How to Cheat in after Effects

Name: How to Cheat in after Effects
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ISBN: 9780415661065

ISBN-10: 0415661064

ISBN-13: 9780415661065

Edition: 2nd 2013 (Revised)

Authors: Chad Perkins

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"How to Cheat in After Effects is an easy-to-follow book that lets you in on all of the little secrets to create those commonly needed effects with ease and speed. With clear pictures illustrating the step-by-step procedures, this is the perfect tool for the arsenal of any After Effects user, from novice to advanced."- Michele Yamazaki, Vice President Marketing and Web Development Czarina, Toolfarm.comCompose eye-popping After Effects projects quickly and creatively with dozens of concise, step-by-step tutorials accompanied by vivid 4-color illustration. Covering features new to CS5 such as Freeform AE, Refine Matte, Roto Brush, and more, this book clearly explains how to perform advanced,…

Book details

List price: $44.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 2/28/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 7.50" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.112
Language: English



The cheat format


Acknowledgments


How to use this book



Cool Tricks Appetizer!


Fireball


Simulated 3D Text


Growing Vines


Tracked Text


Blooming Flower


Tilt Shift


Ink Spatter


Damaged Film


The Master Solid


Hot Grill


Ornate Vintage Patterns


Retro Video Game Maze


Cells Through a Microscope


Interlude: Using the Help



Lights and Cameras


Creating Basic Shadows


Stained Glass Shadows


Controlling Shadows


Negative Light


Film Noir Lighting


Creating Depth of Field


Rack Focus


Lens Distortion


Multiple Camera Angles


3D Camera Path


Orient to Camera


Interlude: Lighting is the Secret



3D Objects


The Parallax Effect


Native 3D Primer


Faking Materials


3D Illustrator Art


3D Photoshop Shapes


3D Shatter Scenes


3D Text with Shatter


3D Postcards


3D Objects from Solids


3D Planetscape


Echospace


3D in Nested Compositions


Interlude: Picking a 3D App



Compositing


Making a Garbage Matte


Removing a Green Screen


Pulling a Luma Key


Refining a Matte


Using Multiple Mattes


Intro to Compositing


3D Camera Tracking


Warp Stabilize


Set Extension


Blending Away Dark


Blending Away Light


Compositing Textures


Temporal Alignment


Compositing with Color


Compositing with Animation


Compositing with Focus


Motion Blur


Matching Color


Premultiplied Alpha Channels


Tracking with Mocha


Mocha Shapes


Using Roto Brush


Restoring Opacity


Manual Shadow


Guide Layers


Interlude: Shooting Better Green Screen Footage



Animation


The Puppet Pin Tool


Puppet Overlap


Puppet Animation


Bouncing Ball


Parenting


Rigging an Arm


Waving Sail


Animating the Blob


Animating a Photo: Part 1


Animating a Photo: Part 2


Displacement Mapping


Projection Mapping


Resizing Animation


Animating Layers On and Off


Text Messaged Animation


Interlude: Walt's Principles



Light Effects


HDR


Volumetric Light


Silhouettes


Bars of Light


Welding Sparks


Light Whips


Stage Lights


Galaxy Scene


Energy Cube


Faked Light Streaks


Searchlights


Sheen


The Glow Effect


Flaring Hot Spots


Laser Beams


Trapcode Shine


Interlude: High Dynamic Range



Masks and Shapes


Mask Options


Instant Vignette


Sky Replacement


From Video to Shape Layer


The Vegas Effect


Luma Matte


Alpha Matte


Animating Masks


Feathered Vertices


Motion Paths from Illustrator


Trapcode 3D Stroke



Particles


Particle Bootcamp


Sparkles


Smoke Trail


Foam Basics


Custom Particles


Make it Rain


Basic Snow


Snow with Foam


Molten Gold


Light Ribbons


Steam


3D Fireworks


Fire Texture


Campfire


Psychic Waves


Star Field


Confetti


Water Surface Disruption


Flowing Chocolate


Trapcode Form: 4D Fractal


Particular: 3D Light Streaks


Interlude: Particle Alternatives



Color Correction


Reading a Histogram


Cinematic Color: Warmth


Cinematic Color: Horror


Cinematic Color: Flashback


Playing with Color


Day for Night


Reference Monitor


Before and After


Colorizing


Hue Shift


Stylizing


Faking Dimension


Secondary Color Correction


Spot Color Correction


Improving 3D Renders


Checking Dark Areas


Color Finesse Basics


Color Finesse "Looks"


Using Color Lookup Tables


Working with SpeedGrade


Working with RED Files


Magic Bullet Looks


Interlude: Shooting Filmlike Video



3rd Party PARTY!


Element 3D Primer


Element 3D Polish


Animated 3D Light Bulb


Custom Particular Particles


Aux Particles


Campfire Smoke


Campfire Embers


Flock of Birds


Layer Dissolve


Sky Writing


Particles and Cameras


3D Form Objects


Trapcode Mir


Instant Color Compositing


Interlude: Scripts


Index