In After Effects CS5 New Features, author Mark Christiansen
explores the added tools, plug-ins, and other productivity
enhancements in the CS5 release of Adobe's motion graphics
and visual effects software. This course covers improvements
to the user interface, changes to RED footage and 3D and text
compositions workflows, the Roto Brush tool, and the new mocha,
Color Finesse, and Freeform AE plug-ins. Exercise files are
included with the course.

Topics include:

* Comparing After Effects CS4 and CS5
* Working in the CS5 Timeline
* Importing RED footage
* Selecting with the Roto Brush tool
* Optimizing performance and memory usage in a 64-bit application
* 3D image warping with Freeform AE
* Optimizing selections with the Refine Matte effect
* Changing color with Color Finesse and updated blending modes

Download File Size:1.74 GB

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