After Effects CC 2017: New Features
Find out
what the latest update to After Effects CC has in store for VFX and
motion graphic artists. This update is part of the Creative Cloud 2017
overhaul, and offers exciting new performance improvements (like instant
preview) and workflow enhancements, including markers with durations,
one-click Adobe Media Encoder queues, and freeze frames for final
frames. Instructor Mark Christiansen also shows how to use new features
to find missing fonts by syncing with Typekit, create luminance-based
alpha channels using Red Giant's Unmult plugin as an animation preset,
render compositions with the built-in CINEMA 4D renderer, and
collaborate more effectively than ever with After Effects team projects.
The November 2016 release is just the first of many for After Effects
CC 2017. Mark will update the course as soon as new features are
released. Check back often for new tutorials.
Topics include:
- Using the CINEMA 4D renderer
- Workflow improvements
- Syncing with Typekit
- Applying Unmult as an animation preset
- Performance enhancements
- Collaborating on team projects
After Effects CC 2017: Motion Graphics Essential Training
Get
up and running with After Effects CC 2017. Although this is an
introductory course, if you're brand new to After Effects, check out
After Effects CC 2017 Essential Training: The Basics; in that course,
instructor Mark Christiansen starts from the very beginning, introducing
you to the interface and other basic concepts to help you understand
what After Effects is, and how it's used in a variety of workflows. In
this course, Alan Demafiles covers all of the main aspects of this
program, providing you with a solid foundation for using this tool in a
motion graphics context. To begin, Alan breaks down After Effects into
six foundations, each of which serve as the basis for subsequent course
chapters. He covers how shape layers offer some of the power of
Illustrator vector tools right in After Effects, and shares basic
animation techniques like creating looped animation with expressions. In
addition, he also touches on the program's powerful Type tool and shows
you how adding type animators can make unique text manipulation
possible. He wraps up the course with a project-based chapter that helps
reinforce your new skills and provides you with valuable workflow tips.
Topics include:
- Working with shape layers, animation, compositing, and type
- Using Basic After Effects 3D
- Building a basic camera rig
- Using the Cinema 4D renderer
- Using Cinema 4D Lite
- Creating 3D text and 3D geometry
- Adding compositions to the Render Queue
- Recording multiple files with the Render Queue
- Using Adobe Media Encoder
- Using prerenders
- Collapsing transformations
After Effects CC 2017: VFX Essential Training
Learn
how to create stunning visual effects with one of the most widely-used
and highly-regarded compositing applications on the market—Adobe After
Effects CC 2017. Although this is an introductory course, if you're
brand new to After Effects, check out After Effects CC 2017 Essential
Training: The Basics; in that course, instructor Mark Christiansen
starts from the very beginning, introducing you to the interface and
other basic concepts to help you get up and running with the popular
program. In this course, Alan Demafiles dives into the fundamentals you
need to start creating visual effects with After Effects CC 2017.
Discover how to work with green screen footage, use rotoscoping to
separate foreground from background, track footage, and add your own 3D
elements to a scene. Learn how to use particles to create fire, use
noise to replace the sky, and more. In the final, project-based chapter,
reinforce your new skills by putting techniques into practice using
real-world scenarios.
Topics include:
- Creating transparency
- Tracking masks in Motion
- Utilizing the Roto Brush tool
- Isolating key elements with garbage masks
- Creating light wrap
- Working with trackers
- Working with 3D layers
- Creating destruction with Shatter
- Creating fire with particles
- Distorting layers with the Puppet tool
- Compositing 3D renders
- Working with rendering
After Effects CC 2017 Essential Training: Editors and Post
In
this course, Alan Demafiles covers the core aspects of After Effects
commonly used in editing and post production: masks, shapes, type,
logos, stills, animating, rendering, and exporting. To begin, Alan
compares After Effects to Premiere Pro so you can see the similarities
and differences. Then he dives into hands-on demonstrations of how to
limit effects with masks, create elements with shape layers, use text
templates, animate a logo, and create a 3D type extrusion. Next he shows
you how to work with imported pictures, create a Z-space camera
montage, change the speed of animations, and more. He wraps up by
walking through outputting steps and then kicks off a challenge exercise
where you can put your skills into practice.
Topics include:
- Linking Premiere Pro and After Effects dynamically
- Navigating timeline layers
- Working with keyframes
- Precomping elements
- Animating mask reveals and tracking masks
- Creating elements with shape layers
- Animating shapes and text
- Working with Illustrator files
- Animating a logo
- Creating 3D type extrusions
- Creating a simple camera in Z-space montage
- Keying video with Keylight
- Batch rendering and Dynamic Link rendering
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