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Adobe After Effects CS4 User Manual (778 pages)


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Table of contents

AFTER EFFECTS

1

Copyright

2

Contents

3

Chapter 1: Getting started

7

Resources

8

Product Help

9

Printed resources

9

Support resources

9

Last updated 12/21/2009

10

USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4

11

Chapter 2: User interface

16

Dock, group, or float panels

17

Resize panel groups

19

1 Do either of the following:

20

A B C D E F G H I J K L MN

22

Undo changes

25

Preferences

26

Effects CS4

28

Dialog boxes

32

Workflows

36

Planning and setup

39

Project settings

40

Composition settings

41

Exchanging still images

45

Exchanging movies

45

Link to a new composition

52

Link to a new sequence

53

Link to an existing sequence

53

Projects

55

Create and open projects

56

Save and back up projects

56

Flowchart panel

57

Time display units

58

Composition basics

60

Create a composition

61

Duplicate a composition

62

Timeline panel

63

Composition thumbnail images

65

Zoom in or out in time

65

Precompose layers

67

Supported import formats

74

Import footage items

76

Interpret footage items

77

Frame rate

81

• Pixel aspect ratio, part 1

84

• Pixel aspect ratio, part 2

84

Common pixel aspect ratios

85

Working with footage items

86

The Footage panel

87

Remove items from a project

88

Placeholders and proxies

89

Create a proxy

91

Loop a footage item

92

Collection only)

93

High-definition (HD) video

96

More Help topics

102

About camera raw files

116

About Camera Raw

116

A F GDCB E

120

Image adjustment tabs

121

Open images in Camera Raw

123

Adjust tone in Camera Raw

127

Apply a camera profile

130

Rotate images in Camera Raw

132

Crop images in Camera Raw

132

Remove red-eye in Camera Raw

132

Remove spots in Camera Raw

133

Reduce noise in Camera Raw

139

Camera Raw settings

140

Creating layers

144

Adjustment layers

147

Select layers

149

Move layers in space

151

Move layers with arrow keys

152

Slip-edit a layer

155

Place or move a layer in time

156

Copy or duplicate a layer

158

Split a layer

158

Managing layers

159

Solo a layer

162

Lock or unlock a layer

162

Layer properties

165

Set a property value

168

Layer anchor points

168

Move a layer anchor point

169

Scale or flip a layer

170

Rotate a 2D layer

171

Adjust audio volume levels

171

Parent and child layers

172

Null object layers

173

Guide layers

174

Blending mode reference

178

Blending mode gallery

179

Blending mode descriptions

180

Layer styles

183

Layer style settings

184

3D layers

185

Convert 3D layers

187

Move a 3D layer

188

Rotate or orient a 3D layer

188

Axis modes

189

Create a camera layer

193

Change camera settings

193

Camera settings

193

Create a light

196

Change light settings

196

Light settings

196

Simulate light falloff

197

Online resources about lights

197

Material Options properties

199

Chapter 7: Views and previews

201

Save a RAM preview as a movie

203

Loop options for previews

203

Preview only audio

203

Audio panel options

204

Preview modes

206

Region of interest (ROI)

