Adobe After Effects 6.5 Magic [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

Copyright

About the Authors

About the Contributors

Introduction

How this book was written

Who this book is for

About this book and companion DVD

Chapter 1. Spinning Squares

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Building the Intro

Building the Color Sequences

Creating the End Tag

Completing the Finished Spot

Now Try This

Chapter 2. Falling Squares

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Building the Transitions

Building Backdrops

Building the Sections

Finishing Touches

Now Try This

Chapter 3. Wall of Squares

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Building the Background

The Other Backgrounds

Building More Elements

Building the Sections

The Big Finale

Now Try This

Chapter 4. Designing Title Effects

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the Title

Dividing the Title

Animating the Masks

Creating the Title Blur

Adding Flashes of Light

Animating the Flare Brightness

Creating the Comets

Stretching the Title

Now Try This

Chapter 5. Dancing Type

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Setting Up the Composition

Animating the Background

Creating the QUICKSTEP Logo

Creating the Dancing Figure

Pulling It All Together

Now Try This

Chapter 6. Auto-Scaling Type

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Setting Up the Composition

Creating the Text

Scaling by Letter

Creating the Fade-In Effect

Building the First Background Layer

Building the Second Background Layer

Animating the Black End of the Ramp

Creating a Surface Reflection

Now Try This

Chapter 7. Animated Columns

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Building the Car Sequence

Building the Layers

Building the Columns

Branding the Project

Now Try This

Chapter 8. Animating with Illustrator

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Setting Up the Composition

Setting Up Illustrator

Creating the Letters' Paths

Adding Stars for Each Letter

Now Try This

Chapter 9. Corporate Open

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the Background

Scrolling Text

Building the Gold Bar

Adding the Logo Layer

Applying the Sparks

Creating a Flickering Light

Now Try This

Chapter 10. Unscrambling Type

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the Words

Positioning the Text in 3D

Randomizing the Text

Staggering the Text

Making 3D Look Easy

Adding an Atmospheric Background

Creating the Text Lights

Now Try This

Chapter 11. Raining Slogans

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the First Slogan

Raining Letters into Place

Flying through Text in 3D Space

Clarifying the Text

Adding the Slogans

Flipping Venetian Blinds

Sliding In the Phone Number

Now Try This

Chapter 12. Sonic Promo

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the First Speaker

Animating with Audio

Making a Pulsing Background

Animating Illustrator Layers

Putting the Beats Together

Now Try This

Chapter 13. Sci-Fi Storm

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating Clouds

Creating a Lightning Storm

Creating a Planet

Creating an Orbiting Title

Assembling a Steel Box

Animating the Steel Box

Now Try This

Chapter 14. Station ID

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the Background

Adding the Scrolling Text

Creating an Aperture

Adding the News Channel

Adding Text to the Channel

Now Try This

Chapter 15. Fog of Text

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating Layers of Text

Animating the Text

Making a Woman Invisible

Now Try This

Chapter 16. Fast and Easy Lighting

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the Motion Background

Extruding the Main Title

Creating a Spotlight

Now Try This

Chapter 17. Heartbeat Car Commercial

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the Heartbeat

Building the Heart Monitor

Building the Movie Sequence

Putting It All Together

Now Try This

Chapter 18. Exotic Sketch-a-Car

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Sketching the Car

Capturing a Still

Animating the Sketch

Adding the Three Movies

Creating a Grid

Adding the Background Car

Now Try This

Chapter 19. Tracking Reflections

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the First Reflection

Creating the Second Reflection

Parenting the Third Reflection

Housekeeping

Now Try This

Chapter 20. Designer's Corner

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Assembling the Background Sequence

Getting the Big Picture

Adding the TV Picture

Revealing the Photo

Now Try This

Chapter 21. Animated Filmstrip

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the Filmstrip

Adding More Film Frames

Creating the Master Comp

Animating the Filmstrip

Now Try This

Chapter 22. Video Cubes

It Works Like This

Preparing to Work

Creating the Cube

Imploding the Cube

Exploding the Cube

Spinning the Box

Adding Reading Material

Adding the Command Line

Revealing the Logo in Stripes

Now Try This

Index