
workspaces 42
Adobe Illustrator files, importing 45
creating presets for 364
encoding presets in 362
importing 152
importing layer styles from 153
importing text from 74
layered 151
Adobe Premiere Pro, using with After Effects 220
sorting fonts in 63
using sample text in 64
alpha track mattes. See track mattes
adjusting 162
using to constrain layers 126
ambient lights, adding 305
Analyze Forward button 326
anchor points, adjusting 123
animating
along a motion path 88
in time with audio 114
motion 158
Puppet tool pins 214
scale 70
shadows 165
slide shows 138
using the Puppet tools 205
walking cycles 210
applying from Adobe Bridge 68
browsing in Adobe Bridge 41, 68
Bullet Train 50
customizing 69
Dissolve - Vapor 52
Evaporate 68
Fade Up Characters 76
Increase Tracking 80
Pipes 78
using with shape layers 126
about 24
copying to other elements 312
duplicating using pick whips 156
linking through expressions 156
motion paths for 121
Warp Stabilizer VFX 320
animator properties in text animator groups 83
application window 8
audio
adding tracks 143
editing files in Adobe Audition 146
file formats supported 142
looping 143
using amplitude to animate layers 114
Audio/Video Switches in the Timeline panel 25
Audition. See Adobe Audition
Auto Levels effect 251
Auto-Orient command 89
B
background strokes, creating with the Roto Brush tool 222–223
base frames
adding for the Roto Brush tool 225
creating with the Roto Brush tool 220–221
beveling text in Cinema 4D Lite 285
Bezier curves
breaking direction handles for 187
using to create masks 186
Bezier masks, creating 188
bicubic scaling 319
bilinear sampling 319
blending modes
about 195
applying 195
Brainstorm feature 105
Bridge. See Adobe Bridge
brightness, changing in the user interface 35
broadcast, preparing a movie for 364
Browse Presets command 68
Bullet Train animation preset 50
C
C4D files 281
cached frames 224
cameras, adding to a 3D scene 275–276
Camera Settings 312
Casts Shadows property 274
CC Particle Systems II effect 334
properties 337
checkerboard, generating 109
adding surface textures to objects in 286
coordinate measurements 279
exporting an After Effects composition for 281
positioning objects in 284
updating objects in After Effects 286
workspace 282
Cineware effect 281
Classroom in a Book 1
Clone tool 261
cloning an object 261
codecs 357
Collapse Transformations switch 110
color
adjusting color balance 241
keying 218
about 238
previewing accurately 240
Color Emboss effect 49
Color Finesse 3. See SA Color Finesse 3 effect
Color Range effect 255
Comp Camera option in the Cineware effect 282
Composition Navigator bar 26
Composition panel
about 13
splitting into multiple views 270
typing in 65
compositions
about 13
adding footage items to 15
changing the resolution of 125
defined 10
fitting layers to 44
importing 11
nesting 15
rendering 54
retiming 172
swapping into a layer 127
Composition Settings dialog box 43, 61
compression 357
Convert Audio To Keyframes 114
Convert To Editable Text command 26, 75
coordinates
entering for effects 20
measured in After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite 279
copying animation to other elements 312
Corner Pin effect 166
Create Text And Camera command 299
creating
text 46
current-time indicator 25
current time in the Timeline panel 25
brightness of the user interface 35
preset paths 78
workspaces 35
custom shapes, drawing 100–101
Custom View 1, in 3D views 270
D
default preferences 2
restoring in Windows 9
Deform pins
about 206
adding 206
customizing 207
dependencies, finding missing 13
depth of field, adjusting 312
deselecting layers 16
direction handles, breaking 187
Dissolve - Vapor animation preset 52
distortions, rolling shutter 296
docking panels 8
drawing
circles 340
custom shapes 100
ellipses 196
rectangles 96
shapes 96
drift, in motion tracking 327
Drop Shadow effect 48
drop zone 8
duplicating
animations using pick whips 156
layers 17