207

Work area

207

Snapshots

208

Modifying and using views

210

Resolution

212

Adjust exposure for previews

213

Animation basics

216

The Graph Editor

217

Set or add keyframes

220

Select keyframes

221

Keyframe menu commands

222

Delete or disable keyframes

223

View or edit a keyframe value

224

Copy and paste keyframes

224

Move keyframes in time

226

B C D A

228

Assorted animation tools

229

Show motion path controls

230

Move motion path keyframes

230

Motion blur

233

Convert audio to keyframes

236

Keyframe interpolation

237

• Part 1

238

• Part 2

238

No interpolation

240

Linear interpolation

240

Bezier interpolation

240

Auto Bezier interpolation

240

Hold interpolation

241

About the speed graph

246

A B C

247

Change speed numerically

249

Automatically ease speed

249

Time-stretch a layer

251

Time-remap a layer

255

Remap time in a Layer panel

257

Time-remap audio pitch

258

Frame blending

259

Animating with Puppet tools

260

• An unlocked mask path

264

• A text character’s outline

264

Puppet Overlap controls

265

Puppet Starch controls

266

Motion tracking workflow

270

• Visible for the entire shot

271

Track or stabilize motion

273

Motion tracking controls

274

Motion tracking options

275

Adjust the track point

277

Correct a motion track

278

Chapter 9: Color

280

Choose a color picker

283

4 Do any of the following:

284

Edit a gradient

285

Color models and color spaces

287

Gamma and tone response

288

Color management

290

Overview of color management

291

Benefits of color management

291

Color profiles

292

Color management tips

293

Simulate output for previews

299

Broadcast-safe colors

301

Paint tools and paint strokes

302

Brushes and the Brushes panel

303

Brush properties

304

Paint with the Brush tool

305

Clone Stamp tool

307

Work with clone presets

309

Eraser tool

310

Animate a paint stroke path

311

About paths

313

About shapes and shape layers

315

Creating shapes and masks

318

Draw ellipses and circles

322

Draw polygons and stars

322

Drawing, painting, and paths

324

Create shapes from text

325

Create masks from text

325

View mask paths and shapes

329

Select a shape layer

330

Lock or unlock masks

332

Move, add, or delete a vertex

334

Adjust a path segment

334

Apply motion blur to a mask

338

Strokes and fills for shapes

339

Set stroke width

341

Create a dashed stroke

341

Line Cap options for strokes

341

Line Join options for strokes

342

Fill rules for shapes

342

Merge Paths options

344

Chapter 11: Text

347

Enter point text

349

Enter paragraph text

350

Resize a text bounding box

351

Move a text layer

351

Change the direction of text

352

Choose a font family

354

Choose a font style

354

Choose a font size

354

Specify leading

354

Specify kerning

354

Text fills and strokes

355

Change text stroke line join

356

Text scale and baseline shift

357

Change the case of text

357

Smart quotes

358

Align and justify text

359

Indent and space paragraphs

359

Animating text

360

Text animation presets

361

2 Do one of the following:

362

Text animator properties

363

Text selectors

364

Common selector properties

365

Range selector properties

366

Wiggly selector properties

367

Text anchor point properties

368

Text path properties

370

Example: Offset characters

372

Compositing overview

379

About masks

381

Save a mask

382

Reuse a mask

382

Control mask path color

383

Mask modes

383

Use a garbage matte

391

Use a hold-out matte

391

Save an animation preset

394

Effect Controls panel

398

Effects & Presets panel

398

Effect control points

401

Randomness and random seeds

402

Animation preset list

403

Image - Creative

404

Image - Special Effects

405

Image - Utilities

405

Sound Effects

408

Synthetics

409

Transform

419

Transitions

419

Effect galleries

421

• CC Radial Blur effect

422

• CC Radial Fast Blur effect

422

• CC Vector Blur effect

422

Channel effects gallery

423

Distort effects gallery

425

Generate effects gallery

427

Keying effects gallery

429

Matte effects gallery

429

Paint effects gallery

430

Perspective effects gallery

431

Simulation effects gallery

431

Stylize effects gallery

432

Text effects gallery

433

Time effects gallery

433

Transition effects gallery

434

Utility effects gallery

435

Obsolete effects listing

435

3D Channel effects

436

3D Channel Extract effect

437

Depth Matte effect

438

Depth Of Field effect

439

Fog 3D effect

440

ID Matte effect

441

Audio effects

442

High-Low Pass effect

443

Modulator effect

444

Parametric EQ effect

444

Reverb effect

444

Stereo Mixer effect

445

Tone effect

445

Blur & Sharpen effects

446

Box Blur effect

447

Channel Blur effect

447

Compound Blur effect

447

Directional Blur effect

448

Fast Blur effect

449

Gaussian Blur effect

449

Lens Blur effect

449

Radial Blur effect

450

Sharpen effect

451

Smart Blur effect

451

Unsharp Mask effect

452

Channel effects

453

Calculations effect

454

Channel Combiner effect

455

Compound Arithmetic effect

455

Invert effect

456

Minimax effect

456

Remove Color Matting effect

457

Set Channels effect

457

Set Matte effect

458

Shift Channels effect

458

Color Correction effects

459

Auto Levels effect

460

Broadcast Colors effect

460

Change Color effect

461

Change To Color effect

462

Channel Mixer effect

463

Color Balance effect

463

Color Balance (HLS) effect

463

Color Link effect

464

Color Stabilizer effect

464

Colorama effect

465

Output Cycle controls

466

Modify controls

466

Curves effect

467

Equalize effect

468

Exposure effect

468

Gamma/Pedestal/Gain effect

469

Hue/Saturation effect

469

Leave Color effect

