Maximize your productivity with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium software, the total post-production solution available for both Mac and Windows®. Tighter-than-ever integration between Adobe's all-new video, audio, and design tools Learn the basics and more of After Effects, Premiere Pro and Soundbooth all just 5 days
After Effects User Interface and Animation
What is a project file and what is in it?
Tools and Panels: : how to around in the application
Workspaces: selecting, saving, setting
Basic Animation
Transform properties of layers
Keyframing: making element move
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
Intermediate Animation
In depth keyframe manipulation and interpolation
Graph Editor
Motion Sketch/Smoother
Auto-Orient/Motion Blur
Roving Keyframes
Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool
Panning a large graphic: technique
Hold Keyframes
Layer Control
Trim-move-stack-split (keyboard shortcuts)
Quality
Slip Tool
Sequence Layers
Solo Switches
Looping Footage
Image Sequences
Frame Rate vs. Time Stretch
Blending Modes
Effects and Solids with Blending Modes
Effects and Presets Panel: animation presets
Adjustment layers
Transparency
Masks
Shape, feather, expansion
Masking with the Pen Tool: Bezier curves
Mask Shape Interpolation
Mask modes
Mattes and Stencils
Mask shapes
Type and Titles
Simple Rules of Titling
Basic Text
Text Animators/Range Selectors
Randomizing
Applying and Saving Text Animation presets
Per character animators in CS3
Nesting
Precomps
Editing precomps
Locking panels
Render Order
How After Effects put it all together
Exporting Files
Render Queue
Export As
Same Frame As
Prerender
The Workspace in Premiere Pro
Workspaces
Working with the Project window
Importing clips and image files
Working with the Monitor window
Working with the Timeline window
Navigating to a specific frame in the Timeline and Program View
Using labels
Using palettes
Sequencing and Basic Real-Time Editing
The Real-Time editing experience
Adding clips to the Timeline
Developing a sequence and using Automate to Sequence
Using the Automate to Sequence command
Multiple sequencing
Viewing the rough cut
Refining the rough cut
Pretrimming clips using the Source view
Fine-tuning in the Timeline
Exporting the Timeline as a movie
Transitions
About transitions
The Effects palette
Inserting a transition
Previewing the transition
Pre-trimming a clip and adding a transition
Adding a transition using the Effects palette
Changing the attributes of transitions
Adding multiple transitions at one time
Transitions used as special effects
Fundamentals of Multipoint Editing
Understanding three-point and four-point editing
Making a three-point edit
Linking and unlinking clips
Handling unsynchronized linked clips
Closing a gap with the Ripple Delete command
Integrating Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator with Premiere Pro
Using effects from other Adobe programs
After Effects and Photoshop "inside" Premiere Pro
Titles and Credits
Creating a simple title
Using the ellipse tool
Mapping a textured fill
Rolling titles and crawling titles
Using titles in a Premiere Pro project
Adding titles to the Timeline
Using other programs to create titles
Audio
Getting to know the Audio workspace
Automating the mixing process
Creating and adjusting audio effects
Using markers to synchronize clips
Finishing the movie with audio effects and music
Multiple audio effects in a clip
Working with 5.1 audio files
Exporting the movie as a 5.1 audio file
Output
To Movie
CD-ROM
Export to DVD command
VCD/SVCD
A Quick Tour of Adobe Soundbooth
Cleaning-up audio
Visually editing sound
Recording and enhancing voiceovers
Producing custom music
Working with markers
Getting help and finding additional resources
Understanding the Basics of Digital Audio
Understanding sound
Digitizing audio
Navigating the Workspace
Exploring the user interface
Customizing the user interface
Repairing and Adjusting Audio Clips
Noise reduction
Sound removal
Basic editing
Editing and Enhancing Voiceover Recordings
Recording from a microphone
Creating Background Music
Creating scores with the AutoComposer
Creating loops
Exploring Effects
Applying a standard effect
Customizing an advanced effect
Working with rack presets
Working with Markers
Working with markers
Defining marker data for reuse
Importing, Exporting, and Round-trip Editing
Importing files
Exporting Soundbooth score documents
Exporting audio and video files
Round-trip editing
Before taking this course, you should have a basic understanding of your computer’s operating you should know how to launch an application, create and save files, and copy files from Experience in the following areas would be beneficial. Experience working with Flash and/or other video software.
A person who wishes to work in the video field or who currently works in the field, or an Adobe application user looking to expand his or her skills, looking to add effects to video projects. Some students may be mainly interested in creating video primarily for the Web, and others for film, but the majority are preparing more for work in broadcast video.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Use After Effects, premiere Pro and Soundbooth
Get familiar with the After Effects CS3 interface
Learn to create animations
Learn to work with layers
Learn to apply effects
Learn to work with masks and mattes
Learn about type
Learn to use color effectively
Learn to export files#
Learn to comfortably navigate the user interface of premiere
Learn to do rough cuts, trims and 3-point editing
Learn to add transitions
Learn to create titles and credits
Learn to add, edit and sweeten audio
Learn to export video for a multiple of output demands