Index
Symbols
3D
adjusting depth of field 327
axis 295
camera layers 302
casting shadows 301
3D Camera Tracker effect 316–334
3D layers
Position properties 187
rotating 187
Rotation properties 295
3D Layer switch 295
.mogrt files
opening in After Effects 285
A
action-safe zones 24
activating fonts in Adobe Fonts 2, 62–64
Active Camera view 302
adding
Add mask mode 252
adjustment layers 49, 138, 263, 277
Adobe After Effects application
compositions 12
installing 2
optimizing performance in 3
projects 12
workflow 11
workspace 10
Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book (2020 Release)
downloading lesson files 4
prerequisites 2
Adobe After Effects Help 36
Adobe Audition 142
Adobe Bridge
about 41
browsing animation presets in 69
importing files with 41
navigating folders in 41
opening 41
previewing images in 42
workspaces 42
Adobe Character Animator 216
Adobe Illustrator files, importing 45
Adobe Media Encoder
encoding presets in 382
installing 2
Adobe Photoshop files
importing 148
importing layer styles from 153
importing text from 72
layered 147
Adobe Premiere Pro
Motion Graphics templates in 287
using with After Effects 224
Adobe Stock 117
Advanced pins
about 206
animating 212
placing 208
using to animate video 213–214
alpha track mattes. See track mattes
ambient lights, adding 333
Analyze Forward button 348
anchor points
adjusting 119
centering in shape layers 92
animating
facial expressions 216
fill color 104
layers to match audio 112
on a path 127
opacity 77
precomposed layers 136
Puppet tool pins 214
video with Puppet tools 213–214
animation presets
applying from Adobe Bridge 70
Bad TV 3 - weak 277
browsing in Adobe Bridge 41, 69
Bullet Train 50
customizing 70
Dissolve - Vapor 52
Explosion 2 276
Fade Out By Character 79
Fade Up Words 25
Fly in with a Twist 203
Increase Tracking 75
Raining Characters In 74
Ripple 70
Slow Fade On 204
text 69
Typewriter 276
animations
about 22
creating with Character Animator 216
duplicating using pick whips 151
easing 68
linking through expressions 154
repeating 130
animator properties in text animator groups 81
application window 10
assets, importing 13
audio
adding tracks 141
animating layers to match 112
editing files in Adobe Audition 142
file formats supported 141
Audio/Video Switches in the Timeline panel 27
Audition. See Adobe Audition
Auto Levels effect 255
B
background strokes, creating with the Roto Brush tool 224–225
Bad TV 3 - weak animation preset 277
base frames, creating with the Roto Brush tool 222–223, 227
Bend pins
about 206
animating 212
placing 208
Bezier curves
breaking direction handles for 183
in a motion path 128
in masks 181
Bezier masks, creating 184
bicubic scaling 339
bilinear sampling 339
blending modes
about 191
applying 191
blur, adding 264–265. See also motion blur, adding
Bridge. See Adobe Bridge
brightness, changing in the user interface 35
broadcast, preparing a movie for 386
Browse Presets command 69
Bullet Train animation preset 50
C
cached frames, using Roto Brush tool 226
cameras, adding to a 3D scene 302–303
Casts Shadows property 301
CC Particle Systems II effect 355–370
Center Anchor Point In New Shape Layers 92
Character Animator 216
Character panel 25, 47, 65, 294
checkboxes, adding to Motion Graphics templates 282–284
child layers 108
Cineware effect 312
circles, drawing 194
codecs 381
color
adjusting color balance 245
animating 104
changing for a shape 93
keying 220
color correction
about 242
previewing accurately 244
using Auto-Levels 255
using the Lumetri Color effect 248–249
Color Emboss effect 49
Composition Navigator bar 23
Composition panel
about 15
splitting into multiple views 296
typing in 65
compositions
about 15
creating from footage 90
defined 12
fitting layers to 44
importing 13
nesting 16
rendering 54
Composition Settings dialog box 16–17, 43
compression 381
Convert To Editable Text command 24, 73, 203
copying layers 125
Create Nulls From Paths panel 109–110
Create Text And Camera command 320
creating
text 46