objects in a scene 261
about 28
changing 198
E
Easy Ease
about 29
adjusting 177
in the Graph Editor 347
editing
masks 184
Premiere Pro clips in After Effects 220
segmentation boundaries 224
text 75
Effect Controls panel 20
about 48
hiding properties in 22
setting properties in 20, 29–30
effects
about 17
Auto Levels 251
CC Particle Systems II 334
Color Emboss 49
controlling 48
Corner Pin 166
Dissolve - Vapor animation preset 52–53
Drop Shadow 48
Exposure 21
finding 19
Glow 233
Hue/Saturation 231
missing 13
motion blur 90
Radial Blur 18
Radio Waves 137
Ramp 341
Refine Hard Matte 229
Refine Soft Matte 229
SA Color Finesse 3 243
Stretch And Pitch, in Audition 146
Timewarp 344
Zoom-Bubble 27
Effects & Presets panel 19, 27
using to create a mask 197
encoding presets in Adobe Media Encoder 362
end bracket, setting for the work area 69
Evaporate animation preset 68
Expand Or Collapse The In/Out/Duration/Stretch Panes button 136
exporting
for Cinema 4D 281
movies with Adobe Media Encoder 361
Exposure effect 21
about 156
adding 144
applying 156
linking animations through 156
working with 144
Extrude in Cinema 4D Lite 284
extruding text
in After Effects 289
F
Fade Up Characters animation preset 76
fading in images 142
Fast Blur effect 259
feathering masks 193
fills, gradient 97
filtering fonts in Typekit 63
finding missing footage, fonts, or effects 13
First Margin value 89
Fit To Comp command 44
Fit To Comp Width command 66
fonts
finding missing 13
selecting 65
footage
about 10
finding missing 13
importing using Adobe Bridge 41
tracking 297
foreground strokes, creating with the Roto Brush tool 221–222
freezing Roto Brush tool results 229
G
Glow effect 233
gradient fills 97
Graph Editor
about 174
in the Timeline panel 25
grids
snapping to 66
ground planes, creating with 3D Camera Tracker effect 298
H
HDR (high dynamic range) footage 343
hiding properties 22
Home key 27
Horizontal Type tool 27, 46, 80
Hue/Saturation effect 231
I
importing
files from Adobe Bridge 42
multiple files 10
Increase Tracking animation preset 80
Increment And Save command 232–233
Info panel 96
installing After Effects 2
interpolation between keyframes 29
In value for a layer 136
J
JavaScript in expressions 156
K
keyframes
about 29
adding to current time 211
copying from one layer to another 134
creating from audio amplitude 114
keyframing motion paths 128
keying 218
with Color Range effect 255
with Keylight 1.2 effect 246
L
layer features, used when snapping 108
Layer Name column 16
layers
animating to match audio 114
converting to 3D layers 271
copying keyframes from 134
deselecting 16
duplicating 17
expanding in the Timeline panel 22
fitting to compositions 44
importing in Photoshop files 151
making visible in the Timeline panel 31
modifying the In values for 136
naming in Photoshop 152
naming text layers 47
nesting 51
null 308
rearranging in the Timeline panel 16
scaling 204
snapping 106
soloing 155
text 62
transforming properties 22
trimming 122
viewing multiple properties 213
layer styles 153
Layer switches in the Timeline panel 25
learning resources for Adobe After Effects CC 5
lesson files, downloading 3
Levels (Individual Controls) effect 241
lighting, simulating changes in 154
lightning bolt, drawing 100–101
lights
ambient 305
point 304
Light Settings dialog box 272
linking animations through expressions 156
looping audio tracks 143
M
Magnification Ratio pop-up menu 96
Mask Expansion setting 248
Mask Feather tool 193
mask modes 247
Add 248
Subtract 248
masks
about 182
alpha mattes in 126
creating with the Pen tool 183
curved 186
drawing with the Ellipse tool 197
drawing with the Rectangle tool 197
editing 184
feathering 193
inverting 184
layers 126
modes for 185
modifying with the Convert Vertex tool 186
properties, displaying 184
replacing content of 189
segments 182
tips for creating 198
tracking 246
vector shapes 124
vertices 182
working with 180
mask shapes, copying 88
