Lynda.com After Effects CS3 Professional Essential Training

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After Effects CS3 Professional Essential Training
with: Chad Perkins

From creating simple animation to integrating Photoshop, illustrator, and Flash files, After Effects CS3 Professional Essential Training explores the possibilities available using the motion graphics and animation features in After Effects. Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins teaches the fundamentals of managing the timeline, working with 3D layers, creating projects for iPods and mobile devices, and more. Using numerous hands-on visual effects and motion graphics exercises, he teaches the skills necessary for mastering After Effects tools and workflow processes. Chad even devotes an entire chapter to using After Effects and Photoshop together effectively. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

00.Exercises
01.Introduction
02.After Effects Overview
03.Getting Started
04.Importing Files
05.Of Layers and Compositions
06.Using the Timeline
07.Animation Essentials
08.Animation Part 1 The Basic Principles
09.Animation Part 2 Helpers
10.Animation Part 3 The Next Level
11.Being Creative with After Effects
12.Introduction to Effects
13.Using Text in After Effects
14.Video Editing in After Effects
15.Masks, Mattes, and Keying
16.Working with Audio
17.Introduction to 3D
18.Photoshop and After Effects
19.Integrating
20.Exporting
21.Conclusion