Creative Cloud Libraries
about 117
sharing Motion Graphics templates in 285–286
current-time indicator 27
curves, in the Lumetri Color effect 249
customizing
brightness of the user interface 35
workspaces 34
Custom View 1, in 3D views 297
D
deforming video with Puppet tools 213–214
Deform pins. See Position pins
Density value for Puppet tools 210
dependencies, finding missing 14
depth of field, adjusting 327–328
Directional Blur effect 134
direction handles, breaking 183
Dissolve-Ripple effect 333
Dissolve - Vapor animation preset 52
distortions, rolling shutter 318
docking panels 10
downloading lesson files 4
drawing
circles 360
custom shapes 98
ellipses 193
rounded rectangles 99
shapes 91
stars 92
drift, in motion tracking 349
dropdown menus, creating 279
Drop Shadow effect 48
drop zone 10
duplicating
animations 130
animations using pick whips 151
shape layers 95
videos 132
duration
about 26
changing 196
E
Easy Ease
adding 68
in the Graph Editor 369
editing
masks 180
Premiere Pro clips in After Effects 224
segmentation boundaries 225–226
Effect Controls panel
about 48
hiding properties in 22
effects
about 18
Auto Levels 255
CC Particle Systems II 355–370
Color Emboss 49
controlling 49
Directional Blur 134
Dissolve-Ripple 333
Dissolve - Vapor animation preset 52–53
Drop Shadow 48
Fade Up Words 26
finding 20
Fractal Noise 134
Glow 234
Hue/Saturation 232
Lens Flare 363
missing 14
motion blur 85
Ramp 362
Refine Hard Matte 229
Refine Soft Matte 229
Timewarp 365
Wave Warp 138
Effects & Presets panel 19, 20
Ellipse tool
creating a vignette with 193
using to create a mask 194, 360
encoding presets in Adobe Media Encoder 382
Essential Graphics panel
editing source text in 279
exporting templates from 285–286
grouping properties in 281
in Premiere Pro 287
organizing 281
viewing supported properties 280
Essential Graphics workspace 278
exporting
Motion Graphics templates 285–286
F
face tracking 237
Fade Out By Character animation preset 79
Fade Up Words animation preset 26
feathering masks 189
fills 93
filtering in Adobe Fonts 63
finding missing footage, fonts, or effects 14
Fit To Comp command 44
Fit To Comp Width command 66
Fly in with a Twist animation preset 203
fonts
finding missing 14
installing from Adobe Fonts 2, 62–65
selecting 65
footage
about 13
finding missing 14
tracking 318
using Adobe Bridge to import 41
foreground strokes, creating with the Roto Brush tool 222–223
Fractal Noise effect 134
freezing Roto Brush tool results 231
G
Glow effect 234
gradient fills 93
Graph Editor
about 168
using to remap time 169–173, 369
grids
snapping to 67
ground planes, creating with 3D Camera Tracker effect 319
grouping properties in the Essential Graphics panel 281
guides, showing 47
H
HDR (high dynamic range) footage 365
hiding properties 22
Home key 25
Horizontal Type tool 24, 46, 75
Hue/Saturation effect 232
I
Illustrator files, importing 45–46
images, adding to 3D scenes with 3D Camera Tracker 326
importing
files from Adobe Bridge 42
layered Illustrator files 45–46
layered Photoshop files as compositions 13, 23, 146–148
multiple files 13
Increase Tracking animation preset 75
Increment And Save command 233–234
Info panel 13
In points, setting 27, 139, 194
installing
After Effects 2
interpolation between keyframes 28
J
JavaScript in expressions 154
K
keyboard shortcuts 388
keyframes
adding 125
keying
about 220
with Color Range effect 259–260
L
layer features, used when snapping 100
layers
adjustment 138
animating to match audio 112
converting to 3D layers 297
copying 125
expanding in the Timeline panel 19
fitting to compositions 44
importing in Photoshop files 148
locking 202
making visible in the Timeline panel 30
naming in Photoshop 148
naming text layers 47
nesting 51
precomposing 51, 97–98, 123, 264
rearranging in the Timeline panel 18
renaming 73
scaling 204
setting In points for 139
snapping 99
solid 134
text 62
layer styles 153
Layer switches in the Timeline panel 27
learning resources for Adobe After Effects 6
Learn panel 36
Lens Flare effect 363
