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Adobe After Effects CS3 User Manual (677 pages)


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Table of contents

AFTER EFFECTS

1

PROFESSIONAL

1

USER GUIDE

1

Copyright

2

Contents

3

Chapter 1: Getting started

6

Adobe Help

7

Using Help in the product

8

Accessibility features

9

Resources

10

After Effects CS3 videos

11

• Importing Photoshop files

12

• Using Dynamic Link

12

Bridge Home

13

Adobe Design Center

14

Adobe Developer Center

15

Customer support

15

Downloads

15

What’s new

16

Chapter 2: User interface

18

Choose a workspace

19

Dock, group, or float panels

19

Do one of the following:

20

Resize panel groups

21

Save a custom workspace

22

Reset a workspace

23

Delete a workspace

23

Work with columns

23

Work with viewers

24

Activate a tool

25

Work with preferences

26

Project basics

28

Save and back up projects

29

Work with the Flowchart panel

29

Undo changes

30

Project planning and setup

31

Planning your project

33

Project settings

34

Exchanging still images

37

Memory usage and storage

42

RAM and disk caches

44

Improve performance

46

Plug-ins and scripts

49

Work with scripts

50

Chapter 4: Importing

52

Supported import formats

53

Video and animation formats

54

Project formats

54

Import footage items

55

Interpret footage items

56

Change frame rate

58

Change pixel aspect ratio

60

Common pixel aspect ratios

62

Working with footage items

63

Reveal footage items

65

Refresh footage items

65

Remove items from a project

65

Loop a footage item

68

Importing video and audio

72

Types of video and film

73

Separate video fields

76

2 Choose File > Import

79

Importing DDR-based footage

81

Importing 3D image files

82

Importing still images

85

Importing Cineon sequences

90

Introduction to Camera Raw

91

About Camera Raw

92

3. Adjust color

94

Camera Raw Settings menu

96

Camera Raw view controls

96

Image adjustment tabs

96

Open images in Camera Raw

97

4 Click Save

98

Adjusting color in Camera Raw

99

AFTER EFFECTS CS3

100

Correcting the white balance

101

Adjust tone in Camera Raw

102

Rotate images with Camera Raw

106

Retouch images in Camera Raw

107

Remove red-eye in Camera Raw

107

Reducing noise in Camera Raw

108

Camera Raw settings

109

Applying a preset

111

Chapter 5: Compositions

112

Create a composition

113

Timeline panel overview

114

See also

115

Zoom in or out in time

117

Set the work area

117

Precompose layers

119

About markers

121

Work with layer-time markers

123

Synchronize markers to audio

124

Chapter 6: Views and previews

125

Loop options for previews

127

Preview audio

127

Audio panel options

127

Audio panel

128

Preview modes

129

Work with snapshots

130

Modifying and using views

131

Select a 3D view

132

Resolution

133

Adjust exposure for previews

134

Change time display units

136

Creating layers

138

Work with the Layer panel

139

Create an adjustment layer

141

Select layers

142

About coordinate systems

144

Move layers in space

144

Place a layer in time

148

Copy or duplicate a layer

150

Split a layer

151

Auto-Orientation options

151

Managing layers

152

Solo a layer

154

Lock or unlock a layer

154

Work with color labels

154

Layer image quality

155

Modify layer properties

157

Set a property value

158

Work with layer anchor points

159

Scale a layer

160

Flip a layer

161

Rotate a 2D layer

162

Adjust audio volume levels

162

Create a null object

164

Work with guide layers

164

User Guide

166

Blending modes

168

Blending mode reference

169

Blending mode descriptions

170

Layer styles

173

Work with layer styles

174

Layer style settings

175

Working with 3D layers

176

Convert 3D layers

177

Move a 3D layer

178

Rotate or orient a 3D layer

178

Axis modes

179

• An adjustment layer

180

Parts of a light

183

Adjust a camera view

185

Material Options properties

186

Chapter 8: Animation

188

Work with the Graph Editor

189

Auto Zoom Height and Fit

191

Set keyframes

192

Select keyframes

193

Keyframe menu commands

194

Delete or disable keyframes

195

View or edit a keyframe value

196

Copy and paste keyframes

196

Work with motion paths

202

Assorted animation tools

205

Smooth motion and velocity

207

Convert audio to keyframes

208

Interpolation

209

Auto Bezier interpolation

212

Hold interpolation

212

About speed graphs

215

About changes in speed

215

Work with the speed graph

218

Change speed numerically

221

Automatically ease speed

222

Use Exponential Scale

223

Time-stretch a layer

223

About time-remapping

225

Time-remap a layer

227

Time-remap audio pitch

229

Animating with Puppet tools

231

Puppet Starch tool

232

• An unlocked mask path

235

• A text character’s outline

235

Puppet Overlap controls

236

Puppet Starch controls

237

Chapter 9: Color

239

High dynamic range color

240

Choose a color picker

241

2 Do one of the following:

241

4 Do any of the following:

242

About color spaces

243

About gamma and tone response

244

Color management

246

Broadcast-safe colors

255

Transparency overview

257

About keying

258

About masks

258

Creating and importing masks

259

A. View menu B. Target menu

260

Working with masks and mattes

262

Lock or unlock masks

264

Control mask path color

265

Mask modes

265

Adjust the edges of a mask

267

Adjust mask feather

267

Animating masks

269

Use Smart Mask Interpolation

270

Apply motion blur to a mask

272

Keying overview and tips

273

Use a garbage matte

275

Use a hold-out matte

275

Close a hole in a matte

276

Chapter 11: Text

278

Enter point text

279

Enter paragraph text

280

Resize a text bounding box

281

Change the direction of text

281

Select text

282

Formatting characters

283

Use smart quotes

284

Specify kerning and tracking

285

Change the case of text

286

Formatting paragraphs

288

Indent and space paragraphs

289

Animating text

290

Work with animator properties

293

Work with selectors

294

Wiggly selector properties

296

Examples of text animation

300

Using paint tools

307

Work with brushes

308

Paint with the Brush tool

310

Use the Clone Stamp tool

312

Work with clone presets

315

Use the Eraser tool

315

Animate paint strokes

315

Shape layers overview

317

About paths

318

About shapes and shape layers

319

Creating shapes and masks

323

Move, add, or delete a vertex

328

Adjust a path segment

328

Managing and editing shapes

330

Select a shape layer

331

Fill rules for shapes

336

Merge Paths options

338

(bottom right)