Master Exposure (Exposure effect) 22
Material Options properties 269, 274
mattes
about 218
adjusting with the Refine Edge tool 228
screen 250
track 163
traveling 163
viewing against black 223
viewing with red overlay 223
Maxon Cinema 4D Exporter 281
meshes
adjusting the Triangle value 208
used with Puppet tools 206
missing fonts, effects, or footage 13
mobile devices, preparing compositions for 360
mocha for After Effects 333
modes, mask 185
motion
animating 158
stabilization 318
motion blur, adding 90, 122, 131, 164
motion paths
about 129
animating nontext layers along 88
hiding 31
keyframing 128
viewing in the Composition panel 121
Motion Source 326
Motion Target 326
motion tracking 252–253, 256–257
analyzing and applying 326, 332
drift 327
multipoint 329
single-point 322
N
navigating folders in Adobe Bridge 41
nesting
compositions 15
layers 51
NTSC D1 preset 43
O
opacity
optimizing performance in After Effects 2, 33
Orient Along Path option 89
output modules in the Render Queue panel 55
outputting projects 350
overlap, defining areas of 208
Overlap pins
about 206
customizing 209
overscan, accounting for 31
P
panels
docking and arranging 8
groups 8
maximizing 10
menus 25
Paragraph panel 66
paragraph text 62
parallel corner-pinning 329
object to null layer 309
text in Cinema 4D Lite 284
parent layers 119
animating 120
creating 128
particle systems
customizing 336
path preset, using to animate text 77
Pen tool 183
perspective corner-pinning 329
Photoshop. See Adobe Photoshop files
pick whip 309
using to duplicate animation 156
Pipes animation preset 78
pixel aspect ratio 364
point light, creating 304
point of interest
for a 3D light 272
for a camera layer 276
point text 65
Position property
displaying in the Timeline panel 23
for a 3D layer 190
Pre-compose dialog box 51
preferences
location of files 3
restoring defaults 2
restoring defaults in Windows 9
Premiere Pro. See Adobe Premiere Pro
preset paths, customizing 78
presets
browsing in Adobe Bridge 68
creating for Adobe Media Encoder 364
finding 19
previewing
audio files in Adobe Bridge 143
images in Adobe Bridge 42
limiting to a range of frames 68
manual 50
RAM 32
spacebar 31
standard 31
Preview panel in Adobe Bridge 42
Project panel 12
projects
about 10
saving 13
properties
changing values for multiple layers 24
displaying in the Timeline panel 23
hiding 22
Puppet Overlap tool
about 206
using 208
Puppet Pin tool 206
Puppet Sketch tool 214
Puppet Starch tool
about 206
using 209
Puppet tools 200
about 206
customizing Overlap pins 209
preparing artwork for use with 205
recording animation with 214
settings for Starch pins 209
using the mesh 206
Q
QuickTime required version 2
R
Radial Blur effect 18
Radio Waves effect 137
Ramp effect 341
RAM previews 33
Ray-Traced 3D Renderer 289
red overlay in matte preview 223
Reduce Chatter value 228
Refine Hard Matte effect 229
Refine Soft Matte effect 229
reflections, adding to video 192
remap-time marker in the Source Time ruler 173
renaming layers 18
Renderer options in the Cineware effect 281
rendering 313
compositions 54
for mobile devices 360
movies 350
templates 353
test movies 358
using compression in 357
using the Render Queue panel 234, 359
with Adobe Media Encoder 361–366
Render Queue panel 54, 171, 172, 234
adding compositions to 54
opening 54
output modules 55
Render Settings options 55
render-settings templates 353
Repeater path operation 102–105
replacing content using a mask 189
resizing layers 204
resources for using After Effects 36
restoring default preferences 9, 40, 60
retiming
compositions 172
playback 344
rolling shutter distortions, repairing 296
rotating 3D layers 191
Roto Brush & Refine Edge effect 227
creating background strokes with 222–223
creating foreground strokes with 220–221
freezing results 229
refining a segmentation boundary 224
rotoscoping 218
S
SA Color Finesse 3 effect 243–246
safe zones 31
sample text, using in Typekit 64
