Add Footage to a Composition in After Effects CS3

In this video tutorial, you will learn how to add footage to a composition in Adobe After Effects CS3.

Flash + After Effects

Flash Designers: push Flash to the next level with After Effects robust toolset.

* Add motion graphics and visual effects to your Flash projects
* Fuse 3D depth into 2D animations
* Prepare Flash animations for broadcast
* Save development time in executing animations

Combine these two powerhouse applications to expand your multimedia horizons. Flash + After Effects gives the experienced Flash designer a working understanding of the After Effects toolset with professional techniques that raise the design bar for Web, broadcast, or CD/DVD delivery. The companion DVD contains project media that permit you to practice essential After Effects skills that include:

* Working with video and the AE timeline
* Using alpha channels for keying and enhancing interactivity
* Putting vector animation to work with Text and Shape Layers, and animation presets
* Creating 3D backgrounds with cameras and lights
* Animating with Behaviors, Parenting, Expressions and the Puppet Tool

You also get a video primer, render and file optimization techniques, and publishing and streaming guidelines.

Available at Amazon.com.

Basic Rendering in Adobe After Effects CS3

In this video tutorial, learn about basic rendering in Adobe After Effects CS3.

Layer Presets in Adobe After Effects CS3

In this video tutorial, learn about layer presets in Adobe After Effects CS3.

Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Studio Techniques

This is the only book in the After Effects market to focus exclusively on the creation of visual effects, and is a one-stop resource for anyone who wants in-depth explanations that demystify the realm of visual effects and how they were created, thanks to veteran author Mark Christiansen's friendly and accessible style. A thoroughly packed, informative read, this masterful guide focuses on explaining the essential concepts, features, and techniques that are key to creating seamless movie-quality visual effects. Readers will learn how to put After Effects to work to create the shots they need. Users who are comfortable with After Effects will find a helpful review of After Effects fundamentals--managing footage, viewing and editing layers, animating type, and more--so they can learn how to work smarter and more efficiently. Readers of all levels will learn core techniques for effects compositing: color matching, keying, rotoscoping, motion tracking, and emulating the camera. The final section of the book delves into creative explorations, demonstrating actual effects that readers might want to re-create. Readers will also find comprehensive coverage of all that's new in this upgrade. Throughout the book, beautiful full-color examples demonstrate what's possible, while the companion DVD offers plenty of sample footage and dozens of demos of the most useful After Effects plug-ins.

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lynda.com Announces Release of After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics

lynda.com, the leader in self-paced digital media and design training, today introduced After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics.

After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics shows how to take After Effects to the next level. Instructor Chad Perkins teaches techniques for bringing photos to life with displacement, crafting fire and water effects with Fractal Noise, mastering masks, using the "other" puppet tools, creating a lightsaber fight, running the gamut of expressions, and taking advantage of advanced 3D options. Chad shares his best tips and tricks for mastering After Effects CS3 Professional, and takes viewers through each of the program's advanced features. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

"Chad's teaching style is perfectly suited for helping users harness the power of After Effects CS3," says Lynda Weinman, CEO of lynda.com. "His enthusiasm is so infectious that you find yourself saying 'wow' as each technique builds on the last, and you realize that now you can do the same exhilarating things with your footage."
Anyone with an internet connection can access After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics by subscribing to lynda.com's Online Training Library®. A separate CD-ROM version of After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics is planned later this month.

Subscriptions to the lynda.com Online Training Library® start at $25 a month, and provide access to over 22,000 movie tutorials covering more than 320 technology career tools, software applications, and techniques. Subscribers can access any of the computer-based training courses at their convenience. Multi-user subscriptions are also available for companies and institutions seeking to provide education and training to groups.

For free online samples of After Effects CS3 Professional Beyond the Basics and more detailed product information, please visit http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=357
To arrange to view the full training title, please contact megan @ lynda.com.

For more information on lynda.com products, please visit http://www.lynda.com or call 1-888-335-9632.