470

Levels effect

471

Photo Filter effect

472

PS Arbitrary Map effect

473

Shadow/Highlight effect

474

Tint effect

475

Distort effects

476

Bulge effect

477

Corner Pin effect

477

Displacement Map effect

478

Liquify effect

479

Mask properties

480

Magnify effect

481

Mesh Warp effect

482

Mirror effect

483

Offset effect

483

Optics Compensation effect

483

Polar Coordinates effect

484

Puppet effect

485

Reshape effect

485

Use the Reshape effect

486

Ripple effect

487

Smear effect

488

Spherize effect

489

Transform effect

489

Turbulent Displace effect

490

Twirl effect

491

Warp effect

491

Generate effects

492

Advanced Lightning effect

493

Audio Spectrum effect

494

Audio Waveform effect

495

Beam effect

496

Cell Pattern effect

497

Checkerboard effect

498

Circle effect

499

Ellipse effect

499

Eyedropper Fill effect

499

Fill effect

500

Fractal effect

500

Grid effect

502

Lens Flare effect

502

Paint Bucket effect

503

Radio Waves effect

504

Image Contour controls

505

Wave Motion controls

505

Ramp effect

506

Scribble effect

506

Stroke effect

508

Vegas effect

509

Write-on effect

510

Keying effects

511

Color Key effect

513

Color Range effect

514

Difference Matte effect

515

Extract effect

516

Inner/Outer Key effect

517

Linear Color Key effect

518

Luma Key effect

520

Spill Suppressor effect

521

Matte effects

522

Simple Choker effect

523

Noise & Grain effects

524

Apply a grain effect

525

Generate a layer matte

527

Change the preview region

527

5 View the results:

528

Add Grain effect

531

Dust & Scratches effect

533

Fractal Noise effect

533

Controls

534

4 Select Cycle Evolution

535

Match Grain effect

536

Median effect

538

Noise effect

538

Noise Alpha effect

539

Remove Grain effect

540

Turbulent Noise effect

543

Paint effects

545

Vector Paint tools

546

Brush Settings controls

547

• Restart the computer

549

Composite Paint options

553

Perspective effects

555

Bevel Alpha effect

557

Bevel Edges effect

557

Drop Shadow effect

558

Radial Shadow effect

558

Simulation effects

559

Card Dance effect

560

Caustics effect

562

Bottom controls

563

Foam effect

564

View controls

565

Producer controls

565

Bubbles controls

566

Physics controls

566

Rendering controls

567

Particle Playground effect

568

Use Particle Playground

569

Cannon controls

570

Grid controls

570

Layer Map controls

572

Gravity controls

575

Repel controls

575

Wall controls

575

Affects controls

575

Shatter effect

580

Render control

582

Shape controls

582

Force 1 and Force 2 controls

582

Gradient controls

583

Textures controls

584

Corner Pins controls

585

Creating a custom shatter map

585

Wave World effect

586

Wireframe controls

587

Height Map controls

587

Simulation controls

588

Ground controls

588

Stylize effects

589

Cartoon effect

590

Color Emboss effect

593

Emboss effect

594

Find Edges effect

594

Glow effect

595

Mosaic effect

596

Motion Tile effect

596

Posterize effect

597

Roughen Edges effect

597

Scatter effect

598

Strobe Light effect

598

Texturize effect

599

Threshold effect

599

Text effects

600

Timecode effect

601

Time effects

602

Posterize Time effect

603

Time Difference effect

603

Time Displacement effect

604

Timewarp effect

606

Transition effects

608

Block Dissolve effect

609

Card Wipe effect

609

Basic controls

610

Gradient Wipe effect

611

Iris Wipe effect

612

Linear Wipe effect

613

Radial Wipe effect

614

Venetian Blinds effect

614

Utility effects

615

Grow Bounds effect

617

HDR Compander effect

617

Obsolete effects

619

Lightning effect

620

Path Text effect

621

Character controls

622

Paragraph controls

623

Advanced controls

623

Composition markers

626

Layer markers

627

About Clip Notes comments

629

Clip Notes export settings

630

Add Clip Notes comments

630

XMP metadata

631

XMP metadata in After Effects

632

Show or hide metadata

636

Edit metadata

637

Memory and storage

638

RAM and disk caches

639

The media cache

640

Simultaneously

642

Performance

643

Plug-ins

647

Loading and running scripts

649

Writing and modifying scripts

650

Automation

651

Chapter 17: Expressions

652

Edit an expression manually

656

Add comments to an expression

658

Save and reuse expressions

658

Expression Controls effects

659

The expression language

661

Indices and labels

664

Expression time

664

Expression errors

665

Expression language reference

666

• part 1

680

• part 2

680

Expression examples

689

The Render Queue panel

694

The Adobe Media Encoder

695

The File > Export menu

695

Supported output formats

696

Render item statuses

699

Pause or stop rendering

699

Collect files in one location

701

Render settings

703

Change output module settings

706

Output module settings

707

Post-render actions

708

Render with OpenGL

709

Flash Player

711

About XFL files

712

SWF export settings

716

Filmstrip format

720

Audio export settings

725

Video export settings

726

Others export settings

729

Presets for export settings

730

Delete custom presets

731

Set up watch-folder rendering

735

Start in watch-folder mode

736

Converting movies

738

Scaling a movie down

740

Scaling a movie up

741

Introduce 3:2 pulldown

742

Test field-rendering order

742

General (keyboard shortcuts)

744

Projects (keyboard shortcuts)

745

Previews (keyboard shortcuts)

749

Views (keyboard shortcuts)

750

Footage (keyboard shortcuts)

751

Layers (keyboard shortcuts)

752

(keyboard shortcuts)

754

Text (keyboard shortcuts)

758

Masks (keyboard shortcuts)

760

Markers (keyboard shortcuts)

762




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