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Adobe After Effects 5/5.5 Essentials

by Jayse Hansen
277 lessons34 chapters9.6 hReleased 200211 free
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Adobe After Effects is the design application that has become the standard for 2D/3D compositing, special effects, and animation, even among video and motion graphics professionals. In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, Jayse Hansen guides you through the use of After Effects 5/5.5, taking you from the basics of creating a clip, organizing, and how to work with compositions, to working with typography, audio, effects, fades, and transitions. Other lessons involve working with 3D layers, lighting, and cameras, importing from Photoshop and Illustrator, and 3D enhancements. He includes assignments to help you apply what you are learning. And for even more assistance, he gives you additional book and web resources so that you can explore After Effects even further. To get started today, simply click one of the movie topics below.

Course content

Introduction11 lessons
Basics4 lessons
Details2 lessons
Extra Tips: Essential De-Interlacing4 lessons
Compositions5 lessons
Effects10 lessons
Animation15 lessons
RAM Previews and Time Controls10 lessons
Rendering Basics6 lessons
Timeline and Layers12 lessons
Switches8 lessons
Editing Layers11 lessons
Work Area Extras3 lessons
Fades and Transitions3 lessons
Text13 lessons
Typography7 lessons
Importing From Photoshop12 lessons
Illustrator6 lessons
Masks14 lessons
Track Mattes7 lessons
Transfer Modes15 lessons
Audio13 lessons
3D Layers10 lessons
3D Lighting13 lessons
3D Cameras12 lessons
Expressions15 lessons
New Features of After Effects 5.54 lessons
New Effects6 lessons
New Transfer Modes1 lessons
3D Enhancements11 lessons
SWF Import1 lessons
Demo Tips8 lessons
End Notes1 lessons
Appendix Further Resources4 lessons