Adobe-Intermediate Adobe After Effects July 13, 2011

http://www.fmctraining.com/fmc.asp?l=Washington+DC&p2=Upcoming+Classes

Contact:202-429-9700 / [email protected]

(2 day class)

7/14-15, 9/1-2

This class is aimed at videographers and animators who are somewhat experienced using Adobe After Effects.

Who should attend:

Video and animation professionals who need an intermediate understanding of Adobe After Effects.
Prerequisites:

Introduction to After Effects Class or equivalent experience.
Course Outline:
Lesson 1: Parenting

* Understanding Parenting
* Simple Pickwhipping
* Parenting to a null
* Using Parenting for positioning
* Using Parenting in Special Effects

Lesson 2: Compound Effects

* Understanding Compound Effects
* Gradient Wipe
* Displacement Map
* Creating Water

Lesson 3: Expressions

* Introduction to Expressions
* Simple Pickwhipping
* Using expressions to animate to the rhythm of music
* Adjusting the expression direction
* Adjusting the expression parameters
* Adjusting the rate of change
* Adjusting the final value
* Creating a loop using expressions
* The wiggle expression

Lesson 4: Tracking/Stabilizing

* Understanding tracking
* Using the tracker
* Stabilizing your video
* Tracking and object
* Tips for better tracking
* Difficult tracking

Lesson 5: Keying

* Understanding Keying
* Shooting Techniques for easier Keying
* Using Garbage Mattes for easier Keying
* Using Keylight
* Refining the Matte

Lesson 6: Using the Roto Brush Tool

* Using the Roto Brush Tool
* About Rotoscoping
* Creating a segmentation boundary
* Fine-tuning the matte
* Creating a transition from the full clip to the foreground

Lesson 7: Compositing Techniques

* Understanding Layer Blending Modes and how to change those using shortcuts
* Using Track Mattes
* Understanding Precomposing and nesting

Lesson 8: Performing Color Correction

* Adjusting color balance
* Replacing the background
* Removing unwanted elements
* Correcting a range of colors
* Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect

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