About lynda.com
Since 1997, lynda.com has provided education and technical training solutions for designers, computer graphics specialists, digital media users, and computer owners. lynda.com products include web-based training, instructional books, CD- and DVD-based video training, self-paced online learning, and events for creative designers, instructors, students, and hobbyists. lynda.com specializes in teaching fundamental design and graphics principles along with the latest computer software, digital media technologies, and techniques.
About Chad Perkins
Chad Perkins is an Adobe Certified Instructor and Certified Expert in Photoshop, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, InDesign, and Acrobat. He was also one of the first in the world to become certified in Encore DVD. He is an Adobe Certified Video Specialist and Certified Print Specialist, and is CompTIA CTT+ certified. He's also done prepress work with The Wall Street Journal and produced art for Warner Bros., Paramount, and more. Chad owns Aveconta, an architectural rendering studio that creates photorealistic renders from AutoCAD drawings. He's also developing an effects studio called Wedgekase Animation.

Source: PRWeb

Bluescreen Compositing

Master the art and technique of blue and greenscreen compositing with this comprehensive how-to course in creating effective and realistic composited scenes in video formats. Written for the video professional, this book will introduce you to the arcane field of special effects compositing with clear explanations of the mechanics of the technology and the craft of creating a visual that "works" convincingly.

Learn how the different types of keying techniques work and get a practical understanding of the processes for:

• Motion and non-motion compositing solutions
• Setting up a chroma key studio
• Lighting techniques
• Costuming and art design for color-based compositing
• Reconciling different video color sample schemes
• Creating background plates and mattes
• Fixing it in post
• Live keying with a production switcher (SEG)

Detailed tutorials demonstrate the techniques for using each of the major software keyers. Software applications profiled include After Effects and Apple's Shake and other software that operate on Windows or Max OSX.

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Hollywood Effects On A Shoestring Budget: Creating Rain With Adobe After Effects (Volume 3)

In the past, Hollywood has considered the art of creating rain effects to be both costly and time-consuming. From wet, unhappy actors to the crew dealing with water-proofing equipment, the premium was high if you wanted to incorporate rain into your scene. In this DVD lesson you will learn an easy way to create rain effects that are both realistic and cost effective through the magic of Adobe After Effects. Learn how to wet down the surfaces of your scene. Find out how to create reflections on wet surface areas for added realism. And learn how to add water dripping from the objects within your scene. You will learn how to create a truly believable rain environment that will add production value to your film or video project. The information in this DVD lesson will give you the edge for creating images at Hollywood film levels ... but without the big Hollywood film budgets.

Available at Amazon.com.

Lightsabers for Your Movies

Learn how to create Star Wars Lightsabers for your movies using Adobe After Effects (I'm using 6.5, but it works with all the versions since 5 I think). Then add the sound effects using any video editor - Sony Vegas in this case.

Create a 3D Logo

Learn who to interact with Photoshop, Cinema 4d and After Effects. Our objective will be creating a rotating 3D logo of YouTube that you'll be able to insert in your videos.

Creating a Camera Shake in After Effects with Motion Tile & Expressions

This tutorial goes through the steps of how to create a simulated camera shake in After Effects. Video is narrated by motion graphics designer Harry J Frank.

Lightsaber Tutorial In Adobe After Effects

This video tutorial shows how to make a lightsaber effect in Adobe After Effects.

Adding Effects to Your Movie using Adobe After Effects 7

In this video tutorial, learn how to add amazing effects to your movie using Adobe After Effects.

Hollywood Effects On A Shoestring Budget: Green Screens, Compositing & Object Removal With Adobe After Effects (Volume 2)

With today's technologies the use of green screens and image compositing has seen great leaps forward with regard to realism and accessibility. Additionally, the cost to achieve professional results have now become within the reach of anyone who owns a home computer. In this DVD lesson, learn to create smooth green screen compositing. See how simple matting tricks can help save time and money when locations for shooting don't exist. And learn how to remove mistakes from your footage such as boom poles or light stands. The information in this DVD lesson will give you the edge for creating images at Hollywood film levels ... but without the big Hollywood film budgets.

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After Effects 7 Title Design Techniques

In this video tutorial, learn how to create exciting titles for your videos using Adobe After Effects.