lesson files, downloading 4
Levels (Individual Controls) effect 246
Libraries panel 117
lighting, simulating changes in 149–150, 161–165
lights
point 332
Light Settings dialog box 299
linked assets 14
linking animations through expressions 154
locking layers 202
M
Mask Expansion setting 252
Mask Feather tool 189
masks
about 178
creating with the Pen tool 161–162, 180
curved 181
drawing with shape tools 194
editing 180
feathering 189
inverting 181
modes for 183
modifying with the Convert Vertex tool 181
properties, displaying 181
replacing content of 186
segments 178
tips for creating 195
tracking 250
vertices 178
working with 176
master properties 282
Material Options properties 295, 301
mattes
about 220
adjusting with the Refine Edge tool 229–230
screen 254
traveling 157
viewing against black 225
viewing with red overlay 225
Media Encoder. See Adobe Media Encoder
meshes
adjusting the Density value 210
changing the color of 209
used with Puppet tools 206
missing fonts, effects, or footage 14
mobile devices, preparing compositions for 378
Mocha AE plug-in 353
modes, mask 183
Motion Graphics templates
about 272
making source text editable in 279
opening in After Effects 285
providing image options in 282–284
sharing 272
specifying master compositions for 278
using in Premiere Pro 287
motion paths, customizing 127
Motion Source 346
Motion Target 346
motion tracking
analyzing and applying 348
managing drift when 349
N
navigating folders in Adobe Bridge 41
New Composition button 273
New Composition from Footage button 90
NTSC D1 preset 43
null objects
about 109
O
opacity
animating 77
modifying 53
Opacity property, displaying 29
optimizing performance in After Effects 3, 32
Out point 27
output modules in the Render Queue panel 55
overlap, defining areas of 210
Overlap pins 206
overscan 24
P
Pan Behind tool 120
panels
docking and arranging 10
maximizing 12
menus 27
panning with touch gestures 186
Paragraph panel 66
paragraph text 62
parenting
about 108
layers to null objects 109–110
particle systems, creating 355–370
path operations
about 102
Pucker & Bloat 102
Wiggle Paths 93
Photoshop. See Adobe Photoshop files
pick whip 151
pixel aspect ratio 386
point of interest
for a 3D light 300
for a camera layer 304
point text 65
position, animating 83, 103, 106–107
positioning objects using ruler guides 47
Position pins
animating 212
Position property
displaying in the Timeline panel 19
for a 3D layer 187
Pre-compose dialog box 51, 123
precomposed layers, animating 136
precomposing layers 51, 52, 97–98, 123, 165–166, 264
preferences
Center Anchor Point In New Shape Layers 92
location of files 3
restoring defaults 3
restoring defaults in Windows 11
Premiere Pro. See Adobe Premiere Pro
presets
browsing in Adobe Bridge 69
creating for Adobe Media Encoder 383–386
finding 20
previewing
compositions 30
images in Adobe Bridge 42
manually 51
Preview panel
in Adobe Bridge 42
in After Effects 30
Project panel
about 14
opening 54
projects
about 12
saving 15
properties
displaying multiple 125
grouping in the Essential Graphics panel 281
hiding 22
Puppet Advanced Pin tool
about 206
Puppet Bend Pin tool
about 206
using 208
Puppet Overlap Pin tool
about 206
using 210
Puppet Position Pin tool 206
Puppet Starch Pin tool
about 206
using 211
puppet tool pins 206–207, 208–210
Puppet tools
about 205
distorting objects with 198–217
recording animation with 214
using the mesh 206
Q
QuickTime required version 2
R
Raining Characters In animation preset 74
Ramp effect 362
Rectangle tool 194
red overlay in matte preview 225
Reduce Chatter value 229
Refine Hard Matte effect 229
Refine Soft Matte effect 229
reflections, adding 188
remap-time marker in the Source Time ruler 168
removing objects from footage 349–353
Renderer options in the Cineware effect 312
rendering
compositions 54
for mobile devices 378
templates 379
using compression in 381
using the Render Queue panel 236, 375–381
with Adobe Media Encoder 380–385
Render Queue panel 54, 236, 379–386
Render Settings options 55
