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by Curtis Sponsler
Focal Easy Guide to After Effects
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Halftitle
Title
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
For Beginners with Experience
This is Not a Windows Only Book
Be Not Intimidated
Welcome to After Effects
Interface Navigation
The After Effects Workspace
Primary Workspace Windows
Support Windows
The Project Window – Where You Gather Your Work’s Resources
Project Window Buttons
Importing Resources
The Import Dialog Box
The Timeline Window – Where You Build Your Work
Composition Settings
Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR)
Timeline Columns and Options
Timeline Window Tour
Composition Window – Where You See Your Work
Support Palette Windows – Pop-up Tools for Productivity
Help – The Most Ignored and Overlooked Menu
Focus on the Timeline Window
Mix and Match Files
Projects vs Comps
A Clean Slate
Composition Settings
‘Drag and Drop’ and ‘Click and Drag’ – Moving Timeline Elements
Compositions Are Like Onions – They Have Layers
Layer Components
Transform Values Edit Window
Audio Layers
Animating Layer Transforms – Adding Keyframes
Blending Modes
Track Matte
Deleting Keyframes
Nudge Nudge – Know What I Mean?
Go To Dialog Box Idiosyncrasies
Focus on the Composition Window
Pixel Perfect Preview
Selecting Layers
Fast Previews – OpenGL Preview
Drag and Drop Construction
Motion Constraints
Transform Handles
Look Ma – No Handles!
The Layer Window – Editing Clips
The Footage Window – Layer Window Lite
Preparing Imported Resources
Interpretation Rules!
Alpha Channel Support
Alpha Interpretation
Frame Rate
Fields and Pulldown – Part 1: Separate Fields
Identifying Correct Field Order
Fields and Pulldown – Part 2: The 3:2 Pulldown
Other Options – Part 1: Pixel Aspect Ratio
Other Options – Part 2: EPS and Illustrator Files Get Special Treatment
Replace Footage – ‘Where Did My Files Go?’
Proxy Footage – Use Really Big Files and Not Kill Your Computer
Avid Windows AVI Codec Issues
Building Your Project
Layers – Part 1: Discovery
Building Your Projects – One Layer at a Time
Blending Modes – Pixel Mixing Your Layers Together
Masking – Part 1: Making Box Masks
Subpixel Precision – A Brief Voyage of Enlightenment
Masking – Part 2: Making Oval Masks
Masking – Part 3: Adjusting Masks
Duplicating and Splitting Layers Overview
Splitting Layers
Duplicating Layers
Audio – A Sound Primer
Timing’s Everything
1, 2, 3, Mark
Sound Affects
Sound Keys
Keyframe Animation
Copy and Paste Keyframes
Keyframe Creation and Modification
Moving Keyframes
The Keyframe Assistant
Keyframe Interpolation – Temporal (Time)
Temporal Changes
Keyframe Interpolation – Spatial (Motion)
Interpolation and the Pen Tool
Converting Vector Interpolation
Precomps – Layers Within Layers
After Effects’ Killer-Killer Feature
Opportunities Abound
WONK TV Returns
Standard Nesting
Looping Etiquette – Part 1
Collapse Transformations – Enhanced Nesting
Finishing the Logo Design
Precomping Caveats
Layers – Part 2: Taking Control of Your Composition
Pulling it all Together
Gradient Effects – Play Ball!
Parenting with Nulls – Nulls Don’t Mean Nothing
Looping Etiquette – Part 2
2D vs 3D Layers
X-Y-Z 1-2-3
Pan Behind Tool – Part 1: Anchor Point Adjustment
Layer Timeline Extension
Continuous Rasterization – Illustrator File’s Unique Capability
Masking – Part 4: Compound Masks
3D Layers – Part 1: Animation
3D Shadows
Copy and Paste for Effects
Pan Behind Tool – Part 2: Layer Editing Features
Hybrid Precomping
Pan Behind Tool – Part 3: Keyframes
An Artist’s Work is Never Done – It’s Just Abandoned
Advanced Timeline Operations
Layers – Part 3: Drag and Replace
Drag and Replace – Part 1: Footage in Single Comps
Drag and Replace – Part 2: Footage Across Multiple Comps
Replace Footage – Permanent Drag and Replace
Replace Footage – Make Replacement Comp
Advanced Masking
Drag and Replace – Part 3: Comps into Comps or Footage
Make Replacement Comp for Any Format
Type Tool – The Basics
Type Tool – Animation Effects Presets
Frame Blending – Time Compressing and Stretching Made Good
Frame Blending – Mixing Different Frame Rate Footage
Interpret Footage – Frame Rate Settings
Time Stretch – Constant Speed Change
Time Remapping – Variable Speed Change
Time Remapping – End of Clip Freeze Frame
Frame Blending and Time Remapping Applied to Compositions
Advanced Compositing Features
Working with Photoshop and Illustrator Files
Photoshop Document Import – File Preparation
Photoshop File Import as Composition
Illustrator File Import as Composition
3D Layers – Part 2: 3D Camera
3D Layers – Part 3: 3D Lights
Keying and Garbage Mattes
Luminance Keying – Luma Key Effect
Luminance Keying – Gradient Wipe
Luminance Keying – Extract
Chroma Keying – Green/Blue Screen Keying with Keylight
Chroma Keying – Color Key Effect
Rotoscope – Garbage Mattes
Making Footage Work for You
Motion Tracking and Stabilization
Single-Point Tracking
Multi-Point Tracking – Position and Rotate
Multi-Point Tracking – Scale
Corner Pin Tracking – Parallel and Perspective
When Tracking Goes Awry
Typography
Type Tool Settings
Type Tool Animation
Expressions – Parenting for Properties
Drop Shadows the Easy Way
Paint by Numbers
Paint Tool – Write On
Paint Tool – Single Frame Rotoscope
Paint Tool – Animated Brush Strokes
Paint Tool – Advanced Options
Vector Paint Tool – Organic Shape Rotoscope
Compositing Tips for 3D Animators
Over-Rendering
Field Rendering
Render Elements and Layers
Ray Tracing for the Rest of Us
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