Lynda.com After Effects CS4 New Features

Author: Chad Perkins | Duration (hr:min): 00:59 | Language: English | 1DVD | Released on: 10/7/2008 | Exercise files: Yes | Size : 426MB

Description
In After Effects CS4 New Features, Chad Perkins explains all the changes and improvements in the latest release of Adobe's popular motion graphics application. Many of them are small workflow refinements that increase productivity, while some are revolutionary, like the new Unified Camera tool, the ability to import 3D objects via Photoshop files, and the new ways to work with compositions. Chad also discusses each of the latest effects, the enhanced integration with other CS4 applications, new rendering features, and much more. Example files accompany the course.
Topics include:

* Using the new light wireframes for 3D effects
* Navigating comps quickly
* Applying new effects, like Turbulent Noise and Bilateral Blur
* Using Blur Visualization and other Timeline features
* Converting text to masks or shape layers
* Working with a greater variety of supported formats


Table Of Contents
1. Introduction
Welcome
After Effects update trends
Hardware requirements
The new Welcome screen

2. 3D Enhancements
The Unified Camera tool
New light wireframes

3. The Composition Revolution
The Composition Navigator
The Composition Mini-Flowchart
Navigating comps quickly
Changing comp settings from the Project panel
Opening nested comps
Panning with the mouse
The Auto Resolution setting

4. What's New in Effects
3D tracking with Mocha
The Cartoon effect
Turbulent Noise
Bilateral Blur
Improvements to Fractal Noise

5. Animation and Timeline Improvements
Searching the Timeline panel
Seperate Dimensions
The Center in View command
Flipping layers faster
Motion blur shutter angle/phase visualization
Shortcut for setting opacity and light intensity

6. Changes to Text, Masks, and Shape Layers
Converting text to masks or shape layers
The Wiggle Transform path operation
HDR shape layers
Mask vertex counter
Line join controls for text

7. New Integration Features
3D layers from Photoshop!
Exporting After Effects projects to Flash using XFL
Dynamic Link video from Premiere Pro
Importing Speech Search data
Improving mobile device workflows

8. New Rendering Features
Rendering F4V files
Easy output to multiple formats
Adding rendered footage to a project

9. Technical Improvements
Using 4:3 guides in 16:9 projects
Exporting to XML
The XMP Metadata panel
Improved multicore processor settings
Improved pixel aspect ratio
The Interpret Footage button

Conclusion
Goodbye

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