Sunday, December 19, 2010

After Effects Effects - 4 tutorial titles

After Effects All Versions
http://www.lynda.com/home/ViewCourses.aspx?lpk0=331

ToolFarm https://footage.toolfarm.com

DetoNation Films http://www.detonationfilms.com

BBC Motion Gallery http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com

video/audio/flash

iStockPhoto http://www.istockphoto.com

Pond5 http://www.pond5.com

FootageHouse http://www.footagehouse.com

ProducersLibrary http://www.producerslibrary.com




After Effects CS4 Beyond the Basics
http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=772

6. Advanced Effects
6.1 controlling effects with other layers
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53136
6.2 photo life displacement
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53137

6.3 understanding effect order
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53138

7. Particles
7.2 CC Particle Systems II
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53142
7.3 snow with Foam
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53143
7.4 Creating a cyclone with Particle Playground
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53144

8. Creating Common Motion Graphic Elements
8.1 creating staggered video with photos
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53146
8.2 ink spatter
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53147
8.3 watery textures
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53148
8.4 clouds and fog
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53149
8.5 looping animated textures
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53150

8.6 Slow motion matrix effect: Timewarp effect et al
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53151
8.7 Turning a layer into 3D cards: Card Wipe
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53152
8.8 a lightsaber
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53153
8.9 "whips" of light: Vegas effect
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53154
8.10 Silhouettes
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53155
8.11 animated bars for bg
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53156
8.12 creating an "army"
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53157

11. Working with Photoshop Files
11.2 Pixel Aspect Ratio
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53174
11.3 Importing at document size vs. layer size
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53175

12. Project: animating elements form a photo

13. Advanced 3D
13.1 Creating depth of field
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53196
13.2 Creating stained glass shadows
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53197
13.3 Changing an object's material type
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53198
13.4 Orienting objects to a camera
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53199
13.5 Creating a virtual set
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=5320013.6 Locating missing 3D layers
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53201

13.7 Working in 3D with precomps
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53202
13.8 Faking 3D volume
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=5320313.9 Changing the camera lens
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53204

14 Mastering Masks and Shape Layers
14.1 Blending masks with mask modes
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53206
14.4 Creating shape layers from custom shapes
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53209
14.5 Using Auto-trace to create masks
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53210

14.6 Working with RotoBezier paths
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53211
14.7 "Tweening" mask shapes
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53212
14.8 Advanced mask shape animation
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=5321314.9 Converting motion paths to masks
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=5321414.10 Creating a mask instantly - good for quick vignettte
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53215

15 Playing with Time
15.1 Stretching time
• on timeline/layer
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53217

15.2 Making smooth slow-motion shots
• Timewarp effect - it can also control partial of the footage
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53218
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=35588

15.3 Creating an echo effect
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=5321915.4 Creating a "suspended time" effect
• Time Remapping
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=53220


Natural Light Effects
http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=46830

Application
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=47072
Synthetic Smoke
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=47073

After Effects: Insight into Effects
http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=51335

Animation Presets
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54849

Bilateral Blur
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54851
Box Blur
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54853
CC Vector Blur
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54853
Channel Blur
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54854
Lens Blue: iris effects
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54860
Lens Blur: depth maps
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54861

Smart Blur
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54865
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54866
Calculations
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54871http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54872
CC Composite
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54873
Channel Combiner
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54874
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54876
Remove Color Matting - works with alpha channel
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54877
Track Matte vs. Set Matte
Solid Composite

Auto Level vs. Auto Color
• increase "Temporal Smoothing" value to even the level/color among frames by seconds
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54882
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54883

Colorama
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54888
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54889
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54890
Tritone is better than Tint and CC Toner-8bit

the apostrophe key (') toggles Action & Title Safe guides
press Option & drag footage to replace layer source

Compound Effects
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54895

Grayscale Shootout
• the best ways are Colorama, Calculations, Channel Combiner, Channel Mixer, Tritone
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54896

Repeat Edge Pixels - good for blurring images
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=54897


After Effects CS5 New Creative Techniques

http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=61991

A few new feature in CS5
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63409

3D Camera Enhancement
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63407

Per-Character Orientation
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63400


Divide Mode
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63404


use Vibrance and Black&White
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63392
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63393


Refine Matte for Green Screen
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63391


Wrapping with FreeForm
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63388


Displacement with FreeForm
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63389


Wiggle Transform Tips

http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=43456
http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=786
3D Camera
http://www.lynda.com/home/Player.aspx?lpk4=63407
• use three mouse buttons to move the camera