339

Chapter 13: Motion tracking

340

Motion tracking workflow

341

6. Analyze

343

7. Repeat as necessary

343

8. Apply tracking data

343

Motion tracking controls

344

Motion tracking options

345

Tracking motion

347

Adjust the track point

348

Correct a motion track

350

About animation presets

352

About effects

353

Save an animation preset

358

Chapter 15: Effect reference

360

Channel effects gallery

361

Distort effects gallery

364

Generate effects gallery

365

Keying effects gallery

367

Matte effects gallery

367

Paint effects gallery

368

Perspective effects gallery

368

Simulation effects gallery

369

Stylize effects gallery

369

Text effects gallery

370

Time effects gallery

371

Transition effects gallery

371

3D Channel effects

372

3D Channel Extract effect

373

Depth Matte effect

373

Depth Of Field effect

374

Fog 3D effect

375

Audio effects

376

Bass & Treble effect

377

Delay effect

377

Flange & Chorus effect

377

High-Low Pass effect

378

Modulator effect

378

Parametric EQ effect

379

Reverb effect

379

Blur & Sharpen effects

380

Box Blur effect

381

Channel Blur effect

381

Compound Blur effect

381

Directional Blur effect

382

Fast Blur effect

382

Gaussian Blur effect

383

Lens Blur effect

383

Radial Blur effect

384

Sharpen effect

385

Smart Blur effect

385

Unsharp Mask effect

385

Channel effects

386

Blend effect

387

Calculations effect

388

Channel Combiner effect

388

Compound Arithmetic effect

389

Invert effect

389

Minimax effect

390

Remove Color Matting effect

390

Set Channels effect

391

Set Matte effect

391

Color Correction effects

392

Auto Levels effect

394

Broadcast Colors effect

395

Change Color effect

395

Change To Color effect

396

Channel Mixer effect

397

Color Balance effect

397

Color Balance (HLS) effect

397

Color Link effect

397

Color Stabilizer effect

398

Colorama effect

398

Input Phase controls

399

Output Cycle controls

399

Modify controls

400

Curves effect

401

Equalize effect

401

Exposure effect

402

Gamma/Pedestal/Gain effect

402

Hue/Saturation effect

403

Leave Color effect

404

Levels effect

404

Photo Filter effect

405

PS Arbitrary Map effect

406

Shadow/Highlight effect

407

Tint effect

408

Tritone effect

408

Distort effects

409

Corner Pin effect

410

Displacement Map effect

411

Liquify effect

411

Magnify effect

413

Mesh Warp effect

414

Mirror effect

415

Offset effect

415

Optics Compensation effect

415

Polar Coordinates effect

416

Puppet effect

417

Reshape effect

417

Ripple effect

419

Smear effect

420

Spherize effect

421

Transform effect

422

Turbulent Displace effect

422

Twirl effect

423

Warp effect

423

Generate effects

424

Advanced Lightning effect

425

Audio Spectrum effect

426

Audio Waveform effect

428

Beam effect

428

Cell Pattern effect

429

Checkerboard effect

430

Circle effect

431

Ellipse effect

431

Eyedropper Fill effect

431

Fill effect

432

Fractal effect

432

Grid effect

434

Lens Flare effect

434

Lightning effect

435

Paint Bucket effect

436

Radio Waves effect

437

Image Contour controls

438

Wave Motion controls

439

Stroke controls

439

Ramp effect

440

Scribble effect

440

Stroke effect

442

Vegas effect

443

Write-on effect

444

Keying effects

445

Color Key effect

447

Color Range effect

447

Difference Matte effect

448

Extract effect

450

Inner/Outer Key effect

451

Linear Color Key effect

452

Luma Key effect

453

Spill Suppressor effect

454

Matte effects

455

Simple Choker effect

456

Noise & Grain effects

457

Add Grain effect

464

Dust & Scratches effect

465

Fractal Noise effect

466

Match Grain effect

469

Median effect

471

Noise effect

471

