Where Are The Lesson Files? |
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Getting Started |
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About Classroom in a Book |
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Installing After Effects, Bridge, and Media Encoder |
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Restoring default preferences |
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Adobe Authorized Training Centers |
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1 Getting To Know The Workflow |
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Creating a project and importing footage |
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Creating a composition and arranging layers |
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Adding effects and modifying layer properties |
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18 | (4) |
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Animating the composition |
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22 | (8) |
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30 | (2) |
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Optimizing performance in After Effects |
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32 | (1) |
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Rendering and exporting your composition |
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32 | (1) |
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33 | (2) |
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Controlling the brightness of the user interface |
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35 | (1) |
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Finding resources for using After Effects |
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36 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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37 | (1) |
2 Creating A Basic Animation Using Effects And Presets |
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38 | (20) |
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40 | (1) |
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Importing footage using Adobe Bridge |
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41 | (2) |
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Creating a new composition |
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43 | (3) |
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Working with imported Illustrator layers |
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46 | (2) |
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Applying effects to a layer |
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48 | (2) |
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Applying an animation preset |
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50 | (2) |
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52 | (1) |
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53 | (1) |
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Rendering the composition |
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54 | (3) |
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Review questions and answers |
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57 | (1) |
3 Animating Text |
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58 | (30) |
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60 | (2) |
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62 | (1) |
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Installing a font using Adobe Fonts |
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63 | (2) |
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Creating and formatting point text |
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65 | (3) |
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Using a text animation preset |
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68 | (3) |
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Animating with scale keyframes |
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71 | (1) |
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Animating using parenting |
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72 | (2) |
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Animating imported Photoshop text |
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74 | (4) |
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78 | (1) |
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79 | (1) |
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Using a text animator group |
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80 | (3) |
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Animating a layer's position |
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83 | (2) |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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87 | (1) |
4 Working With Shape Layers |
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88 | (26) |
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90 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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91 | (2) |
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Creating a self-animating shape |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (3) |
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98 | (1) |
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Positioning layers with snapping |
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99 | (3) |
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102 | (3) |
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Creating nulls from paths |
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105 | (6) |
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Previewing the composition |
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111 | (2) |
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Review questions and answers |
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113 | (1) |
5 Animating A Multimedia Presentation |
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114 | (30) |
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116 | (3) |
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119 | (2) |
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121 | (2) |
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123 | (2) |
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125 | (4) |
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Animating additional elements |
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129 | (4) |
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133 | (3) |
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Animating precomposed layers |
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136 | (3) |
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139 | (2) |
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141 | (2) |
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Review questions and answers |
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143 | (1) |
6 Animating Layers |
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144 | (32) |
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146 | (4) |
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Simulating lighting changes |
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150 | (2) |
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Duplicating an animation using the pick whip |
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152 | (2) |
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Animating movement in the scenery |
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154 | (4) |
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Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte |
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158 | (4) |
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162 | (2) |
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Adding a lens flare effect |
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164 | (2) |
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166 | (1) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (7) |
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Review questions and answers |
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175 | (1) |
7 Working With Masks |
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176 | (22) |
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178 | (1) |
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178 | (2) |
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Creating a mask with the Pen tool |
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180 | (1) |
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Feathering the edges of a mask |
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185 | (1) |
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Replacing the content of the mask |
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186 | (2) |
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188 | (4) |
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192 | (2) |
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194 | (2) |
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196 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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197 | (1) |
8 Distorting Objects With The Puppet Tools |
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198 | (20) |
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200 | (5) |
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205 | (1) |
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206 | (2) |
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Adding Advanced and Bend pins |
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208 | (3) |
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211 | (1) |
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212 | (1) |
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Using the Puppet tools to animate video |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (3) |
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Review questions and answers |
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217 | (1) |
9 Using The Roto Brush Tool |
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218 | (22) |
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220 | (1) |
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220 | (2) |
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Creating a segmentation boundary |
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222 | (6) |
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228 | (2) |
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Freezing your Roto Brush tool results |
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230 | (1) |
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231 | (2) |
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233 | (3) |
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236 | (3) |
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Review questions and answers |
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239 | (1) |
10 Performing Color Correction |
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240 | (30) |
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242 | (3) |
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Adjusting color balance with levels |
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245 | (3) |
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Adjusting color with the Lumetri Color effect |
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248 | (2) |
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250 | (5) |
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Color-correcting using Auto Levels |
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255 | (1) |
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Motion tracking the clouds |
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255 | (3) |
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Replacing the sky in the second clip |
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258 | (4) |
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262 | (7) |
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Review questions and answers |
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269 | (1) |
11 Creating Motion Graphics Templates |
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270 | (20) |
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272 | (1) |
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Preparing a master composition |
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272 | (6) |
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278 | (1) |
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Adding properties to the Essential Graphics panel |
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279 | (3) |
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282 | (2) |
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Protecting the timing of a section |
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284 | (1) |
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285 | (4) |
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Review questions and answers |
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289 | (1) |
12 Using 3D Features |
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290 | (26) |
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292 | (1) |
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293 | (2) |
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295 | (2) |
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297 | (1) |
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298 | (4) |
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302 | (2) |
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Extruding text in After Effects |
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304 | (2) |
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Working with Cinema 4D Lite |
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306 | (7) |
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Integrating the C4D layer in After Effects |
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313 | (1) |
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314 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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315 | (1) |
13 Working With The 3D Camera Tracker |
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316 | (22) |
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About the 3D Camera Tracker effect |
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318 | (1) |
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318 | (2) |
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320 | (1) |
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Creating a ground plane, a camera, and the initial text |
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321 | (4) |
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Creating additional text elements |
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325 | (3) |
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Locking an image to a plane with a solid layer |
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328 | (3) |
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331 | (1) |
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332 | (1) |
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Creating realistic shadows |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (1) |
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335 | (1) |
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Previewing the composition |
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336 | (1) |
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Review questions and answers |
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337 | (1) |
14 Advanced Editing Techniques |
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338 | (34) |
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340 | (1) |
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340 | (6) |
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Using single-point motion tracking |
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346 | (6) |
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Using multipoint tracking |
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352 | (4) |
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Creating a particle simulation |
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356 | (10) |
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Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect |
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366 | (5) |
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Review questions and answers |
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371 | (1) |
15 Rendering And Outputting |
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372 | (16) |
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374 | (1) |
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About rendering and output |
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375 | (1) |
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Exporting using the Render Queue |
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375 | (4) |
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Creating templates for the Render Queue |
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379 | (1) |
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Rendering movies with Adobe Media Encoder |
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380 | (7) |
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Review questions and answers |
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387 | (1) |
Appendix: General Keyboard Shortcuts |
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388 | (1) |
Appendix: Customizing Keyboard Shortcuts |
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389 | (2) |
Index |
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