Platform: Mac, Windows
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"The standard has been set. This is the new benchmark for After Effects training DVDs." 3D World
"Serious Effects" includes Project Files and Source Footage It also uses only the core tools of After Effects, so you'll have everything you need to follow along with these tutorials.
01. Getting Started & New Features (15:00 min)
Introduction to many new features
Overview of After Effects 7.0
Introduction to tools; such as Tracking, Parenting,
Transfer Modes & Switches
02. Basic Color Keying (13:00 min)
Learn to perform a clean key with DV footage
Edge adjustments for green screen footage
Comprehensive color correction techniques
Create shadows that follow talent
03. 3D Silhouette (36:00 min)
Create human silhouette from live action footage
Composite groups of people from 1 person
Create 3D Camera Moves
Utilize multi-view workspace when 3D compositing
04. Cruise Control (11:50 min)
Create the illusion of a car driving
Advanced compositing techniques
Add realistic reflections & a light wrapping effect
Use advanced studio masking techniques
05. Creating Advanced Muzzle Fire (14:20 min)
Create realistic Muzzle Fire with AE's built in tools
Create Flashes and learn to randomize effect
Composite a smoke element with fire
Utilize Turbulent Displacement and CC Radial Blur
06. Blown Away (25:30 min)
Composite actors in front of a large explosion
Create camera shake
Add a nice displacement scene effect
Use parenting, null objects, and transfer modes
07. Floating Text (9:15 min)
Advanced 4-point motion tracking
Create the look of 3D tracking inside AE
Make text appear to be floating over video
Technique works on less stable footage
08. DVD Menu Creation I & II (27:15 & 12: min)
Create a DVD Menu with transitions
Advanced use of the fractal noise filter
Basic tour of Encore
Create button transitions during authoring
09. The Teleporter (12:15 min)
Composite character onto background
Use an opacity track matte with the fractal noise
Overlay pre-rendered particle effect
Enhance using transfer modes
10. Selective Color Correction (12:15 min)
Increase color density in specific areas
Motion Track footage to fix certain areas
Fix slightly overexposed Footage
Use subtraction masks to get desired effects
Download File Size:3.33 GB
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