Noise Alpha effect

471

Remove Grain effect

473

❖ Do any of the following:

475

Paint effects

476

Brush Settings controls

478

• Restart the computer

480

2 Press Shift as you paint

483

Composite Paint options

484

Perspective effects

486

Basic 3D effect

488

Bevel Alpha effect

489

Bevel Edges effect

489

Drop Shadow effect

489

Radial Shadow effect

490

Simulation effects

491

Card Dance effect

492

Caustics effect

494

Foam effect

496

Bubbles controls

498

Physics controls

498

Rendering controls

499

Particle Playground effect

500

Cannon controls

502

Grid controls

502

Layer Map controls

504

Gravity controls

507

Repel controls

507

Wall controls

507

Affects controls

507

Shatter effect

513

Shape controls

515

Force 1 and Force 2 controls

515

Gradient controls

516

Textures controls

517

Corner Pins controls

518

Creating a custom shatter map

518

Wave World effect

519

Wireframe controls

520

Height Map controls

520

Simulation controls

520

Ground controls

521

Stylize effects

522

Color Emboss effect

523

Emboss effect

523

Find Edges effect

524

Glow effect

524

Mosaic effect

525

Motion Tile effect

525

Posterize effect

526

Roughen Edges effect

526

Scatter effect

527

Strobe Light effect

528

Texturize effect

528

Text effects

529

Numbers effect

530

Path Text effect

531

Path Options controls

532

Character controls

533

Paragraph controls

533

Advanced controls

534

Timecode effect

535

Time effects

536

Posterize Time effect

537

Time Difference effect

537

Time Displacement effect

538

Time Resolution (fps)

539

Timewarp effect

540

Transition effects

541

Block Dissolve effect

542

Card Wipe effect

542

Gradient Wipe effect

544

Iris Wipe effect

545

Linear Wipe effect

546

Radial Wipe effect

546

Utility effects

547

Grow Bounds effect

549

HDR Compander effect

550

Chapter 16: Expressions

552

Add comments to an expression

558

Save and reuse expressions

559

The expression language

561

Indices and labels

563

Expression time

564

Global objects

565

Time conversion methods

566

Vector Math methods

567

Random Numbers methods

568

Interpolation methods

570

Color Conversion methods

571

Other Math methods

571

Comp attributes and methods

572

Camera attributes and methods

579

Light attributes and methods

580

Effect attributes and methods

581

Mask attributes and methods

581

Key attributes and methods

585

MarkerKey attributes

586

Expression examples

587

About rendering and exporting

592

Supported output formats

593

Video project formats

594

Still-image formats

594

Message A status message

597

Render with OpenGL

598

Collect files in one location

599

Work with render settings

602

Render settings

603

Output module settings

606

Use a post-render action

607

SWF export settings

609

Creating motion-picture film

611

About Filmstrip format

612

❖ Do one of the following:

615

About the Adobe Media Encoder

618

About MPEG

618

Filter options for encoding

619

Video options for encoding

619

Audio options for encoding

620

Others options for encoding

622

About data rate

624

Network considerations

630

Set up watch-folder rendering

631

Start in watch-folder mode

633

Converting movies

635

Scaling a movie down

636

Scaling a movie up

637

Introduce 3:2 pulldown

638

Test field-rendering order

639

About Clip Notes comments

639

Clip Notes export settings

640

Add Clip Notes comments

641

Import Clip Notes comments

641

Shortcuts, general

643

Shortcuts for time navigation

648

Shortcuts for 3D layers

654

Shortcuts for keyframes

655

Shortcuts for motion tracking

661

Character panel 278

664




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