Lynda com After Effects CS5 Essential Training-QUASAREnglish | Duration: 08:45 | Level: Beginner | 2.27 Gb | RS | HF
In After Effects CS5 Essential Training, author Chad Perkins discusses the basic tools, effects, and need-to-know techniques in Adobe After Effects CS5, the professional standard for motion graphics, compositing, and visual effects for video. The course provides an overview of the entire workflow, from import to export, as well as detailed coverage of each stage, including animating text and artwork, adding effects to compositions, working in 3D, and rendering and compressing footage. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
* Understanding the After Effects workflow
* Precomposing footage
* Explaining the basics and beyond of animating
* Creating glows, patterns, textures, and more with effects
* Color correcting footage
* Working with text
* Manipulating video playback speed
* Masking objects and shape layers
* Removing backgrounds with keying
* Compositing multiple pieces of footage
* Integrating After Effects with the rest of the Creative Suite
Lynda.com After Effects CS5: Creating Motion Graphic-QUASAR | 2.11 GB
Genre: eLearning
After Effects CS5: Creating Motion Graphics with Ian Robinson covers some of the core principles used to create motion graphics, breaking them down into smaller groups of applied techniques in After Effects. The course explores everything from gathering inspiration to integrating traditional typography, transitional elements, animated textures, color, and more into motion graphics. Instructions for building a toolkit with templates and a style guide for future projects are also included. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:
•Converting type from Photoshop and Illustrator
•Creating shapes from text
•Using markers in animation
•Editing techniques for graphics
•Using type presets
•Animating type
•Exploring color correction tools
•Building animated textures
•Creating custom vignettes
•Understanding Lights and Material settings
•Adding dynamic transitions
•Rigging cameras for animation
•Working efficiently in 3D space
In this course, Chris Meyer helps beginning After Effects artists take their animations to the next level. Chris shows how to refine animations to create elegant, coordinated movements with the minimum number of keyframes-as well as slam-downs, whip pans, and other attention-getters. Additional movies show how to reverse-engineer existing animations, create variations on a theme, and master other parts of the program.
Lynda: After Effects Apprentice - Advanced Animation (Included Files Exercises) English | H264 508Kbps | 960 x 600 30fps | AAc 128 Kbps | 754 MB Genre: eLearning
In this course, Chris Meyer helps beginning After Effects artists take their animations to the next level.
Chris shows how to refine animations to create elegant, coordinated movements with the minimum number of keyframes-as well as slam-downs, whip pans, and other attention-getters. Additional movies show how to reverse-engineer existing animations, create variations on a theme, and master other parts of the program. Even though this course is designed for beginners, even veterans should learn tricks that many experienced users are unaware of. Chris' friendly running commentary lets you in on his mental process as he works on an animation. Exercise files are included with the course.
The After Effects Apprentice Video lessons on lynda.com Are designed to be used on Their Own or AS a companion to Trish and Chris Meyer's acclaimed tutorial book, After Effects Apprentice .
Topics include:
* Understanding how keyframes work under the hood
* Controlling the Anchor Point to create more predictable animations
* Mastering the Graph Editor for the ultimate control over keyframes
* Animating parameters including motion paths
* Hand-drawing motion paths to simplify complex movements
* Applying and tweaking Motion Blur
* Using Hold keyframes
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After Effects CS5: Creating Motion Graphics with Ian Robinson covers Some of the core Principles used to CREATE Motion graphics, breaking down Them Into Smaller Groups of Applied techniques in After Effects. The course explores everything from gathering inspiration to integrating traditional typography, transitional elements, animated textures, color, and more into motion graphics. Instructions for Building a toolkit with templates and a style guide for Future Projects Are Also included
Topics include:
Converting type from Photoshop and Illustrator
Creating shapes from text
Using markers in animation
Editing techniques for graphics
Using type presets
Animating type
Exploring color correction tools
Building animated textures
Creating custom vignettes
Understanding Lights and Material settings
Adding dynamic transitions
Rigging cameras for animation
Working efficiently in 3D space
Contents
0. Introduction
Welcome 01:04
Using the exercise files 01:04
Defining motion graphics 01:32
1. Exploring the Process
Workflow for creating motion graphics 05:07
Organizing projects for motion graphics 04:25
Defining a motion graphics "package" 01:39
2. Finding Inspiration
Collecting visual inspiration 02:14
Listening to imagine 03:20
Creating elements for inspiration 07:24
