2013
Digital Tutors
Laura Smith
04:00:00
English

Welcome to Volume 4 of the Quick Start to After Effects, a series of specially constructed courses meant to be followed in sequence and interspersed with valuable exercises to reinforce learned concepts.
In this volume, you will learn about the 3D aspects of After Effects and how to use them to create a 2.5D style animation. We learn how to set up our assets to occupy 3D space and how to animate a camera through them. We learn some tricks for precomposing 3D layers while still being able to use a camera with them in the main composition. We also top the course off with a few lens effect lessons to add to the realism of our shot.
By the end of the volume, we have a fully animated and composited shot of trees, water, and animals.
These courses are designed to be taken in sequence so we really encourage you to start with Volume 3 before continuing with this section. We also encourage you to take advantage of the assignments that follow each volume. These assignments will allow you to take what you've learned and apply those tools and techniques to your own projects.

Lesson 1
Introduction and project overview
01:12
Lesson 2
Placing the ground water in 3D space
14:05
Lesson 3
Adding depth with leaf layers
15:00
Lesson 4
Using a Camera and a Null object
10:50
Lesson 5
Precomposing 3D layers with Collapse Transformations
05:13
Lesson 6
Placing more 3D layers and smoothing the camera animation
17:46
Lesson 7
Using the graph editor to perfect the camera animation
14:19
Lesson 8
Placing trees for added depth
16:45
Lesson 9
Understanding Effects for atmospheric distortion
12:00
Lesson 10
Finding 3D placement for the title and animals
14:43
Lesson 11
Perfecting the 3D placement of the animals
16:07
Lesson 12
Placing the roots in 3D space
14:41
Lesson 13
Creating animated particles
18:47
Lesson 14
Using footage and a track matte to create caustics
11:23
Lesson 15
Using a CC Sphere to create a moving eye
13:14
Lesson 16
Adding the presence of a sun with Knoll Light Factory
14:02
Lesson 17
Adding dirt lens effects
08:24
Lesson 18
Finishing touches for lens effects
13:11
Lesson 19
Volume 4 assignment
02:34

http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1267-Quick-Start-to-After-Effects-Volume-4

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