Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book (2023 Release)

Length: 432 pages
Edition: 1
Language: English
Publisher: Adobe Press
Publication Date: 2022-12-31
ISBN-10: 0137982534
ISBN-13: 9780137982530
Sales Rank: #0 (See Top 100 Books)

Learn video compositing, motion graphics design, and animation using Adobe After Effects Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book (2023 release) uses real-world, project-based learning to cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. For beginners and experienced users alike, you can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. Learn to:

Create, manipulate, and optimize motion graphics for film, video, the web, and mobile devices Animate text and images, customize a wide range of effects, track and sync content, rotoscope, manipulate timing, correct color, and remove unwanted objects Customize cameras and lighting to create compelling 3D content Design Motion Graphics templates for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro Deform and animate objects and video using robust Puppet tools Classroom in a Book(R), the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts.

Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book’s “Getting Started” section to unlock access to:

Downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book

Web Edition containing the complete text of the book, interactive quizzes, and videos that walk you through the lessons step by step What you need to use this book: Adobe After Effects (2023 release) software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.)

Note: Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe After Effects software.

Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Where are the Lesson Files?
Contents
Getting Started
    About Classroom in a Book
    Prerequisites
    Installing After Effects, Bridge, and Media Encoder
    Activating fonts
    Optimizing performance
    Restoring default preferences
    Online content
    How to use these lessons
    Additional resources
    Adobe Authorized Training Centers
1. Getting to Know the Workflow
    Getting started
    Creating a project and importing footage
    Creating a composition and arranging layers
    Adding effects and modifying layer properties
    Animating the composition
    Previewing your work
    Optimizing performance in After Effects
    Rendering and exporting your composition
    Customizing workspaces
    Controlling the brightness of the user interface
    Collaborating in After Effects
    Finding resources for using After Effects
    Review questions
    Review answers
2. Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
    Getting started
    Creating a new composition
    Working with imported Illustrator layers
    Applying effects to a layer
    Applying an animation preset
    Precomposing layers for a new animation
    Previewing the effects
    Adding transparency
    Rendering the composition
    Review questions
    Review answers
3. Animating Text
    Getting started
    About text layers
    Installing a font using Adobe Fonts
    Creating and formatting point text
    Animating with scale keyframes
    Using a text animation preset
    Animating imported Photoshop text
    Animating type tracking
    Animating text opacity
    Animating an image to replace text
    Using a text animator group
    Animating a layer’s position
    Adding motion blur
    Review questions
    Review answers
4. Working with Shape Layers
    Getting started
    Creating the composition
    Adding a shape layer
    Creating a self-animating shape
    Duplicating a shape
    Creating custom shapes with the Pen tool
    Positioning layers with snapping
    Animating a shape
    Animating using parenting
    Using nulls to connect points
    Previewing the composition
    Review questions
    Review answers
5. Animating a Multimedia Presentation
    Getting started
    Adjusting anchor points
    Parenting layers
    Precomposing layers
    Keyframing a motion path
    Animating additional elements
    Applying an effect
    Animating precomposed layers
    Animating the background
    Adding an audio track
    Review questions
    Review answers
6. Animating Layers
    Getting started
    Simulating lighting changes
    Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
    Using a track matte to confine animation
    Animating using the Corner Pin effect
    Simulating a darkening sky
    Viewing render times for layers
    Retiming the composition
    Review questions
    Review answers
7. Working with Masks
    About masks
    Getting started
    Creating a mask with the Pen tool
    Editing a mask
    Feathering the edges of a mask
    Replacing the content of the mask
    Adjusting the opacity
    Adding a shadow
    Creating a vignette
    Review questions
    Review answers
8. Distorting Objects with The Puppet Tools
    Getting started
    About the Puppet tools
    Adding Position pins
    Adding Advanced and Bend pins
    Stiffening an area
    Animating pin positions
    Using the Puppet tools to animate video
    Recording animation
    Review questions
    Review answers
9. Using the Roto Brush Tool
    About rotoscoping
    Getting started
    Creating a segmentation boundary
    Fine-tuning the matte
    Freezing your Roto Brush tool results
    Changing the background
    Adding animated text
    Outputting your project
    Review questions
    Review answers
10. Adjusting color and mood
    Getting started
    Detecting scenes in a composition
    Making color enhancements
    Adding a colorized effect
    Replacing a background
    Color-correcting using Auto Contrast
    Cloning an object in a scene
    Darkening a scene
    Freezing the action
    Adding transitions
    Review questions
    Review answers
11. Creating Motion Graphics Templates
    Getting started
    Preparing a master composition
    Setting up a template
    Adding properties to the Essential Graphics panel
    Protecting the timing of a section
    Exporting the template
    Review questions
    Review answers
12. Using 3D Features
    Getting started
    Creating 3D layers
    Animating 3D layers
    Adding ambient light
    Precomposing layers
    Creating 3D text
    Using 3D views
    Adding a camera
    Lighting a scene
    Review questions
    Review answers
13. Working with the 3D Camera Tracker
    About the 3D Camera Tracker effect
    Getting started
    Tracking the footage
    Creating a ground plane, a camera, and the initial text
    Creating additional text elements
    Locking an image to a plane with a solid layer
    Tidying the composition
    Adding a final object
    Creating realistic shadows
    Adding ambient light
    Adding an effect
    Previewing the composition
    Review questions
    Review answers
14. Advanced Editing Techniques
    Getting started
    Stabilizing a shot
    Using single-point motion tracking
    Removing unwanted objects
    Creating a particle simulation
    Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect
    Review questions
    Review answers
15. Rendering and Outputting
    Getting started
    About rendering and output
    Exporting using the Render Queue
    Creating templates for the Render Queue
    Rendering movies with Adobe Media Encoder
    Review questions
    Review answers
Index
Production Notes
    Typefaces used
    Team credits
    Project contributors
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