3. Exploring Typography
Essential theories of typography 06:34
Understanding shortcuts for setting type in AE 07:27
Converting type from Photoshop 05:51
Importing type from illustrator 09:44
Creating shapes from text 03:28
4. Timing for Animation
Understanding the role of timing in motion graphics 08:01
Creating and using markers 07:58
Creating animation with markers 05:16
Using audio to create animated graphics 05:47
Editing techniques for graphics and video 09:28
5. Animating Type
Understanding different kinds of type in After Effects 15:53
Using animators with type 07:59
Using type presets 07:35
Creating custom type presets 04:35
Animating paragraph type 13:25
6. Exploring Color in Motion Graphics
Exploring the use of color in motion graphics 10:40
Creating and using color palettes 13:45
Exploring color correction tools in AE 06:46
Advanced correction with Color Finesse 08:34
Creating custom color presets 06:10
7. Using Textures to Add Depth
Exploring textures in motion graphics 08:30
Building an animated background texture 16:55
Creating textures for type 10:19
Animating seamless textures 15:01
Creating custom vignettes 08:28
8. Exploring Lighting Techniques
Understanding lighting in After Effects 12:57
Intro to lighting techniques 05:17
Using material settings to enhance lighting 07:44
Adding polish to a light setup 12:35
9. Creating Dynamic Transitions
Animating swoops and swooshes 12:37
Creating repeating light trails with the Vegas effect 06:28
Repeating patterns with shape layers 08:11
Exploring graphic transitions 10:37
Exploring video transitions 05:16
Adding dynamic elements to a video transition 07:23
10. Camera Animation in Depth
Working in 3D 08:36
Rigging cameras for animation 08:45
Working with depth of field 05:02
11. Applied Techniques: The Title
Creating storyboards in After Effects 10:20
Creating an animatic 18:14
Polishing the animation and timing 08:45
Applying the final effects 13:35
12. Applied Techniques: Info Graphics
Preparing a map for animation 07:59
Animating and styling a map 08:24
Designing a lower-third graphic 08:22
Adding animation to the lower-third graphic 09:10
Creating bumper animations 13:58
13. Building a Toolkit
Defining the toolkit 02:02
Preparing templates 07:12
Creating a style guide 05:03
14. Conclusion
Next Steps 01:03
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Lynda.com After Effects Apprentice Layer Control English | h264, yuv420p, 960x600, 30.00 fps | aac, 48000 Hz, stereo | 1.32 GB Genre: Video training
Course name: After Effects Apprentice: Layer Control
Authors: Chris Meyer Trish Meyer
Duration (hh:mm:ss): 02:33:13
Exercise files: Yes
Software works on: Mac and Windows
Description:
In this installment of After Effects Apprentice, Chris Meyer focuses on ways to edit and enhance layers in After Effects. Through a series of Quizzler challenges and Idea Corner examples, Chris shares alternative ways to employ modes, sequencing, and adjustment layers, while special sidebar movies cover the subjects of creating seamless loops, animating effects points, understanding pixel aspect ratios, and employing Brainstorm to explore the variety of different looks that effects can create. The course also covers tricks for enhancing boring footage and tips for converting scans into moving sequences. Exercise files are included with the course.
Topics include:
1- Sliding and trimming
2- Slip-editing and insert-editing layers
3- Employing blending modes to enhance layers and composites
4- Applying, modifying, and saving animation presets and layer styles
5- Using adjustment layers to affect multiple layers
6- Experimenting with effects using Brainstorm
7- Understanding pixel aspect ratios
After Effects Apprentice Basic Animation - Trish Meyer leads beginners through a gentle introduction to Adobe After Effects: from creating a new project and importing sources, through arranging and animating layers, applying effects, and creating variations, to rendering the final movie.
However, this is no paint-by-numbers exercise.
Release Name: Lynda.com Adobe After Effects Basic Animation-QUASAR
Type: Training
Release Date: 01-27-2011
Homepage: _www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=78544
Language: English
Running Time: 2:05 (hr:min)
File Format: .iso
File Size: 482 Mb
Trish demonstrates how she makes creative decisions and saves time through the use of keyboard shortcuts and smart working practices. Additional movies explain further details about how After Effects works under the hood. Her measured pace helps even those completely new to After Effects understand the program so that they can use it effectively on their own projects. Exercise files are included with the course.
The After Effects Apprentice video lessons on lynda.com are designed to be used on their own or as a companion to Trish and Chris Meyer’s acclaimed tutorial book, After Effects Apprentice.
Topics include:
- Starting a project from scratch
- Building a composition
- Arranging and transforming layers interactively and numerically
- Animating parameters including motion paths
- Applying and re-using effects
- Creating variations and rendering the final movie
- Importing layered Photoshop files
- Understanding alpha channels
- Avoiding common mistakes
