Adobe After Effects CS3

Introduction

About After Effects

New in After Effects CS3

System Requirements

Peripheral Devices

Interface

The Workspace

Project Settings

Panels

Custom Workspaces

Previews

Safe Zones

Folders

Templates

He|p

Footage

File Types

Import Movies

Import Stills

Image Sequences

Compositions

Understanding Comps

Composition Panel

Precomps

Layers

Align and Distribute

Adjustment Layers

Alpha Channels

Planning Scenes

Parent and Nest

Parent Objects

Null Objects

Nesting

Render Order

Animation

The Timeline

Keyframes and Timecode

Animating Properties pt. 1

Animating Properties pt. 2

Anchor Point

Presets

Behaviors

Animation Concepts pt. 1

Animation Concepts pt. 2

Motion Paths

Work with Text

Work with Text pt. 1

Work with Text pt. 2

Text Animation

Presets

Special Effects

Solids

Glows

Blurs

Brainstorm

Search Feature

Color Correction

Distortion

Dynamics

Render and Output

Render Settings

Output Options

Keying and Tracking

Track Points

Motion Tracking

Stabilization

Garbage Mattes

Painting and Masks

Paint Tools

Vector Painting

Onion Skinning

Erasing

Blend Modes

Feathering

Opacity

Shapes pt. 1

Shapes pt. 2

Cloning

Work with Audio

Sound Formats

Import Audio

Place Audio

Markers

Puppet Tool

Puppet Tool

Pins

Overlap

Live Recording

Edit Video

Edit Footage

Looping Footage

Time Stretch

Slip Editing

Sequence Layers

3D Space

X Y and Z

Moving in 3D

Lights

Shadows

Cameras

3D Text

Work with CS 3 Applications

Work with Photoshop pt. 1

Work with Photoshop pt. 2

Illustrator Files

Work with Premiere Pro pt. 1

Work with Premiere Pro pt. 2

Work with Flash

Saving and Exporting

Saving Files

Exporting

Advanced Animation

He|pers

Graph Editor

Wiggler

Smoother

Easing

Expressions

Auto-Orient

Motion Sketching

Project: City Life Bumper

Project Overview

Bumper Boards

Bumper Description

Importing Files

City Life pt. 1

City Life pt. 2

City Life pt. 3

City Life pt. 4

City Life pt. 5

City Life pt. 6

City Life pt. 7

City Life pt. 8

Project: Nessie Puppet

Project Overview

Importing

Bubbles

Nessie Puppet

Arranging the Comp

Plants

Rendering

Resources

Magazines

Websites

Wrap Up

Review

Credits

About the Author