After Effects Workshop DVD - Basics & Tricks

You can expect a video tutorial with lots of tips and tricks on how to get your pictures moving.

Here I go through opening After Effects for the first time, importing files, creating compositions and the program's user interface. Length: 21 minutes

Here I go into the presets in After Effects and explain their functions, advantages and disadvantages as well as my own experiences. I will also discuss how to define your own After Effects workspaces.

In this part, we will look at animations in After Effects and how to control them using the different keyframe interpolation types.

This tutorial is about effects in After Effects to change and edit the footage itself. It also discusses how adjustment layers work and what they are for.

In this part, I will show you the switches and modes of the layers in more detail. I also explain masks and shape layers in After Effects.

With this part, the basics series is slowly becoming a little more specific. In this part, I will show you the different variants of time distortion in After Effects and the methods of frame blending that After Effects offers.

In this tutorial, I will use an example to describe how 3D space works in After Effects and we will also create our own small 3D composition. We will cover cameras, lights, nested compositions, material options and null objects.

In this tutorial I describe Expressions in its entirety. Links and other things that give a little insight into this side of AfterEffects. I'll also show you a few ways in which Expressions simplify the workflow or make it possible in some places.

In this tutorial, I describe the setting options and various tracking types available in After Effects in detail using a specific example. I also go into the additional software "Mocha", which has been included since CS4, but which is not necessary for this tutorial as it only deals with Mocha in the last part.

In this last part of the basic series, I describe the rendering process and all the settings to be made, as well as the export to Flash for creating a Flash banner with AfterEffects

In this video training series, I would like to provide a brief insight into video compression to give everyone the opportunity to compress their videos optimally using their own knowledge. In this part, I will introduce the topic of "Formats & Codecs" for a basic understanding.

In this video training series, I would like to provide a brief insight into video compression to give everyone the opportunity to optimally compress their videos using their own knowledge. In this part I present the first setting options: Size & frame rate. I will also discuss interlacing and terms such as "PAL" and "720p".

In this video training series, I would like to give a brief insight into video compression to give everyone the opportunity to optimally compress their videos using their own knowledge. In this part, I will introduce further setting options: The data rate as well as key frames. I will also go into the general principles of video compression and give my own tips on compression for the web.

In this video training series, I would like to provide a brief insight into video compression to give everyone the opportunity to optimally compress their videos using their own knowledge. In this part, I will introduce you to the few but essential setting options for audio compression and explain their respective meaning and effects.

In this video training series, I would like to give a brief insight into video compression to give everyone the opportunity to compress their videos optimally using their own knowledge. In this part, I'll give you my tips on compression programs using a few examples. I will also go through the entire compression workflow when creating a video training course.

In this video training I give an introduction to the powerful tool of scripting and its basics.

I refer everything to Adobe After Effects, but you can also learn scripting basics for other programs such as Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator.

In this video training I start with the creation of the script "LayerRenamer". In this part I deal with the structure of the user interface. All knowledge from this video training is transferable to all Adobe applications that support scripts (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator ...)!

In this video training, I integrate the user interface created in the first part as a panel in the After Effects user interface and give the script the desired functions so that it does justice to its task of renaming layers.

In this video training we start with the creation of the script "TheWiggler" by creating a dynamically scalable interface, this time in an alternative way. All knowledge from this video training is transferable to all Adobe applications that support scripts (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator...)!

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In this video training we finish the script "The Wiggler" by giving it its functionality, namely that it sets randomly generated keyframes at a certain interval. We cover nested for-loops and some if-queries.

In this video training I show you my script & link tips. What are useful scripts, where can you get them and also: Where can I find documentation to write my own scripts?

In this video training series on the topic of expressions, I will teach a few advanced expression techniques using practical examples. In this introduction, however, I would like to explain the topic of math and functions in Expressions and show how this can be useful, for example, to create physical simulations.

In this video training series on the topic of expressions, I would like to share a few advanced expression techniques using practical examples. In this part on the topic of "Random Jumping", I demonstrate animation techniques with expressions and create a controllable random movement. We will also simulate the effect of "Trapcode Lux" with AE onboard tools.

