Adobe After Effects 7.0 Studio Techniques

ISBN: 0321385527
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 157

Authors: Mark Christiansen

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Section I. Working Foundations

The 7.0 Workflow

• The 7.0 Workflow
• Workspaces and Panels
• Making the Most of the UI
• Settings: Project, Footage, Composition
• Previews and OpenGL
• Effects & Presets
• Output: The Render Queue
• Study a Shot like an Effects Artist

The Timeline

• The Timeline
• Organization
• Animation Methods
• Keyframes and The Graph Editor
• Uber-mastery
• Transform Offsets
• Motion Blur
• Manipulating Time Itself
• In Conclusion

Selections: The Key to Compositing

• Selections: The Key to Compositing
• The Many Ways to Create Selections
• Compositing: Science and Nature
• Alpha Channels and Premultiplication
• Masks
• Combining Multiple Masks
• Putting Masks in Motion
• Blending Modes: The Real Deal
• Track Mattes

Optimizing Your Projects

• Optimizing Your Projects
• Navigating Multiple Compositions
• Precomposing and Nesting
• Adjustment and Guide Layers
• Understanding Rendering Order
• Optimizing After Effects
• Onward to Effects

Section II. Effects Compositing Essentials

Color Correction

• Color Correction
• Optimizing Plate Levels
• Color Matching
• Beyond the Basics

Color Keying

• Color Keying
• Good Habits and Best Practices
• Linear Keyers and Hi-Con Mattes
• Blue-Screen and Green-Screen Keying
• Understanding and Optimizing Keylight
• Fixing Typical Problems
• Conclusion

Rotoscoping and Paint

• Rotoscoping and Paint
• Articulated Mattes
• Working Around Limitations
• Morphing
• Paint and Cloning
• Conclusion

Effective Motion Tracking

• Effective Motion Tracking
• The Essentials
• Optimizing Tracking Using 3D
• Extending a Track with Expressions
• Tracking for Rotoscoping
• Using 3D Tracking Data
• Conclusion

Virtual Cinematography

• Virtual Cinematography
• 5D: Pick Up the Camera
• Storytelling and the Camera
• Camera Blur
• The Role of Grain
• Film and Video Looks
• Conclusion

Expressions

• Expressions
• Logic and Grammar
• Muting Keyframes
• Linking Animation Data
• Looping Animations
• Smoothing and Destabilizing
• Offsetting Layers and Time
• Conditionals and Triggers
• Tell Me More

Film, HDR, and 32 Bit Compositing

• Film, HDR, and 32 Bit Compositing
• Details
• Film 101
• Dynamic Range
• Cineon Log Space
• Video Gamma Space
• Battle of the Color Spaces
• Floating Point
• 32 Bits per Channel
• Conclusion

Section III. Creative Explorations

Working with Light

• Working with Light
• Light Source and Direction
• Creating a Look with Color
• Backlighting, Flares, Light Volume
• Shadows and Reflected Light
• HDR Lighting
• Conclusion

Climate: Air, Water, Smoke, Clouds

• Climate: Air, Water, Smoke, Clouds
• Particulate Matter
• Sky Replacement
• The Fog, Smoke, or Mist Rolls In
• Billowing Smoke
• Wind
• Water
• Conclusion

Pyrotechnics: Fire, Explosions, Energy Phenomena

• Pyrotechnics: Fire, Explosions, Energy Phenomena
• Firearms
• Sci-Fi Weaponry
• Heat Distortion
• Fire
• Explosions
• In a Blaze of Glory

Learning to See

• Learning to See
• Why Doesnt This Shot Look Real?
• All Hail Reference
• Rolling Thine Own

Index