[Lynda.com / Ian Robinson] After Effects CC Essential Training [Updated Nov 03, 2014, ENG]

Adobe After Effects
What is After Effects?

Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files (CC 2014.1)
Using the exercise files
Understanding and managing applications with Creative Cloud (CC 2014.1)
Which versions of After Effects CC does this course cover? (CC 2014.1)
Relinking missing footage
Working with keyboard shortcuts
Different ways to use After Effects
Exploring the interface of After Effects (CC 2014.1)
Exploring the interface of After Effects
Exploring important preferences, and setting up the cache (CC 2014.1)
Exploring important preferences and setting up the cache
Video terminology (CC 2014.1)
Video terminology
Updating After Effects with Creative Cloud

1. The Fundamentals of After Effects
The six foundations of After Effects
Understanding compositions
Creating and manipulating layers
Building animation
Working with effects
Introduction to 3D
Understanding how to render

2. Up and Running with After Effects
Importing elements
Organizing projects
Building compositions with layers
Animating with keyframes
Adding effects and graphics
Output techniques

3. Understanding Compositions
Exploring composition and project settings
Importing Photoshop files as compositions
Importing Illustrator files as compositions
Viewing files in the comp panel
Understanding Pre-compose
Positioning layers with snapping
Interpreting footage
Keyboard shortcuts for compositions

4. Building Compositions with Layers
Defining layers
Creating type layers
Precise typesetting techniques
Creating layer solids and shapes with masks
Creating design elements with shape layers
Layer compositing: Masks, switches, and blend modes
Using track mattes
Precise compositing with variable-width feathered masks
Working smarter by swapping layers
Keyboard shortcuts for layers

5. Creating Animation
Understanding animation
Adding and adjusting keyframes
Understanding keyframe interpolation (CC 2014.1)
Understanding keyframe interpolation
Adjusting keyframes in the Graph Editor
The power of parenting
Using null objects
Creating expressions with the pick whip
Creating and adjusting motion paths
Building complex graphics with Pre-compose
Preparing audio for animation
Generating graphics with audio
Working smarter: Navigating the Timeline

6. Using Effects
Understanding the order of effects
Generating backgrounds with effects
Generating a scribble effect
Animating strokes with effects
Using adjustment layers
Adding gradients and glows
Saving pan and scan presets
Fixing exposure with Levels
Fixing color casts with Color Finesse 3
Masking individual effects

7. Jumping into 3D
Understanding 3D in After Effects
Intro to cameras (CC 2014.1)
Intro to cameras
Intro to lights and material options
Animating cameras (CC 2014.1)
Animating cameras
Creating depth of field
Exploring the ray-traced 3D renderer

8. Introducing CINEMA 4D Lite
Understanding CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects (CC 2014.1)
Understanding CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects
3D foundations (CC 2014.1)
3D foundations
Matching CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects projects (CC 2014.1)
Matching CINEMA 4D Lite and After Effects projects
Understanding the CINEMA 4D Lite interface (CC 2014.1)
Understanding the CINEMA 4D Lite interface
Creating 3D projects from Illustrator files (CC 2014.1)
Creating 3D projects from Illustrator files
Exploring modeling in CINEMA 4D Lite (CC 2014.1)
Exploring modeling in CINEMA 4D Lite
Applying deformers (CC 2014.1)
Applying deformers
Understanding materials (CC 2014.1)
Understanding materials
Lighting your scene (CC 2014.1)
Lighting your scene
Looking at detailed materials
Working with presets (materials and lights) (CC 2014.1)
Animating in CINEMA 4D Lite (CC 2014.1)
Animating in CINEMA 4D Lite
Adjusting keyframes in CINEMA 4D Lite (CC 2014.1)
Animating cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite (CC 2014.1)
Animating cameras in CINEMA 4D Lite
Working with CINEWARE (CC 2014.1)
Working with CINEWARE
Render settings and the multipass workflow (CC 2014.1)
Render settings and the multipass workflow

9. Exporting and Rendering
Rendering with Adobe Media Encoder
Recommended settings for rendering graphics
Creating presets in the Render Queue
Prerendering with Import and Replace Usage
Working smarter: One render, multiple outputs

10. Exploring Type and Shape Animation
Creating type animators
Creating and animating type on a path
Animating shape layers
Animating brushstrokes with Paint
Animating text and prepairing templates for use in Premiere Pro (CC 2014.1)

11. Repairing and Retiming Video
Retiming with Time Remapping
Retiming footage with Timewarp
Smoothing shaky camera footage with Warp Stabilizer VFX

12. Project: Keying Green-Screen Footage
Getting started with Keylight
Refining your key with Keylight
Cleaning up keys with masks

13. Project: Rotoscoping
Rotoscoping with paths
Introducing the Roto Brush
Refining the Roto Brush
Using the Refine Edge tool

14. Project: Tracking
Creating a single point track
Applying motion with Warp Stabilizer VFX
Warp Stabilizer VFX: Reversible Stabilization workflow
Solving cameras

15. Media Management
Archiving your projects
Removing unused footage
Moving compositions between projects in After Effects

Conclusion
What's next?