render-settings templates 379–383
replacing content using a mask 186
replacing objects with content-aware fill 349–353
resizing layers 204
resources for using After Effects 36
Responsive Design - Time 284–285
restoring default preferences 3, 11
retiming compositions 165–174, 365
Ripple animation preset 70
rolling shutter distortions, repairing 318
rotating 3D layers 187
Roto Brush & Refine Edge effect 228
Roto Brush tool
creating background strokes 224–225
creating foreground strokes 222–223
freezing results 230
refining a segmentation boundary 225–226
rotoscoping 220
Rounded Rectangle tool 99
rulers, showing 47
S
safe zones 24
sample text, using in Adobe Fonts 63
sampling algorithms 339
saving projects 15
scale
modifying 204
screen matte 254
segmentation boundary
about 222
refining 225
segments in a mask 178
selectors in text animator groups 81
Select View Layout pop-up menu 296
separating background from foreground 220–239
Sequence Layers option 245
shadow catcher 332
shadows
adding to a 3D scene 301
creating with the 3D Camera Tracker effect 331
shape layers
adding 91
applying fills and strokes to 93
centering anchor points in 92
duplicating 95
shapes
self-animating 93
Shutter Angle 158
Shutter Phase 158
Slow Fade On animation preset 204
snapping
about 100
temporarily enabling 101
Snap to Grid command 67
solid layers
creating 134
using to create particle systems 356
using with 3D Camera Tracker 326–327
Solo Supported Properties in the Essential Graphics panel 280
sorting fonts in Adobe Fonts 63
Source Text property 279
Source Time ruler in time remapping 168
span, extending for Roto Brush tool 226
Specular Intensity 301
Specular Shininess 302
splitting the Composition panel into multiple views 296
squares, drawing 194
squash and stretch animation 211
stacked panels 10
Starch pins
about 206
adding 211
Star tool 92
Stock images in Libraries panel 117
strokes 93
Subtract mask mode 252
Sync Selected Fonts 64
T
templates for rendering 379–383
templates, Motion Graphics 278
text
animating 60–87, 72, 74, 81, 233–235, 274–276
animating tracking in 75
animation presets for 25–26, 69
centering 294
converting to editable 23–24, 73
creating 46
editing imported 203
entering in the Composition panel 65
imported from Photoshop 72
layers 62
making editable in Motion Graphics templates 279
point 65
positioning 66
text animator groups 80
text layers
converting to editable 203
naming 47
time
current-time field 27
current-time indicator 27
duration 26
timecode 26
time graph 27
time-lapse simulation, creating 165
Timeline panel
about 27
expanding layers in 19
renaming layers in 73
Time Remap keyframes 169
time ruler 27
title-safe zones 24
Toggle Alpha Boundary button 225
Toggle Alpha button 225
Toggle Alpha Overlay button 225
Toggle Transparency Grid button 231
tools
about 25
drawing 91
Ellipse 194
Mask Feather 189
Pan Behind 120
Puppet 205
Rectangle 194
Tools panel 25
touch gestures 186
Track Camera command 319
tracking
animating for text 75
faces 237
using Mocha AE 353
tracking motion
using the 3D Camera Tracker 318–319
tracking points for 3D Camera Tracker 319
tracking presets 76
Track Motion 256
moving and resizing 347
Track Selected Masks Backward button 251
Transform properties 19
transparency 53. See also opacity
traveling mattes 157
trimming
the work area 196
type, editing 24
Typewriter animation preset 276
U
U key 74
undocking panels 10
Use Dimensions From menu 16
User Interface Colors 35
user interface 10
V
vertices
converting 181
in a mask 178
video
animating with Puppet tools 213–214
duplicating in a timeline 132
views, 3D 296
W
Wave Warp effect 138
Web Edition 4
white balance, adjusting with the Lumetri Color effect 248
Wiggle Paths 94
work area
brackets 27
introduction to 10
trimming in the Timeline panel 196
workflow 11
workspaces
about 10
Essential Graphics 278
in Adobe Bridge 42
Learn 36
predefined 33
X
x axis in the 3D axis 295
Y
y axis in the 3D axis 295
Z
z axis in the 3D axis 293, 295
zooming with touch gestures 186