After Effects CS3 Advanced

Projects
Creating and saving Projects
Photoshop and Illustrator Files
Alpha Channels
Adobe Bridge
Interlaced Footage
Pixel Aspect Ratio (PAR)
File Formats: DV, HDV, HD

Interpolation with Other Abobe Applications
Premiere
Encore
Photoshop
Audition
Soundbooth

Compositions
Brain Storm ( creative Compositions)
Creating Compositions
Composition Settings
Presets
Advanced Composition Settings
Composition and Timeline Panels
Insert and Overlay Commands
Solid Layers
Adjustment Layers
Nesting Compositions
Photoshop CS3 Integration
RPF/RLA Files

Layer Editing
Layer Panels
The Time Graph
Trimming Layers
Numerical Editing Controls
Layers Speed
Slip Edit
Sequencing and Overlapping Layers
Splitting Layers
Markers

Effects

Effect Categories
Preset Panel
Applying Effects
Effect Property Controls
Effect Control Panel
Effects to an Adjustment Layer
Compound Effects
Animating Effects
Keying in Depth (keylight)
Particle Playground
Third Party Plugins

Creating and Animating Text

Creating Type
Editing Type
Formatting Characters
Blending Characters
Text Paths
Animating Text
Text Animation Prested
Per Character 3D Text Animation
Animator Groups
Range Selector
Multiple Selectors and Selector Modes
Wiggly Selector Options

Painting on a Layer

Paint and Brush Tip Panels
Stroke Options
Brush Dynamics
Animating Strokes
Clone Stamp Tool
Rotoscoping


Advanced Layer Techniques

Shape Layers (Vector Objects)
Frame Blending
Motion Blur
Time Remapping
Blending Modes
Track Matttes
The Puppet Tool
Parenting
Properties and Keyframes
Layer Property Types
Global and animated Properties
Spatial Controls
Audio Waveform
Audio Panel
Animating Layer Properties
Animation Presets

Playback, Previews and RAM
Rendering and RAM
Region of Interest
Time Controls
Live Update
Fast Preview Option
Open GL
The Work Area
Previewing Audio
Rendering RAM Previews
Purging The RAM Cache

Keyframe Interpolation
Interpolation Types
Spatial Interpolation
Motion Paths
Graph Editor (overview)
Value and Speed Graphs
Temporal Interpolation Types
Keyframe Assistants
Roving Keyframes

Masks
Viewing Masks
Mask Paths
Targeting Masks
Creation Methods
Closed and Open Masks
Mask Shapes
Rotobezier Masks
Converting Masks
Masks from Photoshop and Illustrator
Mask Modes
Keying With Keylight



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3D Layers

Using 3D
Camera Views
Comp Panel Layouts
Axis Modes
3D Position
3D material Options
Lights
Previewing 3D
3D Layer Order
Photoshop Vanishing Point in After Effects

Motion Tracking

About Motion Tracking
Motion Tacking
Stabilizing
Using Motion Tracking

Complex Projects

Nesting
Flowchart
Precomposing
Collapsing Transformations
Pre-rendering
Using Null Objects

Expressions

What are Expressions
Simplifying Animations with
Expression Presets
Using Expressions
The Pickwhip
Expressions Language Menu

Output

The Render Queue
Making a Movie
Multiple Output Modes
Templates
Single Frames
Exporting to swf and flv
AdobeMedia Encoder
Flash Integration
Setting Flash Control Points
Clip Notes (Client interaction Function)
Video for Mobile Cellphones

Keyboard Shortcuts

Question and Answers