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Tutorials introduction

• Introduction to Adobe AfterEffects 4 Demo
• What is AAE Demo
• Creative freedom Demo
• Applications of AAE Demo
• Conclusion Demo

What's new in AfterEffects 4

• Primary upgrades; getting started Demo
• Importing into the project window Demo
• More importing; applying multiple masks Demo
• Other importing methods Demo
• New effects options Demo
• Illustrator rasterization Demo
• Drawbacks of Illustrator rasterization Demo
• Audio effects options Demo
• Audio effects continued Demo
• Adjustment layers Demo

The basics

• Introduction Demo
• Primary windows and palettes Demo
• Importing file footage Demo
• Loading into the composition window Demo
• Scaling and repositioning layers Demo
• Animating material Demo
• Previewing motion Demo
• Rendering a composition Demo

Windows and palettes

• Introduction - project, composition and time layout window settings
• Project window
• Importing into the project window, part I
• Importing into the project window, part II
• Importing into the project window, part III
• Organizing your project window
• Project window in-depth, part I
• Project window in-depth, part II
• Creating compositions within project window
• Composition window
• Title and action safe zones
• Current time indicator examined
• Take snapshot, show last snapshot and channel displays
• Time layout window
• Mock composition
• Current time display
• Audio/video features panel
• Layer outline
• Switches panel
• Quality adjustment column and hiding layers
• Time graph
• Composition family button
• Optional panels
• Viewing area markers
• Work area markers
• Current time marker
• Time ruler and window menu
• Composition time marker
• Toolbox window
• Time control palette

Importing

• Importing introduction
• Importing files continued
• Importing files continued
• Importing Photoshop sequence
• Importing Photoshop layers
• Interpreting footage options
• Interpreting footage continued
• Illustrator; EPS files; effects
• Some artistic play

Working with layers

• Introduction
• Importing material
• Composition window
• Scaling, sizing and positioning layers
• Basic animation
• Introduction to layers and keyframes
• Adjusting keyframes and previewing motion
• Scaling and previewing
• Adjusting anchor path
• Tweaking motion paths
• Adjusting motion
• Adjustment layer
• Brightness and sharpness
• Internal titling/text
• Working with an Illustrator file
• Adding a solid color layer

Nesting of compositions and layer masking

• Introduction
• Importing files
• Keying, scaling, and effects with layers
• Positioning layers, part I
• Positioning layers, part II
• Beveling, alphas, and scaling
• Time layout
• Motion
• Motion sketching
• Motion with trails
• Keyframes and nesting compositions
• Alpha channel
• Time layout
• Composition nesting
• Masking
• Multiple masks per layer
• Positioning product
• Applying motion
• Layer mask
• Keyframes

Animation

• Introduction
• Examining material
• Importing material and loading
• Isolating layers, blur and drop shadow
• Color and beveling alpha channel tricks
• Copying/pasting keyframes, part I
• Copying/pasting keyframes, part II
• Stylize filter
• Animating layers
• Rotation
• Playing material back
• Rendering with audio
• Video effects introduction
• Work area setup
• Importing and placing material
• Using layers and creating effects
• Text effects and cropping
• Effect controls palette
• Copying and pasting keyframes
• Visual filter and drop shadow
• Positioning text for animation
• Applying animation; time layout window layers
• Previewing animation and transitions
• Rendering overview; scaling and tweaking layers
• Transition placement
• Applying transition effects
• Wiping in and wiping out
• Tweaking motion paths
• Scaling
• More motion paths
• Applying 3D to layers
• Drop shadow techniques

Working with audio

• Bass, treble and delay
• Synching video with audio
• Preparing audio for output

Rendering

• Introduction to rendering
• Rendering checklist before rendering
• Checklist continued
• Checking resolution and effects settings
• Object background vs. alpha channel background.
• Rendering queue examined
• Examining render settings
• Render output module settings
• Codec compression options
• Audio adjustment; examining rendering process
• Render completion
• Movie playback of movie