sampling algorithms 319
saving projects 13
scaling layers 204
screen matte 250
segmentation boundary
about 220
refining 224
segments in a mask 182
selectors in text animator groups 83
Select View Layout pop-up menu 270
self-animating shapes 101
separating background from foreground 218–235
Sequence Layers option 239
shadow catcher 304
shadows
adding to a 3D scene 274
creating with the 3D Camera Tracker effect 303
shape layers
adding 96
applying gradient fills to 97
using animation presets with 126
shapes
self-animating 101
twisting 97
using as masks 124
shortcuts for Transform properties 23
Shutter Angle
about 165
adjusting 165
Shutter Phase 165
skewing text 84
slide shows 138
smoothing animations with Easy Ease 29
snapping
features 108
about 108
temporarily enabling 108
Snap to Grid command 66
solid layers
about 135
using to create particle systems 335
soloing layers 155
sorting fonts in Typekit 63
Source Name column 16
Source Time ruler in time remapping 173
spacebar preview 31
span, extending for Roto Brush tool 224
Specular Intensity 274
Specular Shininess 274
spiral, creating in After Effects 96–100
splitting the Composition panel into multiple views 270
squash and stretch animation 210
stabilizing motion 318
standard preview 31
Starch pins
about 206
adding 209
settings 209
Stretch And Pitch effect, in Audition 146
Subdivision Surface icon in Cinema 4D Lite 284
Subtract mask mode 248
surface, adding to objects in Cinema 4D Lite 286
synchronizing audio with animation 114
Sync Selected Fonts 64
T
templates for rendering 353
text
adding a bevel in Cinema 4D Lite 285
animating tracking in 80
animating using a path preset 77
animation presets for 27–28, 67
beveling in Cinema 4D Lite 285
centering 268
converting to editable 75
creating 46
creating 3D in Cinema 4D Lite 282–284
editing 75
entering in the Composition panel 65
extruding in After Effects 289
extruding in Cinema 4D Lite 284
formatting in Cinema 4D Lite 283
imported from Photoshop 74
layers 62
naming layers 47
point 65
positioning 66
skewing 84
text animator groups 82
Text tool in Cinema 4D Lite 283
current-time field 25
current-time indicator 25
duration 28
measuring 211
specifying in the Duration box 95
timecode 28
time graph 25
time-lapse simulation, creating 172
Timeline panel
about 25
displaying properties in 23, 24
expanding layers in 22
renaming layers in 75
viewing multiple layer properties in 213
Time Remap keyframes 175
Time Remapping 144
Time-Reverse Keyframes command 70
time ruler
about 25
in the Timeline panel 25
Time Stretch dialog box 136
Timewarp effect 344
title-safe zones 31
Toggle Alpha Boundary button 223
Toggle Alpha button 223
Toggle Alpha Overlay button 223
Toggle Switches/Modes button 127
Toggle Transparency Grid button 230
tools
Clone Stamp 261
Mask Feather 193
Puppet 206
Tools panel
about 17
selecting hidden tools in 17
Track Camera command 297
tracking
animating for text 80
using Mocha for After Effects 333
tracking motion
multipoint 329
single-point 322
using the 3D Camera Tracker 297
tracking presets
customizing 81
using to animate text 80
about 163
Track Motion 252
track points 252
3D Camera Tracker 297
moving and resizing 328
Track Selected Masks Backward button 247
Transform properties 22
transitions, adding 239
transparency 53
traveling mattes 163
Triangle value for Puppet tools 208
layers 122
the work area 198
TrkMat menu 127
twisting shapes 97
Typekit. See Adobe Typekit
filtering fonts in 63
U
undocking panels 8
User Interface Colors 35
user interface, introduction to 8
V
vector shapes, masking with 124
vertices
converting 186
in a mask 182
views, 3D 269
W
walking cycle, animating 210
Wiggle Paths operation 101
work area
introduction to 8
trimming in the Timeline panel 198
workflow 9
workspaces
customizing 8
in Adobe Bridge 42
predefined 34
saving custom 35
X
x axis 20
in the 3D axis 269
Y
y axis 20
in the 3D axis 269
Z
z axis 267
in the 3D axis 269
Zoom-Bubble effect 27