Inside Adobe After Effects 7:

The essential tool for motion graphics and visual effects.

The release of After Effects 7 offers new power and flexibility to designers in the creation of motion-graphics on both Mac and PC. From the ability to work in 32-bit color space to the powerful new Graph Editor, After Effects 7 offers a range of features to take you to the next level of motion-graphics design and animation. In this training, instructors Seth Gordon and Luis Lopez walk you through all of the new features in After Effects 7, including all you’ll need to know to create your own original broadcast and HD motion-graphic design, Flash Video Export, RAW file management, integrated workflow with Adobe Premiere, improved interface feature description and all of the other additions in this powerful upgrade to the After Effects application.

• Interface Overview
• Effects Palette / Using Adobe Bridge
• 3d Cameras and 4-way Camera Animation
• The New Graph Editor
• Camera RAW and 32-bit color space
• Blend Modes
• Animation with the Text Engine
• Animating Lights
• Rendering discreet design Elements
• Repurposing Animations/ Pre-composition
• Working with Layered Photoshop and Illustrator Files
• Round-tripping projects into Adobe Premiere (PC only)

This DVD's Table of Contents...

Introduction

1. Introduction to the Training
2. Section Overview
3. New Features in After Effects
   1. Color Channels and 32 bit space
   2. Pixel Motion
   3. Camera Raw
      

1. Interface Overview
   1. Windows and Workspaces
   2. Browse Presets
   3. Composition Dimensions
2. Transform Functions
3. 3D Space and Cameras

1. Time Remap
2. Masking
3. Using Cameras to Move Through Objects
4. Pre-Composing Layers
5. Working with Photoshop Layers
6. Sequence Layers
7. Creating Mask Wipes
8. Working with Text Preset Animations
9. Importing an After Effects Project

1. Working with Nested Compositions
2. Adding an Alpha Matte *
3. Animating a Masked Glow Effect

1. Animating Fonts
2. Rendering Out a Composition
3. Timing Out the Title
4. Adding Text Layers as a Foreground
5. Using the Thumbprint in the Background
6. Switching Red Solid with a Gradient Preset
7. Organizing Compositions
8. Working with Illustrator Layers

1. Changing the Source of Nested Compositions
2. Using a Lens Flare to Reveal Layers
3. Adding Effects to Final Title

1. Importing a Video Montage
2. Working with Camera Raw
3. Placing the Montage in the Main Composition

1. Working with Timeline Markers
2. Using Effects to Integrate Opening Movie
3. Adjusting Camera Move with Graph Editor
4. Timing Out Thumbprint with Titles
5. Time Remapping a Composition
6. Adjusting End Title and Background

Getting Out of After Effects

1. Render Queue for Output

Instructor:

Seth Gordon and Luis Lopez

Seth Gordon and Luis Lopez are creative directors of LargeLab, a design firm and production company in Los Angeles, California founded in 2000. Gordon and Lopez have more than two decades of combined production and design experience working for such clients as Focus Features, Universal Pictures, Nike, FOX, Ford, MTV, The Dixie Chicks, The Firm, and Sony. While LargeLab's work takes many forms, it almost always involves an in-depth application of Adobe After Effects, a program to which they each have promised their first born child.