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AfterEffects > After Effects 7 Pro - Broadcast Design Secrets training

After Effects 7 Pro - Broadcast Design Secrets training

After Effects 7 Pro - Broadcast Design Secrets training

Discover real strategies of broadcast design and how to think like a broadcaster with Adobe After Effects 7 Pro - Broadcast Design Secrets training course. An advanced approach to common features enables you to create extraordinary and inventive results from simple source materials, with a minimum of time and effort.

  • Format - 2 DVD-ROMs
  • Duration - 6 Hours of Intermediate to Advanced Training
  • Author - Dean Velez
  • Platform - Windows & Mac OS

  • Highlights

  • Find out how to create sophisticated backgrounds from simple source elements.
  • Learn how to generate beautiful and unusual particle effects with unexpected tools.
  • Walkthrough a complete workflow employing real-world broadcast design projects.


  • Course Outline

    PART 1 News Bumper

    Prologue - Creating a Style Page (20:23 min)
    1. Creating a Background in Adobe Photoshop®
    2. Adding Text to Enhance Background Texture
    3. Creating a Broadcast Style Logo
    4. Adding Color & 3D E.ects

    Lesson 1 - BACKGROUND & FOREGROUND (26:42 min)
    1. Creating a Cloud E.ect Using Fractal Noise
    2. Distorting the Clouds
    3. Adding Lightning Flashes to the Clouds
    4. Creating a Rain E.ect
    5. Using Advanced Lighting
    6. Creating a Foreground Layer
    7. Adding Vector Blur to the Foreground
    8. Rendering the Compositions

    Lesson 2 - STORM TRACKER LOGO (35:53 min)
    1. Setting Up Text for the Storm Tracker Logo
    2. Scale Text, Graph Editor & Grouping Alignment
    3. Animating the Tracking Amount
    4. Using Masks & Precomposing
    5. Using the Fast Blur E.ect
    6. Creating a Null Object
    7. Adding an Adjustment Layer & the Ramp E.ect
    8. Using the Directional Blur E.ect
    9. Using the Levels E.ect
    10. Using the Simple Choker E.ect
    11. Setting Up the Logo to Render

    Lesson 3 - GLOW TRANSITION (24:20 min)
    1. Applying Choke Matte & Fractal Noise E.ects
    2. Applying Radial Fast Blur & Vector Blur
    3. Adding Text to the 7 Logo
    4. Creating a Path for Text Animation
    5. Adjusting Position, Scale & Rotation of Text
    6. Applying Force Motion Blur & Other Blurs
    7. Duplicating Properties & Creating a New Path

    Lesson 4 - ASSEMBLING STORM TRACKER (21:26 min)
    1. Starting a Composition & Adding Radio Waves
    2. Animating Background Text
    3. Creating & Using a Null Object
    4. Layering Animations to Create Realistic E.ects
    5. Tweaking E.ects to Interact with Animation

     

    PART 2 Opening Title Sequence

    Lesson 5 - WEAVING A WEB (27:59 min)
    1. Creating a Spiderweb in Photoshop
    2. Adding Texture & Depth to the Spiderweb
    3. Duplicating & O.setting Layers for a 3D E.ect
    4. Using a Null Object to Control the Web Layers
    5. Adding Depth & Shadows to the Web Layers
    6. Adding a Camera to Create Depth of Field
    7. Using a Median E.ect to Blur
    8. Creating a Lighting E.ect Using Glow

    Lesson 6 - ANIMATING A STROKE (18:24 min)
    1. Setting Up a Stroke
    2. Applying Fast Blur & Time Stretch to a Stroke
    3. Using the Echo E.ect
    4. Applying Glow E.ect to the Animated Stroke
    5. Using the Stroke as a Background Animation

    Lesson 7 - SPIDER WALKING (19:56 min)
    1. Animating the Head, Body & Rear of the Spider
    2. Animating the Spider's Front Leg
    3. Animating the Spider's Back Leg
    4. Duplicating Layers to Make All Eight Legs
    5. Softening the Look of the Spider

    Lesson 8 - WEB OF DECEIT LOGO (19:06 min)
    1. Duplicating & Blending Layers
    2. Animating Text with E.ects
    3. Adding an Adjustment Layer to Adjust Levels
    4. Importing the Spider Walking Movie
    5. Using Linear Wipe to Animate Web Line

    Lesson 9 - ASSEMBLING THE WEB OF DECEIT (15:43 min)
    1. Compositing the Title Sequence
    2. Animating the Tracking of the Text
    3. Using a Simple Choker as a Wipe Transition
    4. Duplicating the E.ects for the Second Name
    5. Adding Our Logo & Finishing Touches

     

    PART 3 Corporate identity Piece

    Lesson 10 - TECHNO TUNNEL BACKGROUND (23:44 min)
    1. Adding Side-to-Side Motion to 10 Shapes
    2. Applying the CC Cylinder E.ect
    3. Adding Rotation to the Tunnel
    4. Moving through the Tunnel with a Camera Layer
    5. Duplicating & O.setting Layers
    6. Adding Rotating Man File & Fast Blur E.ects
    7. Colorizing, Transfer Modes & Bit Depth

    Lesson 11 - FUTURISTIC BACKGROUND (22:33 min)
    1. Exploring the Shape Layers in Photoshop
    2. Adjusting Scale, Opacity & Rotation of Layers
    3. Changing the Y Rotation & Adjusting the Timing
    4. Precomposing Layers & Adjusting Time Stretch
    5. Setting Scale & Rotation of the Shapes Layers
    6. Changing the Transfer Modes of the Layers
    7. Changing Layer Alignment to Fix the Animation

    Lesson 12 - MOSAIC MAN ELEMENTS (11:19 min)
    1. Animating Wireframe Man, Mosaic & Invert
    2. Using Algorithms & Encoders with Text

    Lesson 13- 3D GUY (19:10 min)
    1. Starting the Comp & Adding the Toner E.ect
    2. Applying a Mask
    3. Creating a Circular Track Matte
    4. Applying Tint, Simple Choker & Levels E.ects
    5. Working with Multiple Masks
    6. Using Animation to Hide Masks & Mattes
    7. Tweaking the Animation & Rendering

    Lesson 14 - EDWARD BIOGENICS LOGO (EBG LOGO) (13:28 min)
    1. Adjusting Anchor Point to Animate Text
    2. Creating Lines from a Solid & Animating Them
    3. Applying the Card Dance E.ect to the Logo
    4. Applying CC Force Motion Blur to the Logo
    5. Using Card Dance to Create the Logo Background

    Lesson 15 - ASSEMBLING EBG OPEN (35:21 min)
    1. Combining Animations with a Di.erence Matte
    2. Framing a Comp with Masks & Other E.ects
    3. Adding Feathers & Overlays to a Composite
    4. Enhancing Animation Using Solids
    5. A.ecting & Animating Text Properties
    6. Assembling the Final Comp
    7. Creatively Transitioning Between Scenes