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In this video training series on the topic of expressions, I would like to teach a few advanced expression techniques using practical examples. In this part, I create a 3D helper script that automatically moves a null object from one level to the next, focusing on the use of try and catch in expression programming.

In this video training series on the topic of expressions, I would like to share a few advanced expression techniques using practical examples. In this part, I create the frequently requested coverflow effect and demonstrate the procedure for programming a previously unknown effect with sketches and case distinctions in expressions.

In this video training series on the topic of expressions, I would like to share a few advanced expression techniques using practical examples. In this final part, expressions are not the focus at all, but rather the creation of your own custom effects in After Effects. A topic that has been kept very secret. A secret that I would like to reveal.

In this two-part video training, I would like to show in-depth color correction - first in Synthetic Aperture's Color Finesse. All this taking into account the diagrams and display options for the color situation. Everything explained and shown in a practical way.

In this two-part video training I would like to explain in-depth color correction - in this part with After Effects onboard tools. How can we do selective color correction there and how to create looks with the powerful Magic Bullet Looks plug-in? All this is covered in this video training.

In this video training series, I have prepared a mash-up of the most popular video effects. In Part 1, we'll look at the tilt/shift effect, adding rain or snow and trimming the video to look old.

In this video training series, I have prepared a mash-up of the most popular video effects. In Part 2.1, we will look at how to create the frequently requested matrix text and the video look for it using the simplest possible means.

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In this video training series, I have prepared a mash-up of the most popular video effects. In Part 2.2, we replace a monotonous sky with a realistically animated sky panorama and transform the scenery into a dark, mystical night scene.

In this video training series, I have prepared a mash-up of the most popular video effects. In Part 3.1, I create the illusion of pressure in a video. This is called the HalfTone effect and is one of the most interesting effects. The video now consists of CMYK pressure points and no longer pixels.

In this video training series, I have prepared a mash-up of the most popular video effects. In Part 3.3, I create the often requested Sin City effect and simulate an earthquake using an expression system.

In this SpecialFX series I would like to discuss the most requested VFX with you. Here we'll be covering an action scene, and this first part will be about a few on-location tips for shooting (especially alone) and how to create muzzle flashes.

In this SpecialFX series I would like to discuss the most requested VFX with you. Here we cover an action scene, and in this second part we add a believable explosion to the scene and put the person back in the foreground via rotoscoping.

In this SpecialFX series, I would like to discuss the most frequently requested VFX with you. Here we will cover the realistic replacement of a screen and also the re-insertion of a foreground object. Both advanced tracking in Mocha and the improvement of the track with my CustomEffect-EPTrack will be used. ATTENTION! The CustomEffect is located in the working files!

In this SpecialFX series, I would like to discuss the most frequently requested VFX with you. Here we will cover the 2.5D tracking of a scene by tracking the bare ground plane, refining the track with EPTrack and using it to position objects correctly in perspective. ATTENTION! The CustomEffect is located in the working files!

In this SpecialFX series I would like to introduce you to the most requested VFX. Here we cover the often requested simulation of a lightsaber, which we create completely in After Effects in 2 ways.

In this SpecialFX series I would like to introduce you to the most requested VFX. Here we cover the compositing of a car video in front of a green screen to create the realistic result of a moving car with background and reflection.

In this SpecialFX series, I would like to discuss the most requested VFX with you. Here we'll cover the effect of creating an "avatar" with a focus on face tracking. We track the face so that we can apply every possible change to it.

In this SpecialFX series, I would like to discuss the most requested VFX with you. Here we will cover the effect of creating an "avatar" with a focus on green screen compositing. We'll take a closer look at the keylight effect and I'll share my tips and tricks for keying poorly shot footage and blending it with a new background in a believable way.

After Effects CS5.5: Is it really worth it for you? Find out.

In this tutorial, I'll show you the latest features and improvements in the intermediate version of After Effects CS5.5.

What's new in CS6? Is an update worthwhile? In this video training, I give a brief overview of what has changed in After Effects in this version and show you how to use the new functions.