Adobe After Effects 5.5 delivers a comprehensive set of tools to efficiently produce motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, multimedia, and the Web. This Production Bundle contains all the tools in the Standard version plus 16-bit color support, vector paint capabilities, network rendering, and additional keying, motion control, visual effects, 3-D channel, and audio tools. It also includes the Zaxwerks 3D Invigorator Classic, a plug-in designed to help easily produce broadcast and film-quality 3-D graphics. After Effects offers a high level of integration with Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator to produce professional results. And now get native support for Mac OS X.

After Effects 5.5 features increased control over lighting properties, allowing users to cast colored shadows or simulate the effects of stained glass. Create spotlights that cast light in the shape of stars or logos. After Effects 5.5 also includes eight new effects, giving you more than 90 effects to use alone or in combination to produce looks that are tailored for any project. And now you can apply effects more efficiently and organize them however you like with the new effects palette. Just drag and drop effects from the palette and arrange them using customized folders or list them alphabetically.

After Effects 5.5 offers more import and output options. Create RealMedia streaming or Web download files that support RealVideo, RealAudio, and RealVideo with audio. Get support for work in 16-bit-per-channel formats such as Maya IFF, QuickTime, RPF, and SGI files. Import Macromedia Flash files and MPEG-1 files to use in your compositions. Cross-media delivery of high-quality digital content with After Effects has never been easier or more flexible.

PROJECT WINDOW

   Importing Elements

   Project Window Properties

   Creating Folders

   New Composition

 

COMPOSITION WINDOW

   Magnification & Zones

   Take Snapshot Colour Channels

   Region Of Interest

   Layer Wireframes

 

TIMELINE WINDOW

   Current Time Marker

   Adding Layers

   Changing Layer Order

   Duration Bars

 

RENDER WINDOW

   Render Queue

   Render Settings

   Output Module

   Post Rendering

 

BASIC ANIMATION

   Adjusting Composition Settings

   Layer Positioning

   Basic Scale & Opacity Settings

   Basic Position & Rotation Settings

 

SOLIDS

   Creating Solids

   Solid Shapes

   Layer Editing Window

   Using The Pen Tool

 

BASIC LAYERS

   What Can Be Animated

   How Do We Animate

   Simple Positioning Animating

   Shying Layers

 

MORE SOLIDS

   Drawing Solids

   Bezier Curves

   Duplicating/Renaming Layers

   Quality Settings

 

KEYFRAMES

   Complex Position Animating

   Animating Rotation

   Keyframe Navigator

   Trimming Layers

KEYFRAME TECHNIQUES

   Animating Opacity

   Copying Keyframes

   Copying

   Adjusting Keyframes

 

TEXT

   Roving Keyframes

   Finish Adjusting

   Creating Text

   Drop Shadows Animating

 

TECHNIQUES

   Animating Text

   Shearing

   Markers

   Placeholders

 

ANCHOR POINTS

   Adjusting Anchor Points

   Other Ways To Adjust

   Anchor Points & Rotation

   Animating Anchor Points

 

MOTION FUNCTIONS

   Motion Blur

   Acceleration

   Stretching Layers

   Frame Blendings

 

TRANSPARENT

   Alpha Channels

   Alpha Channels

   More Alpha Tricks

   Masks

 

ADVANCED MASKING

   Mask Animations

   Smart Mask Interpolation

   Multiple Masks On One Layer

   Mask Copying Free Transforms

 

MATTES

   Track Mattes

   Animated Track Mattes

   Travelling Mattes

   Save As

 

KEYING

   Colour Keying

   Photo Editing With Keying

   Luminance Keying

   Mix And Match

 

ADVANCED COMPOSITING

   Masks/Replacing Footage

   A Nested Compositions

   Pre-Compose Command

   Pre-Compose

 

TRANSFER MODES

   Soft Light

   Hard Light

   Darken

   Lighten

 

TRANSFER MODES

   Add

   Multiply

   Screen

   Overlay

 

SPECIAL EFFECTS

   New Effects In 5.5

   Blur & Sharpen

   Brightness & Contrast

   Tinting

 

ADVANCED EFFECTS

   Poster size

   Cross Fades

   Lightning Effects

   Lens Flare

 

TRANSITIONS

   Gradient Wipes

   Iris/Linear Wipes

   Block Dissolves

   Venetian Blinds

 

STYLISED IMAGES

   Brush Strokes

   Embossing

   Mosaic

   Noise

 

DISTORTED

   Warps

   Smear

   Spherize

 

 

 

 

THIS IS OF THE ESSENCE

   Managing The Work Area

   Lifting And Extracting

   Remapping Footage Time

   Hold On Frame

 

SIMULATIONS

   Particle Playground

   Shatter

 

AUDIO & VIDEO

   Audio Effects

   Video Filters

   Compound Motion

 

AUDIO EFFECTS

   Bass & Treble

   Reverb

   Backwards

 

WORKING WITH 3D

   3S Perspective

   Introduction To 3D Scenes

   Cameras

   Creating In 3D

 

TRICKS

   Pan Behind

   Advanced Layering

   Save Sam Preview

 

ADJUSTING LAYERS

   Adjusting Layers

   Working Layers

 

PANELS

   Parent

   Keys

   Duration

   Stretch

 

PROGRAMMING

   Creating Expressions

   Using Expressions

 

FINISHING UP

   Rendering GIFs And TIFs

   Image Stabilizer

   Motion Tracking