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4USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Getting startedLast updated 12/21/2009You can find additional free services, downloads, plug-ins, scripts, extensions, samples

94USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Upper-field first corresponds to Even Field First in an Elec

95USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009When you apply 3:2 pulldown to footage, one frame of the film (A)

96USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Interpret footage items” on page 71“Introduce 3

97USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009• To import a group of spanned clips for a shot that were recorded

98USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Depth order of video and audio tracks During AAF import, video t

99USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009For video tutorials about using Vanishing Point data from Photosho

100USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/20093D Channel effect plug-ins from fnord software are included with

101USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/20092 Choose Animation > Keyframe Assistant > RPF Camera Impo

102USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: After Effects reads only the rendering cameras in Maya file

103USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009• If the final output will be broadcast video, keep colors within

5USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Getting startedLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Video tutorials on Adobe TV were created for After Effects CS4. Video tutorials on

104USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: When you render a composition that contains a numbered sequ

105USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Import a still-image sequence as a compositionWhen you import a P

106USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Because After Effects includes the Photoshop rendering engine, Af

107USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009If you import a layered Photoshop file as a merged file, After Ef

108USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Layer styles” on page 177“Working with Photosh

109USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Importing and interpreting Cineon and DPX sequencesYou can import

110USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009You can adjust a camera raw image after importing it. To open the

111USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Camera Raw supports images up to 65,000 pixels long or wide

112USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009You can convert camera raw files to the DNG format by using the A

113USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/20097. Save the image, or open it in Photoshop or After Effects. Wh

6USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Getting startedLast updated 12/21/2009• Creating compositions for mobile devices: Creating After Effects mobile compositions (

114USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Camera Raw dialog box overviewCamera Raw dialog boxA. Filmstrip

115USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Preview Displays a preview of the image adjustments made in the

116USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Work with Camera Raw and Lightroom 2Camera Raw and Lightroom sha

117USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009• To mark selected images for deletion, click Mark For Deletion

118USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/20092 In the Save Options dialog box, specify the following options:D

119USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009A histogram is made up of three layers of color that represent th

120USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Not all color casts are a result of incorrect white balanc

121USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009To adjust the white balance quickly, select the White Balance too

122USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009in the shadows, with much less change in the midtones and highlig

123USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Clarity, Vibrance, and Saturation controls in Camera RawYou can c

7USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Getting startedLast updated 12/21/2009After Effects community resourcesResources on the Adobe websiteAdobe provides documentat

124USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “HSL / Grayscale controls in Camera Raw” on page

125USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009If the only profile in the Camera Profile menu is Embedded, it me

126USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Retouching and transforming images with Camera RawRotate images i

127USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Remove spots in Camera RawThe Spot Removal tool lets you repair

128USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Detail Adjusts how much high-frequency information is sharpened

129USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/20092 Choose the type of adjustment you want to make in the Adjustmen

130USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009To create an eraser brush that has different characteristics from

131USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009• Drag the black-and-white dotted line to shift the effect.• Posi

132USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Correcting lens distortion and noise in Camera RawCompensate for

133USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/20092 Decrease Midpoint to apply the adjustment to a larger area away

8USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Getting startedLast updated 12/21/2009Alan Shisko provides insights and tips about motion graphics on his Motion Graphics &apo

134USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Camera Raw settingsSave image states as snapshots in Camera RawYo

135USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Save New Camera Raw Defaults Saves the current settings as the n

136USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/20093 If you want to store all adjustments to DNG files in the DNG fi

137USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Export Camera Raw settings and DNG previewsIf you store file sett

138Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 6: Layers and propertiesCreating layersLayers overviewLayers are the elements that make up a composition. Without la

139USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009“Creating and editing text layers” on page 341“3D layers” on page 179“Cameras,

140USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Note: By default, new layers begin at the beginning of the composition duration.

141USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Ripple Insert Edit Also creates the new layer at the top of the layer stackin

142USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Note: A more accurate description is that the adjustment layer applies the effec

143USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Selecting and arranging layersJeff Almasol provides a script on his redefinery w

9USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Getting startedLast updated 12/21/2009Chris Pirazzi provides technical details of digital video on his Lurker's Guide to

144USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009• To select all child layers assigned to a parent layer, select the parent layer

145USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Coordinate systems: composition space and layer spaceThe coordinate system for e

146USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009“Effects and animation presets overview” on page 387“Layers (keyboard shortcuts

147USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009The decision of whether to work with separate dimensions depends on what you’re

148USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Trim, extend, or slip-edit a layerThe beginning of the duration of a layer is it

149USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Trim or extend layers in the Timeline panelDragging the Out point of a layer dur

150USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009• To remove the section, choose Edit > Extract Work Area. The gap is closed

151USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009“Layers (keyboard shortcuts)” on page 746“Trim, extend, or slip-edit a layer” o

152USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Select layers” on page 143Copy or duplicate a layerWhen you c

153USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Paul Tuersley provides a script on the AE Enhancers forum for splitting layers a

10Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 2: User interfaceChris and Trish Meyer provide a video overview of the After Effects user interface on the Focal Pres

154USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009View and change layer information• To rename a layer or property group, do one o

155USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Switches in the A/V Features columnVideo Toggles layer visuals on or off. (Se

156USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009• To deselect the Video switch for all layers except the selected layers, choose

157USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009• To change the color of a label for one layer, click the label in the Timeline

158USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009To toggle between Best and Draft quality of selected layers, click the Quality s

159USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009When you apply an effect to a continuously rasterized layer, the results may dif

160USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009All layer properties are temporal—they can change the layer over time. Some laye

161USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009• To show only properties that have keyframes or expressions, press U, or choose

162USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Set a property valueIf multiple layers are selected and you change a property fo

163USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009The easiest way to pan and scan over a large image is to animate Anchor Point an

11USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Panels, viewers, workspaces, and windows (keyboard shortcuts)” on page

164USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Reset a layer anchor point• To reset the anchor point to its default location in

165USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Though it's not very well suited for movies, the content-aware scaling feat

166USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009For more precision in setting audio levels by dragging sliders, increase the hei

167USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009• To remove a parent from a layer, in the Parent column, click the menu of the l

168USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009A composition can contain any number of null objects. A null object is visible o

169USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Aharon Rabinowitz provides a video tutorial on the Creative COW website that dem

170USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009If you use Brainstorm on a single one-dimensional property (such as Opacity, but

171USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Layer properties in the Timeline panel” on page 159Blending m

172USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Blending mode referenceAll blending modes described in this section are availabl

173USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Blending mode galleryunderlying layersource layerNormal Dissolve Dancing Dissolv

12USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009Dragging panel (A) onto docking zone (B) to dock it (C)Grouping zonesGrouping zones exis

174USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Blending mode descriptionsIn the following descriptions, these terms are used:•

175USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Multiply For each color channel, multiplies source color channel value with und

176USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Vivid Light Burns or dodges the colors by increasing or decreasing the contrast

177USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Sometimes, when layers are aligned edge-to-edge, seams can appear between

178USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Use the Bevel And Emboss layer style rather than the Bevel Alpha effect if, for

179USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Spread Expands the boundaries of the matte before blurring. Use Global Light S

180USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/20092D layers (left) and layers with 3D properties (right)Any layer can be a 3D laye

181USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Paul Tuersley provides a pair of scripts on the AE Enhancers forum for convertin

182USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Show or hide 3D axes and layer controls3D axes are color-coded arrows: red for x

183USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Animating the Orientation property is often better for natural, smooth motion, w

13USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009Drag panel gripper to move one panel• To move an entire group, drag the group gripper in

184USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009View Axis mode Aligns the axes to the view you have selected. For example, su

185USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Shadows cast by continuously rasterized 3D layers (including text layers) are no

186USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009A 3D object and its camera may be animated within Photoshop. To make After Effec

187USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009All cameras are listed in the 3D View menu at the bottom of the Composition pane

188USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Note: The three things that affect depth of field are focal length, aperture, an

189USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Measure Film Size The dimensions used to depict the film size.Online resources

190USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009You can specify which 3D layers a light affects by designating the light as an a

191USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Simulate light falloffNative After Effects lights don’t include falloff properti

192USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “3D layers” on page 179“Auto-Orientation options” on page 153

193USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Track Z Camera Adjusts the 3D view along the line from the camera to the poin

Last updated 12/21/2009Legal noticesCopyright© 2008 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.Using Adobe® After Effects® CS4 for Windows® and M

14USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009When you drag the divider between panel groups, all groups that share the divider are re

194USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Layers and propertiesLast updated 12/21/2009Metal The contribution of the layer color to the color of the specular highligh

195Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 7: Views and previewsPreviewingWhen you want to view certain crucial frames in a composition—such as when showing th

196USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009“Memory & Multiprocessing preferences” on page 635“Layer switches and columns

197USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009Save a RAM preview as a movieAfter Effects can save RAM previews as uncompressed AV

198USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009Standard previews play at a speed as close to the speed of real time as possible. H

199USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009The time ruler visually represents the time dimension of a composition, a layer, or

200USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: When multiple views are open, previews use the frontmost composition view for

201USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009To prevent After Effects from updating images in the Footage, Layer, and Compositio

202USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009Work area markers indicate the composition duration rendered for previews or final

203USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009Preview on an external video monitorYou can preview the contents of your Layer, Foo

15USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009Scroll bar for showing tabs of other panelsMore Help topics “Panels, viewers, workspaces

204USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009Modifying and using viewsChoose a view layout and share view settingsThe Compositio

205USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “3D layers” on page 179“Cameras, lights, and points of interest”

206USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Views (keyboard shortcuts)” on page 744ResolutionIn the context

207USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009When you preview the alpha channel, the image appears as a grayscale image, with th

208USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009The size of proportional grids increases or decreases when the composition size cha

209USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Views and previewsLast updated 12/21/2009Safe zones and grids in Composition panelA. Grid B. Center-cut title-safe zone C.

210Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 8: Animation and keyframesAnimation basicsAbout animation, keyframes, and expressionsAnimation is change over time.

211USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009When the stopwatch is active for a specific property, After Effects automatica

212USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Two animated properties (Position and Scale) shown in the Graph EditorTwo type

213USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Show Animated Properties Displays animated properties of selected layers in t

16USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009Edit this, look at that (ETLAT) and locked Composition viewersIf a Composition viewer is

214USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Auto Zoom Height and FitAuto Zoom Height Toggles Auto Zoom Height mode, whi

215USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/20094 Do one of the following:• Click the keyframe navigator button for the laye

216USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009• To select all keyframes for a layer property, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-

217USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009• RPF Camera Import Imports RPF camera data from third-party 3D modeling appl

218USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Editing, moving, and copying keyframesView or edit a keyframe valueBefore you

219USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/20095 Do one of the following:• To paste to the same property of the copied keyfra

220USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Layer properties in the Timeline panel” on page 159“About a

221USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/20094 Move or stretch the layer duration bar to its new In and Out points.5 Move t

222USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Value graphA. Keyframe. B. A level value graph indicates unchanging values.

223USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009When you select multiple keyframes in the Graph Editor, a free-transform bound

17USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Activating tools (keyboard shortcuts)” on page 741Open panel, viewer,

224USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009The density of dots between the boxes in a motion path indicates the relative

225USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Drag a keyframe in the Composition panel to move one Position keyframe.You can

226USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Though the results are different, the techniques for manipulating motion

227USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009You can paste any of these paths into the Position or Anchor Point property fo

228USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009When motion blur is enabled for a composition and the Timeline panel is zoomed

229USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Smooth motion and velocity by removing extra keyframesSmooth motion paths, val

230USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Using the Wiggler, you can more closely simulate natural movement within speci

231USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Expression basics” on page 646“Work area” on page 201Onlin

232USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Temporal interpolation and the value graphUsing the value graph in the Graph E

233USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Keyframe interpolation methodsIn layer bar mode, the appearance of a keyframe

18USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009If one or more layers are selected in a composition, the filtering operation in the Time

234USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009No interpolationNo interpolation is the state in which a layer property has no

235USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009If you apply Continuous Bezier interpolation to all keyframes of a property, A

236USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Change interpolation method with the Keyframe Interpolation dialog boxThe Keyf

237USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Modify Bezier direction handles in the Graph EditorIn the Graph Editor, keyfra

238USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Motion path in Composition panel (top) compared to speed graph in Graph Editor

239USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Linear interpolation (top) causes sharp changes; Bezier interpolation (bottom)

240USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Shorter temporal distance between keyframes increases layer speed.• Apply the

241USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Direction handles in speed graphsA. Incoming direction handle B. Speed contro

242USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Dragging direction handle to create a peakStart or stop change graduallyDirect

243USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/20093 Using the Selection tool, click a keyframe and drag the direction handle lef

19USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009• To zoom into the area under the pointer, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) as

244USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009The original motion path (top) shows different velocities between keyframes. A

245USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Richard Harrington provides a video tutorial on the Peachpit website that show

246USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Current Frame Holds the layer at the position of the current-time indicator (

247USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Time-remapping overview and resourcesYou can expand, compress, play backward,

248USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009When you apply time-remapping to a layer containing audio and video, the audio

249USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009By setting additional Time Remap keyframes, you can create complex motion resu

250USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/20092 Choose Layer > Time > Enable Time Remapping.This command adds two Ti

251USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Dragging the keyframe down slows down the layer.• To slow the layer down, drag

252USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Drag the remap-time marker to replace the frame at the current time marker.5 M

253USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009• To increase the pitch, drag the speed graph marker up.Remove clicks from new

20USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Open panel, viewer, and context menus” on page 17“Keyboard shortcuts”

254USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009A check mark by the appropriate Frame Blending command (Frame Mix or Pixel Mot

255USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009When you place the first pin, the area within an outline is automatically divi

256USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Eran Stern provides a video tutorial on the Creative COW website that shows ho

257USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Work with Puppet pins and the distortion mesh” on page 259“

258USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009How the Puppet effect creates outlinesWhen a Puppet mesh is created, its bound

259USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Work with Puppet pins and the distortion mesh• To show the mesh for the Puppet

260USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Overlap pin with negative In Front value (top), and Overlap pin with positive

261USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Unwanted distortion in figure (upper left) is prevented with Starch pin (upper

262USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009David Torno provides extensive video tutorials that show how to use mocha-AE a

263USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009You specify areas to track by setting track points in the Layer panel. Each tr

21USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009• Audio Preview Duration: “Preview video and audio” on page 195Display preferences• Mot

264USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Sean Kennedy provides a set of detailed tutorials on the SimplyCG website that

265USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009If you’re tracking a large object or the set itself—such as for matchmoving—yo

266USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Attach point offset from feature region5. Adjust the feature region, search

267USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009You can apply the tracking data to a null object layer and parent the layer th

268USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009If the tracking ceases to be accurate, click the Stop button , correct the pr

269USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009• Transform tracks position, rotation, and/or scale to apply to another layer.

270USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009than the surrounding image (such as a burning candle carried through a room).

271USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009You can rename trackers and track points and modify and animate their property

272USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009• To move only the feature and search regions together, drag the edge of the f

273USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Animation and keyframesLast updated 12/21/2009Motion source and its motion pathA. Moving the feature and search regions B.

22USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009Auto-Save preferences• Automatically Save Projects and Maximum Project Versions: “Save a

274Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 9: ColorColor basicsCharles Poynton provides an excellent set of resources on his website regarding color technology

275USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009To change the format in which color values are shown in the Info panel and in some effect contro

276USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Because we can see only a subset of the luminance values in a real-world scene in an HDR image o

277USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009A. Opacity stop B. Color stop C. Opacity midpoint D. Eyedropper E. New-color rectangle F. O

278USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/20092 (Optional) To prevent panels from updating with the results of your color selection until you

279USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Edit a gradientA gradient is defined by color stops and opacity stops. Each stop has a location

280USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Additional resources for color correction and adjustmentJohn Dickinson provides visual aids on h

281USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Histogram showing highlight clippingHistogram showing shadow clippingColor models and color spac

282USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Harry Frank provides a video tutorial on his graymachine website that shows how and why to use c

283USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Color profiles are said to be scene-referred if their tone-response curves are based on the cond

23USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009• Added Transform > Flip Horizontal, Transform > Flip Vertical, Transform > Cen

284USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Cineon and DPX footage itemsA common part of the motion-picture film production workflow is scan

285USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Overview of color managementColor information is communicated using numbers. Because different d

286USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009By setting a working color space for the project (which enables color management), you do two th

287USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009The DPX Theater Preview and DPX Standard Camera profiles provided by After Effects 7 for use wit

288USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/20094 Do one of the following to calibrate and profile your monitor:• For best results, use third-pa

289USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Color models and color spaces” on page 281“Color depth and high dynamic range

290USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009In some cases, files that you import have ICC profiles embedded in them. When you import these f

291USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009The output color profile for a render item determines what calculations are performed when conve

292USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Enable or disable display color managementWhen color management is on, the default behavior is f

293USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009During output simulation, colors are converted from the working color space for the project to t

iiiLast updated 12/21/2009ContentsChapter 1: Getting startedInstallation, activation, and registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

24USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009Project panel• Added text field for searching and filtering. Removed Find button from bo

294USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Macintosh RGB Show how colors will appear when displayed by a non–color managed application on

295USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ColorLast updated 12/21/2009Broadcast-safe colorsAnalog video signal amplitude is expressed in IRE units (or volts in PAL vi

296Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 10: Drawing, painting, and pathsPaint tools: Brush, Clone Stamp, and EraserPaint tools and paint strokesThe Brush to

297USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009• To select paint strokes in the Layer panel, use the Selection tool to c

298USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Paint tools and paint strokes” on page 296“Paint tools

299USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Brush strokes using 100% roundness (left) and varying percentages (right)

300USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009“Blending mode reference” on page 172“Layer properties in the Timeline p

301USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Clone Stamp toolYou can use the Clone Stamp tool to copy pixel values fro

302USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Displaying the clone source overlay while cloning between two different l

303USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: You can manually manipulate the time and coordinates from which sam

25USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009• Added name to Property submenu in Expression Language menu. See “Property attributes a

304USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Eraser toolIf you use the Eraser tool in Layer Source & Paint or Pain

305USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Layer properties in the Timeline panel” on page 159“Ma

306USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009After Effects interpolates a paint stroke (center) between two different

307USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Aharon Rabinowitz’s “What are Raster and Vector Graphics?” video tutorial

308USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Points on a pathA. Four corner points B. Four smooth points C. Combinat

309USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Creating shapes and masks” on page 312“Add, edit, and

310USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Groups and render order for shapes and shape attributesThough the default

311USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009When you add a shape attribute using the Add menu in the Tools panel or T

312USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Create an empty shape group❖ Choose Group (Empty) from the Add menu in th

313USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009To create a mask that you can move independently of the primary layer tha

26USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009• Added Transform > Center In View. See “Move layers in space” on page 145.• Added A

314USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Minimum Area Specifies the smallest feature in the original image that w

315USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “About shapes and shape layers” on page 309“About masks

316USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/20092 (Optional) If drawing a rounded rectangle or rounded square, do the fol

317USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Keyboard shortcuts” on page 738Create a manual Bezier

318USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009A vertex appears, and the Pen tool pointer changes to an arrowhead.2 Drag

319USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009• To replace a mask path, select the mask in the Timeline panel, Layer pa

320USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009The new solid-color layer is created at the top of the layer stacking ord

321USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Create a mask or shape from a motion pathYou can copy position keyframes,

322USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Create a shape path from a motion path1 In the Timeline panel, click the

323USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Rotoscoping tips• Immediately after beginning to draw a mask, press Alt+S

27USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009• Added Import Premiere Pro Sequence dialog box. See “Working with Adobe Premiere Pro an

324USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009• To view mask paths in the Layer panel, choose Masks from the Layer pane

325USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009• Using the Selection tool, click within the layer bounds in the Composit

326USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009• To select all masks on a layer, select a mask on the layer, and choose

327USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: When you animate rotation using Free Transform Points, the vertices

328USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009In most cases, the appropriate pen tool becomes active when you place the

329USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009To view the tension value of a vertex, look in the Info panel as you adju

330USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/20093 Set options in the Mask Interpolation panel, and then click Apply.Note:

331USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009curved segment; otherwise, it applies the polylines algorithm. Curve appl

332USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009When you use the Pan Behind tool in the Composition panel, After Effects

333USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Off The mask will not have motion blur.More Help topics “Motion blur” o

28USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009Preferences dialog boxSee “Preferences” on page 20.• Previews:• Added Enable Adaptive R

334USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009New shapes are created with fill and stroke properties depicted by the sw

335USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009By default, when you create a shape path by drawing with the Pen tool, th

336USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Projecting Cap The stroke extends beyond the end of the path for a numbe

337USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009Alter shapes with path operationsPath operations are similar to effects.

338USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009transformations are auto-animated, meaning that they change over time wit

339USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009The Merge Paths path operation has the following options, each of which p

340USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Drawing, painting, and pathsLast updated 12/21/2009The Offset property value is used to offset the transformations by a spec

341Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 11: TextCreating and editing text layersAbout text layersYou can add text to a composition using text layers. Text l

342USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Best practices for creating text and vector graphics for videoText that looks good on your comput

343USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Michael Cardeiro provides a script on the After Effects Scripts website that makes multiple versi

29USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4User interfaceLast updated 12/21/2009Keyboard shortcuts and mouse actionsNew keyboard shortcuts• Place the insertion point in

344USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Enter paragraph textWhen you enter paragraph text, the lines of text wrap to fit the dimensions o

345USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009• To select a range of text, click, move the pointer, and then Shift-click.• To select a word, do

346USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Change the direction of textHorizontal text flows from left to right; multiple lines of horizonta

347USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Formatting characters and the Character panelUse the Character panel to format characters. If tex

348USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Choose a font family• Click in the Font Family menu box, and begin typing the name. Continue typi

349USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Alan Shisko provides an article and video tutorial about kerning on his Motion Graphics 'n S

350USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Change text fill or stroke colorThe text you enter gets its color from the Fill Color and Stroke

351USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Text scale and baseline shiftHorizontal scale and vertical scale specify the proportion between t

352USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Specify how leading is measured1 Select the paragraphs you want to adjust.2 Choose Top-To-Top Lea

353USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009•To reset values in the Paragraph panel to the default values, choose Reset Paragraph from the Pa

30Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 3: Workflows, planning, and setupWorkflowsGeneral workflow in After EffectsMore Help topics “Basic workflow tutorial:

354USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Hanging punctuation for Roman fontsHanging punctuation controls whether punctuation marks fall in

355USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009To smooth the edges and movement of animated text, enable motion blur for the text layer. See “Mo

356USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Animate text with text animatorsAnimating text with animators and selectors consists of three bas

357USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Animating the opacity of a text layer using the Opacity animator and the End propertyYou can crea

358USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009• To rename an animator group, make sure that it is the only thing selected, and then press Enter

359USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Use a Wiggly selector to vary a selection within a specified amount over time. Use expression sel

360USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Original (left) and with VEN selected by the range selectors, Based On set to Character, Shape se

361USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Random Seed Calculates the randomized order of a range selector when the Randomize Order option

362USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Fill color changes randomly using an expression animator.Text anchor point propertiesText animato

363USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009To center the anchor point in a string of capital letters, try a Grouping Alignment value of 0%,

31USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Modify and animate layer propertiesYou can modify any property of a laye

364USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Creating masks” on page 312“Mask modes” on page 377Position text along a mask

365USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Richard Harrington provides a detailed, step-by-step video tutorial on the Peachpit website that

366USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/200913 Set the Y Rotation value for the layer to -45, rotating the entire layer so that you can more

367USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Example: Animate characters with the Wiggly selectorThis example demonstrates how easy it is to a

368USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Example: Animate text trackingThis example shows you how easy it is to isolate characters when tr

369USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009Example: Use selectors to animate specific wordsThis example shows how to use selectors to limit

370USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/20096 In the Composition panel, drag the start selector to the left edge of the text (the value will

371USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009“Text selectors” on page 358“Set or add keyframes” on page 214“Preview video and audio” on page

372USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4TextLast updated 12/21/2009To see the expressions on a layer, select the layer and press EE. More Help topics “Time display

373Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 12: Transparency, opacity, and compositingCompositing overview and resourcesMore Help topics “Rotoscoping introducti

32USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/20095 Set an initial keyframe for the Position property: • Click the triangl

374USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009Richard Harrington provides a set of video tutorials on the Pho

375USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009Some programs can store multiple alpha channels in one image, b

376USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009The position of a mask in the stacking order in the Timeline pa

377USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/20092 In the Timeline panel, expand the layer and mask properties f

378USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009Compound masks that result when different modes are applied to

379USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009Difference The mask is added to the masks above it in the stac

380USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009You can also extend or contract the mask edges using the Mask E

381USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009Traveling matteA. Track matte layer: a solid with a rectangular

382USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009If you choose an option other than No Track Matte, After Effect

383USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009KeyingMore Help topics “Keying effects” on page 505“Matte effe

33USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Specific workflows in After EffectsMost sections of this document are or

384USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009Mark Christiansen provides tips and techniques for using Keylig

385USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009• For evenly lit footage, adjust keying controls on only one fr

386USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Transparency, opacity, and compositingLast updated 12/21/2009Example of using a hold-out matte A. Original bluescreen image.

387Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 13: Effects and animation presetsEffects and animation presets overviewAnimation presets overview and resourcesFor a

388USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Save an animation preset1 Select any combination of properties (for exam

389USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Path operations on shape layers, such as Zig Zag and Pucker &

390USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Color depthMany effects support processing of image color and alpha chan

391USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Compound effects and control layersSeveral effects rely on a control lay

392USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Chris and Trish Meyer provide an article on the ProVideo Coalition websi

393USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009 animation presetYou can scroll through the list of effects and animati

ivUSING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ContentsLast updated 12/21/20093D layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Acquiring, choosing, and preparing footageBefore importing footage, firs

394USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Applying an effect or animation preset to a layer selects the laye

395USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Effect switch in the Effect Controls panel and Effect switch in the Time

396USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009View an effect control point• To view an effect control point in the Lay

397USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Animation preset listThis section provides a list of animation presets i

398USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Fade In Over Layer Below• Fade In+Out - frames• Fade In+Out - msec• Fa

399USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Left Third - scoop mask NTSC• Left Third - scoop mask PAL• Lower Third

400USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009ShapesBackgrounds• Box Swarm• Kaleidoscopic• Nerve Net - Circular• Nerve

401USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Mandathorns*• Neon Flower*• Protection*• Pulsing Snake*• Radar Stopwat

402USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Alien Face• Box - dashed lines• Bullseye• Circular - half round• Circu

403USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• RingingPhone-USSynthetics• Blue Bars• Cells• Digital• Ethereal• Gold A

35USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Composition settingsAfter you prepare and import footage items, you use

404USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• 3D Rotate around Circle• 3D Rotate in by Character• 3D Rotate out by W

405USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Fly In From Bottom• Fly In With A Twist• Pop Buzz Words• Raining Chara

406USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Evaporate• Foggy• Jiggy• TransporterCurves and Spins• Bloom Flower• Cl

407USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Flicker Color - scale• Flicker Color• Flicker Green• Inflammation• Pul

408USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Overlay• Pulse Exposure• Shadows• Silhouettes• Sonar Ping• Spin Flash•

409USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Elbow Room• Explosion• Hop, Skip, And A Jump• Pendulum• Punching Bag•

410USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Multi-Line Flip• Outgoing - Incoming• Pneumatic• Production• Stack Rig

411USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Slice And Dice• Sprouts• Tag Team• Wheatfield• Wind Current• WobblePat

412USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Serpent• Slippery Slope• Spiral Long• Spiral• Springy• Squirmy• Stairw

413USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Increase Tracking• Magnify• Spasm• StretchyTransform• Separate XYZ Po

36USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Use these tips when shooting video for mobile devices:• Tight shots are

414USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Fly to Inset• Slide - drop• Slide - straight• Slide - swoop• Slide - v

415USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Iris - square• Iris - star unfold• Iris - star• Iris - sunburst unfold

416USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Blur & Sharpen effects galleryThe following effects are third-party

417USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Channel effects galleryThe following effect is a third-party effect that

418USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Color Correction effects galleryNo effect applied“Auto Color and Auto Co

419USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The following effects are third-party effects that are not available wit

420USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009“Bezier Warp effect” on page 470 “Bulge effect” on page 471 “Corner Pi

421USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The following effects are third-party effects that are not available wit

422USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009“4-Color Gradient effect” on page 486 “Advanced Lightning effect” on pa

423USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The following effects are third-party effects that are not available wit

37USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009It’s best to store footage in the same folder as the project file or in

424USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Noise & Grain effects galleryPaint effects galleryNo effect applied“

425USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Perspective effects galleryThe following effects are third-party effects

426USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• CC Bubbles effect• CC Drizzle effect• CC Hair effect• CC Mr. Mercury e

427USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The following effects are third-party effects that are not available wit

428USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The following effects are third-party effects that are not available wit

429USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• CC Grid Wipe effect• CC Image Wipe effect• CC Jaws effect• CC Light Wi

430USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20093D Channel effectsAbout 3D Channel effectsThe 3D Channel effects work on

431USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The ProEXR package from the fnord software website also includes the Pro

432USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009This channel can be used to check your UV maps or as input for the Displ

433USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009To determine the depth of an object, click it in the Composition panel o

38USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009• To reveal a file in Adobe Bridge, select a file in the Project panel a

434USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “About 3D Channel effects” on page 430“Preparing and i

435USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “About 3D Channel effects” on page 430“Preparing and i

436USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Audio effectsBackwards effectThe Backwards effect reverses the audio of

437USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Voices The number of voices in the processed (wet) audio.Modulation Rat

438USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Modulator effectThe Modulator effect adds both vibrato and tremolo to au

439USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Brightness Specifies the amount of detail preserved from the original a

440USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Blur & Sharpen effectsAbout Blur & Sharpen effectsIn general, bl

441USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009When Colorize is selected, the Bilateral Blur effect operates on each co

442USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left), blur layer (lower-left), and result (lower-right)

443USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Fast Blur effectWhen layer quality is set to Best, Fast Blur is a close

39USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009To see a video tutorial on rotoscoping with After Effects and Photoshop,

444USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left), Depth Map layer (lower-left), and result (lower-r

445USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (left), and with effect applied (right)Type Spin blurs in arcs

446USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (left), and with effect applied (right)This effect works with 8

447USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Channel effectsAdditional resources about Channel effectsSatya Meka prov

448USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009This effect works with 8-bpc and 16-bpc color.Blend With Layer The laye

449USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Preserve Transparency Ensures that the alpha channel of the original la

450USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Overflow Behavior How the effect remaps values that fall outside the gr

451USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009This effect can be used to enlarge or reduce a matte. For example, a whi

452USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Set Matte effectThe Set Matte effect replaces the alpha channel (matte)

453USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Solid Composite effectThe Solid Composite effect offers a quick way to c

40USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009ColorAfter Effects works internally with colors in an RGB (red, green, b

454USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Blend With Original The transparency of the effect. The result of the e

455USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Use the Key Out Unsafe and Key Out Safe settings for How To Make Color S

456USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Color correction and adjustment” on page 279Change To

457USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Color correction and adjustment” on page 279Channel M

458USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Color Link effectThe Color Link effect colorizes one layer with the aver

459USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009White Point Place this point on a bright area to stabilize.Sample Size

460USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Output Cycle controlsUse Preset Palette Presets for the Output Cycle. T

461USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Matching Tolerance How far a color can be from Matching Color and still

462USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20092 If the image has more than one color channel, choose the channel you w

463USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Offset Darkens or brightens the shadows and midtones with minimal chang

41USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Exporting QuickTime video from FlashIf you create animations or applicat

464USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Colorize Hue, Colorize Saturation, Colorize Lightness Specify the hue,

465USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Edge Softness The softness of the color boundaries. High values smooth

466USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Input Black and Output Black Pixels in the input image with a luminance

467USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• To select a custom color for the filter color, click the color swatch

468USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Apply Phase Map To Alpha Applies the specified map and phase to the alp

469USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009lightening only the darkest areas of an image. Specifying a value that i

470USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Tritone effectThe Tritone effect alters the color information of a layer

471USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The positions of the vertices and tangents determine the size and shape

472USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original image (upper-left), corner moved (lower-left), and final image

473USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The displacement is determined from the color values of the displacement

42USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009• Exporting XFL Format from After Effects to Flash (Tom Green, Layers Ma

474USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Mask propertiesFreeze Area Mask Determines the area of the image in whi

475USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Displace Reconstructs unfrozen areas to match the displacement at the s

476USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Soft Uses spline algorithms. If you scale the image beyond 100%, Soft

477USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Mirror effectThe Mirror effect splits the image along a line and reflect

478USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009width and height. Unlimited resizes the layer as far as it is stretched.

479USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Type of Conversion The conversion process to use:• Rect To Polar Moves

480USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Boundary Mask Specifies what part of the image is reshaped. Anything ou

481USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20094 Position the boundary mask to specify the area of the image that will

482USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Wave Width Specifies the distance, in pixels, between wave peaks. Highe

483USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Elasticity Specifies how closely the image follows the shape defined by

43USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009• www.adobe.com/go/vid0256• www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4108_xpWorking with Ad

484USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Motion blur” on page 227Turbulent Displace effectThe

485USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20093 Select Cycle Evolution.4 Set a value for Cycle that’s evenly divisible

486USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Wave Warp effectThe Wave Warp effect produces the appearance of a wave t

487USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Advanced Lightning effectThe Advanced Lightning effect creates simulatio

488USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Termination Threshold Specifies the level at which a path terminates, b

489USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Use Polar Path The path starts from a single point and appears as a rad

490USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left), and with effect applied (lower-left and right)Aud

491USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009This effect works with 8-bpc, 16-bpc, and 32-bpc color.Original (left),

492USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Wrap Back Values above 255 or below 0 are reflected back into the 0-2

493USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Opacity The opacity of the colored rectangles.Blending Mode The blendi

vUSING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ContentsLast updated 12/21/2009Distort effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

44USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Edit audio in Adobe Soundbooth or Adobe AuditionWhile working in After E

494USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Maintain Original Alpha Maintains the alpha channel of the original lay

495USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Mandelbrot, Julia Specify the settings for the specified set. X (Real)

496USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Use the arrow keys to pan the center point by 1 pixel. Press Shift as

497USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Single lens flare (lower-left) and multiple lens flares (lower-right)Pai

498USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Choke Contracts the area of the fill color. The Spread Radius value

499USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009pixel image, it may generate a 400x400-pixel image and then scale it dow

500USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Direction Specifies the initial direction of a wave if Velocity is grea

501USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009For example, the Scribble effect can simulate fills that look like marke

502USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Stroke Options Specify the curviness, spacing, and overlap of the scrib

503USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Paint Style Specifies whether the stroke is applied to the original lay

45USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Changes you make in After Effects to a dynamically linked composition ap

504USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Length Determines the length of the stroke of a segment in relation to

505USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Other methods of animating paint strokes and text are also available. Fo

506USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The Color Difference Key effect creates transparency from opposite start

507USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20099 Adjust transparency values for each partial matte and for the final ma

508USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20095 Drag the Edge Feather slider to specify the softness of the edge. High

509USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20095 Select the minus eyedropper, and then click areas in the matte thumbna

510USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: If the shot doesn’t contain a full background frame, you may be ab

511USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Use the Extract effectIn the Effect Controls panel, the Extract effect d

512USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009In addition to masking a soft-edged object from its background, Inner/Ou

513USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The Linear Color Key effect uses RGB, hue, or chroma information to crea

46USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Create and link to After Effects compositions with Dynamic Link (Product

514USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20096 Adjust matching tolerance in one of the following ways:• Select the Pl

515USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009White background of original (upper-left and lower-left) is removed usin

516USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original greenscreen (upper-left) leaves green glow when keyed out (lowe

517USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left) shows areas of unwanted transparency after using C

518USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left) contains unwanted edges after keying (lower-left)

519USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Three types of grain effects: matching (upper-left), adding (lower-left)

520USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009When any grain effect is first applied, the Amount value of the Blend Wi

521USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20096 Adjust the Matching Softness controls to determine the width of the tr

522USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The preview region redraws, centered in the new position.3 To change the

523USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Manually reposition noise samplesAutomatic grain or sample selection gen

47USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Dynamically linked After Effects compositionsModify a dynamically linked

524USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Working with added or matched grainThe Add Grain effect creates new grai

525USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Several factors can affect the apparent color of the grain that these ef

526USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The distribution of the added noise over the color channels does affect

527USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Dust & Scratches effectThe Dust & Scratches effect reduces noise

528USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Because the controls for the two effects are nearly identical, you

529USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009the appearance at 2 revolutions, and so on. To return the Evolution sett

530USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20095 Set a value for Cycle. The evolution completes the number of revolutio

531USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Working with added or matched grain” on page 524Match

532USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009To use this control automatically, set the Compensate For Existing Noise

533USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (left), and with effect applied (right)Amount Of Noise The amo

48USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Workflows, planning, and setupLast updated 12/21/2009Do one of the following:• In After Effects, choose File > Adobe Dynam

534USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Cycle Specifies the numbers of revolutions of the Noise Phase that th

535USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Good degraining depends on good noise sampling. The results of the

536USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20095 Adjust any of the following in the Fine Tuning controls group to impro

537USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Sharpen an image with Unsharp Mask controlsThe Remove Grain effect conta

538USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Wrap Back Remaps triangularly, so that values above 1.0 or below 0 fa

539USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Hue Renders the fractal noise as hue values instead of grayscale. The

540USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009For animated strokes, the exact timing (real time) you used to draw the

541USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Eraser tool Erase areas of the layer, using Brush Type settings defin

542USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The Color Clone affects strokes only while you draw; it has no effect on

543USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Don’t use the Undo command on the Edit menu to undo Vector Paint a

49Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 4: Projects and compositionsProjectsAbout projectsAn After Effects project is a single file that stores compositions

544USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Play back your painting with Vector PaintUse the Playback Mode pop-up me

545USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009When you create strokes on a layer, the stroke is tied to the location o

546USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• The values for Re-timer are percentages of the original time required

547USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Displacement Detail Determines how much the original shape of the path

548USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Composite Paint optionsA. In Original (default setting), before painting

549USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009the original image. Erasures remove only painting strokes; that is, they

550USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (left), and with effect applied (right)To avoid problems with f

551USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Balanced Red Blue LR Performs the same operation as Red Blue LR but a

552USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Drop Shadow effectThe Drop Shadow effect adds a shadow that appears behi

553USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Copy and paste position keyframes or expressions from a control point fo

50USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Project links embedded in QuickTime, Video for Windows, FLV, and F4V filesWhe

554USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Ambient Light Distributes light over the layer. Increasing this value a

555USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (left), gradient layer (center), and with Card Dance applied (r

556USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Transformation Order The order in which the transformations (scale, rot

557USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Eran Stern provides a video tutorial on the Creative COW website in whic

558USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Water controlsWater Surface Specifies the layer to use as the surface o

559USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left), with Foam applied (lower-left), and with a robot

560USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009upper-left corner of the screen if you don’t select Zoom Producer Point.

561USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Pop Velocity Controls how popping bubbles affect each other. When a bub

562USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Bubble Velocity faces the bubble in the direction of its motion. This se

563USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009This effect works with 8-bpc color.Particles shooting out of the spacecr

51USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009You can’t directly save an After Effects CS4 project for use in After Effects

564USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009When you use a layer as a source for particles, Particle Playground igno

565USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009With the Grid, a new particle appears on every frame at each grid inters

566USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Radius Of New Particles Specifies the radius of the particles resulting

567USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Absolute Random Takes a frame at random from the layer, by using a ti

568USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Using Selection Text values to differently affect subsets of textYou can

569USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Gravity controlsUse Gravity controls to pull existing particles in a dir

570USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: The simulation space is not bounded by the dimensions of the layer

571USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20094 Specify the minimum and maximum values you want the layer map to produ

572USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009result in no adjustment, similar to flat land. Lower pixel values repres

573USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• You use a layer map to affect the Scale property of particles and find

52USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Mid-gray lines between tiles in the flowchart indicate that the Video or Audi

574USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The alpha channel in a control layer modifies the color values in the co

575USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left), and as Shatter is applied over time to reveal ano

576USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Render control The Render control renders the whole scene (the default),

577USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Strength Specifies the speed at which the exploded pieces travel—how ha

578USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Randomness Affects the initial velocities and spins generated by the fo

579USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: If you choose a layer with an effect applied, the effect does not

580USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009The alpha channel determines whether a shattered piece exists. A white a

581USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009To understand how this effect works, consider the following information

582USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Transparency Controls the clarity of the water by adjusting how opaque

583USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: You can create a pulsing wave effect by animating the steepness of

53USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Change time-display units• To cycle through Timecode Base, Frames, and Feet +

584USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (left), and with effect applied (right)Stroke Angle The direct

585USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/20093 It reduces the variations in luminance and color in the image, simplif

586USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Cartoon effect applied with Render set to FillCartoon effect applied wit

587USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Cartoon effect propertiesRender Fill, Edges, or Fill & Edges. Deter

588USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (left), and with effect applied (right)More Help topics “Emboss

589USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Glow effectThe Glow effect finds the brighter parts of an image and then

590USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009A & B Midpoint The midpoint specifies the balance between the two c

591USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Posterize effectThe Posterize effect posterizes colors; the number of co

592USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Evolution Options Evolution Options provide controls that render the ef

593USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Strobe Period (secs) The time, in seconds, between the start of subsequ

viUSING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ContentsLast updated 12/21/2009Compositions and the work area (keyboard shortcuts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

54USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Composition basicsAbout compositionsA composition is the framework for a movi

594USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Effect applied with threshold settings of 44 (left), 70 (center), and 20

595USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Value/Offset/Random Max Varies based on the chosen type and whether Ran

596USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Alternatives to using the Timecode effectUse text layers for greater con

597USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Minimum Combines the echoes by taking the minimum pixel values from a

598USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Time Difference effectUse Time Difference with Particle Playground to sh

599USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Time Displacement effectDisplacement map layerLike the Displacement Map

600USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Suppose you specified 2 seconds as the maximum time displacement. After

601USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Timewarp effectYou can use the Timewarp effect to add motion blur within

602USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Block Size Adjusts the size of the blocks used to calculate the vectors

603USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “About animation, keyframes, and expressions” on page

55USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Creating layers” on page 138“Preview video and audio” on p

604USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left), and with effect applied (lower-left and right)Mor

605USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Camera Position controlsX Rotation, Y Rotation, Z Rotation Rotate the c

606USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left), and with effect applied (lower-left and right)The

607USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Original (upper-left), and with effect applied (lower-left and right)Mor

608USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Radial Wipe effectThe Radial Wipe effect reveals an underlying layer usi

609USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Utility effectsCineon Converter effectThe Cineon Converter effect provid

610USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Color Profile Converter effectThe Color Profile Converter effect convert

611USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009For an explanation of scene-referred profiles, see “System gamma, device

612USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Apply the HDR Compander effect to a layer once in the effect stack above

613USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Obsolete effectsEffects in the Obsolete category are retained for compat

56USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/20093 Select Single Composition and other settings in the New Composition From Se

614USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Lightning effectIf you are working on a project that was created in an o

615USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Random Seed An input value for the random noise generator that is the b

616USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009• Circle Shapes text around the circumference of a circle, defined by t

617USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009Horizontal Shear Slants characters left or right, similar to italics. T

618USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Effects and animation presetsLast updated 12/21/2009of Visible Characters increases between whole numbers. The exact opacity

619Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 14: Markers and metadataMarkersLayer markers and composition markersUse composition markers and layer markers to sto

620USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009If you add one composition to another, the original composition becomes nested as

621USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009Dragging a composition marker from the bin.• To add a numbered composition marker

622USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009Adobe Encore can read chapter references in After Effects layer markers when you

623USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009• rd_Scooter creates a panel with controls for moving various combinations of ite

57USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009A Preview composition is also created. The Preview composition consists of a

624USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009Clip Notes export settingsExport settingsFormat QuickTime movie or Windows Media

625USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009Note: You are prompted by your e-mail client software if an e-mail address was sp

626USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009Metadata is divided into two general categories: static metadata and temporal met

627USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009The After Effects scripting interface provides additional tools for using and int

628USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009To see Files metadata in the Metadata panel, you must first select a file in the

629USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009Note: XMP metadata is written to sidecar (.xmp) files for some MPEG formats.For f

630USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009For After Effects, both Project and File properties are stored directly in files,

631USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Markers and metadataLast updated 12/21/2009Edit metadataIn Adobe video applications, similarly named properties are linked i

632Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 15: Memory, storage, and performanceMemory and storageMemory (RAM) usage and storageFactors that influence memory (R

633USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Memory, storage, and performanceLast updated 12/21/2009Use the following formula to determine the number of megabytes requir

58USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Composition settingsYou can enter composition settings manually, or you can u

634USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Memory, storage, and performanceLast updated 12/21/2009If disk caching is enabled, After Effects can store rendered items to

635USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Memory, storage, and performanceLast updated 12/21/2009Memory & Multiprocessing preferencesSet memory and multiprocessin

636USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Memory, storage, and performanceLast updated 12/21/2009Because antivirus software operates by monitoring every read and writ

637USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Memory, storage, and performanceLast updated 12/21/2009• The composition uses an effect with a temporal component that rende

638USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Memory, storage, and performanceLast updated 12/21/2009• Adjust the size of the virtual memory paging file (Windows only). V

639USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Memory, storage, and performanceLast updated 12/21/2009Improve performance by modifying screen outputYou can improve perform

640USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Memory, storage, and performanceLast updated 12/21/2009• Set the Resolution/Down Sample Factor value of the composition to A

641Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 16: Plug-ins, scripts, and automationPlug-insPlug-ins are small software modules—with filename extensions such as .a

642USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Plug-ins, scripts, and automationLast updated 12/21/2009Some plug-in installers—including the installers for Keylight and Co

643USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Plug-ins, scripts, and automationLast updated 12/21/2009ScriptsA script is a series of commands that tells an application to

59USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009“About precomposing and nesting” on page 60“Motion blur” on page 227Set com

644USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Plug-ins, scripts, and automationLast updated 12/21/2009Sebastien Perier provides instructions on his website for assigning

645USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Plug-ins, scripts, and automationLast updated 12/21/2009AutomationAfter Effects and other Adobe software with which it’s int

646Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 17: ExpressionsExpression basicsMany of the examples in this section are based on examples provided by Dan Ebberts.

647USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Save an animation preset” on page 388“About animation, keyframes, and e

648USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009For example, you can double the result by typing *2 at the end of the expression; or you c

649USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Drag the pick whip to a property to create a link to the value of the property.You can dra

650USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Edit an expression manually1 Click in the expression field to enter text-editing mode.Note

651USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009 thisComp.layer(1).position.valueAtTime(time+2)8 From “Property attributes and methods (e

652USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009 thisComp.layer(index + 1).name + "\rOpacity = " + thisComp.layer(index + 1).op

653USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009 function average(a, b) { return (a + b) / 2; } average(position, thisComp.

60USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Precomposing, nesting, and pre-renderingAbout precomposing and nestingIf you

654USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009The names for the Expression Control effects indicate what type of property control they p

655USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Convert an expression to keyframesIn some situations, it’s useful to convert an expression

656USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Reading this expression from left to right, you progress from the higher-level, containing

657USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009You can access the individual elements of an Array object by using brackets and an index n

658USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009 x = thisComp.layer("Layer A").position[0]; y = thisComp.layer("Layer

659USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009 thisComp.layer(1).position thisComp.layer(1).position.valueAtTime(time)To use a relat

660USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Expression language referenceUse the After Effects expression elements along with standard

661USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009posterizeTime(framesPerSecond) Return type: Number. Argument type: framesPerSecond is a

662USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009timeToCurrentFormat(t = time + thisComp.displayStartTime, fps = 1.0 / thisComp.frameDurati

663USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Argument type: vec1 and vec2 are Arrays. Returns the dot (inner) product of the vector arg

61USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Add another set of transform properties to a layer The layer that represents

664USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009The offset value, but not the timeless value, is also used to control the initial value of

665USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Argument type: valOrArray is a Number or an Array [2 or 3]. Returns a number in the range

666USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Similar to ease, except that the tangent is 0 only on the value1 side and interpolation is

667USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Comp attributes and methods (expression reference)layer(index) Return type: Layer, Light

668USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009 thisComp.marker.nearestKey(time).timemarker.numKeys Return type: Number. Returns the t

669USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Returns the width of the footage item, in pixels.height Return type: Number. Returns the

670USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Returns the width of the layer, in pixels. It is the same as source.width.height Return

671USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Returns true if the Video switch is on for the layer; false otherwise.sampleImage(point,

672USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009timeRemap Return type: Property. Returns the value of the Time Remap property, in seconds

673USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Returns the value of the Light Transmission property for a 3D layer.castsShadows Return t

62USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/20092 Select one of the following:Leave All Attributes In Leaves the properties

674USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Transforms a point from layer space to view-independent world space. Example: toWorld.ef

675USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Camera attributes and methods (expression reference)Camera objects have the same attribute

676USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Returns the cone angle of a light, in degrees.coneFeather Return type: Property. Returns

677USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Property attributes and methods (expression reference)value Return type: Number, Array,

678USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Example: position.wiggle(5, 20, 3, .5) produces about 5 wiggles per second with an average

679USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Todd Kopriva provides an example project on his blog that demonstrates the use of the loop

680USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Returns the MarkerKey object with this name. Use only on marker properties. nearestKey(t)

681USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Animating a brush stroke with an expressionKey attributes and methods (expression referenc

682USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009 m = thisLayer.marker.nearestKey(time); s = "time:" + timeToCurrentFormat(

683USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Expression examplesMany of the examples in this section are based on expressions provided

63USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Arrows between the composition names indicate the direction in which pixel in

684USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/20092 Set the anchor points at the ends of the layers. (See “Layer anchor points” on page 162

685USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009Expression example: Create a bulge between two layersThis example expression synchronizes

686USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Add, edit, and remove expressions” on page 647“Create a camera layer an

687USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4ExpressionsLast updated 12/21/2009 timeToStop = 4; if (time > timeToStop){ value; }else{ wiggle(3,25

688Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 18: Rendering and exportingBasics of rendering and exportingRendering and exporting overviewRendering is the creatio

689USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009In the Render Queue panel, you can manage several render items at once, each w

690USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Keep in mind the fact that you can use different encoding and compression sche

691USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Video project formats• Adobe Premiere Pro project (PRPROJ; Windows and Mac OS

692USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009When working with multiple render items, it is often useful to add comments in

693USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Render item statusesEach render item has a status, which appears in the Status

1Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 1: Getting startedFor an introduction to the basic terminology, concepts, and workflows in After Effects, see “General

64USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Upstream compositions in the Composition Mini-Flowchart are sorted from top t

694USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009• To stop rendering with the purpose of starting the same render over again, A

695USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Collect files in one locationThe Collect Files command gathers copies of all o

696USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Note: If rendering time is unusually long, you may have set Maximum Number Of

697USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Make sure that the insertion point is outside the square brackets ([ ])

698USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009• To apply a render settings template to selected render items, click the tria

699USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Proxy Use Determines whether to use proxies when rendering. Current Settings

700USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Output modules and output module settingsOutput module settings apply to each

701USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Create, manage, and edit output module templatesYou perform the following task

702USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Note: All files created with a color depth of Millions of Colors+, Trillions o

703USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Set Proxy Sets the rendered file as a proxy for the specified item. Drag the

65USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009Transformations are changes to those properties grouped under the Transform c

704USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Note: You cannot use the Render Multiple Frames Simultaneously multiprocessing

705USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Mac OS provides the total amount of Texture Memory available on the disp

706USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009When you export a composition as an XFL file, After Effects attempts to export

707USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009When After Effects creates an XFL file, it also saves a report ([XFLfile_name]

708USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009• The layer does not have motion blur, frame blending, or time-remapping appli

709USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Limitations of exporting a composition to XFL formatWhen Flash Professional op

710USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Note: If color management is enabled for the project, then colors are converte

711USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Include Layer Marker Web Links Makes layer markers behave as web links. The I

712USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009The SWF export report lists information for unsupported features in Illustrato

713USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009For a video tutorial on rendering and exporting to FLV and F4V formats, go to

66USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Projects and compositionsLast updated 12/21/2009When a closed mask (with mask mode other than None), a layer style, or an eff

714USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Render and export a single frame of a compositionYou can export a single frame

715USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009When editing a filmstrip in Adobe Photoshop, use the following guidelines for

716USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009After Effects uses an embedded version of the Adobe Media Encoder to encode mo

717USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009In QuickTime terminology, the term key frames refers to something different fr

718USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Note: If you are going to use the resulting movie in another After Effects com

719USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009To play an animated GIF file, the web browser first loads the entire file into

720USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009• PCM (pulse-code modulation) Audio An uncompressed encoding format. Files of

721USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Note: If you cannot find options that your hardware-based codec provides, see

722USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009• VBR, 1 Pass Variable bitrate, with the encoder making a single pass through

723USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Simple Profile Available only when exporting in the FLV video format using th

67Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 5: Importing and managing footage itemsImporting and interpreting footage itemsAbout imported files and footage items

724USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Presets for export settingsWhen exporting with Adobe Media Encoder, choosing a

725USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009The preset is saved as an EPR file.Delete custom presets1 In the Export Settin

726USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Argument Description–help Print usage message.–version Display the version num

727USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Lloyd Alvarez provides a script on his After Effects Scripts website that take

728USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009When you have multiple render engines on multiple computers monitoring a watch

729USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009When you install an After Effects render engine on a computer, it contains all

730USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/20097 Select Enable Watch Folder Render, click Collect, and name the Collect Files

731USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009When you render a still-image sequence with multiple computers, rendering in e

732USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009When the disk volume to which After Effects is writing files is full, it can c

733USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/20094 Choose Composition > Add To Render Queue.5 In the Render Queue panel, ne

68USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009When After Effects imports video and audio in some formats, it pro

734USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Output modules and output module settings” on page 700“Rend

735USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/2009Scaling a movie upIncreasing the size of the output from a rendered compositio

736USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/20092 Adjust the render settings as desired, and click Render.More Help topics “Re

737USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Rendering and exportingLast updated 12/21/20095 Click the underlined Render Settings name, and then choose Upper Field First

738Last updated 12/21/2009Chapter 19: Keyboard shortcutsTo modify keyboard shortcuts, use the KeyEd Up script from Jeff Almasol, which is available on

739USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Projects (keyboard shortcuts)Preferences (keyboard shortcuts)Panels, viewers, works

740USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Result Windows Mac OSOpen or close Project panel Ctrl+0 Command+0Open or close Rend

741USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Activating tools (keyboard shortcuts)Note: You can activate some tools only under c

742USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Compositions and the work area (keyboard shortcuts)Time navigation (keyboard shortc

743USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Previews (keyboard shortcuts)Go forward 1 frame Page Down or Ctrl+Right Arrow Page

69USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009• GIF• JPEG (JPG, JPE)• Maya camera data (MA)• Maya IFF (IFF, TDI;

744USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Some shortcuts are marked with an asterisk (*) to remind you to make sure tha

745USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Footage (keyboard shortcuts)Zoom in Timeline panel to single-frame units or zoom ou

746USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Effects and animation presets (keyboard shortcuts)Layers (keyboard shortcuts)Note:

747USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Some shortcuts are marked with an asterisk (*) to remind you to make sure tha

748USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Showing properties and groups in the Timeline panel (keyboard shortcuts)Note: This

749USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Showing properties in the Effect Controls panel (keyboard shortcuts)Modifying layer

750USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/20093D layers (keyboard shortcuts)Note: (Mac OS) Shortcuts involving function keys F9-F

751USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Keyframes and the Graph Editor (keyboard shortcuts)Note: (Mac OS) Shortcuts involvi

752USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Text (keyboard shortcuts)Easy ease selected keyframes out Ctrl+Shift+F9 Command+Shi

753USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009In vertical text, move insertion point one character up or down; one left or right;

70USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009• QuickTime (MOV; 16 bpc, requires QuickTime)Note: David Van Brink

754USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Masks (keyboard shortcuts)Paint tools (keyboard shortcuts)Result Windows Mac OS Ne

755USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Some shortcuts are marked with an asterisk (*) to remind you to make sure tha

756USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Markers (keyboard shortcuts)Motion tracking (keyboard shortcuts)Reposition shape du

757USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Keyboard shortcutsLast updated 12/21/2009Saving, exporting, and rendering (keyboard shortcuts)Result Windows Mac OSSave proj

758Last updated 12/21/2009IndexNumerics16-bpc color 27424Pa pulldown 943:2 pulldownadding 736removing 9432-bpc color 2743D Channel effects3D Chan

759USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009anchorPoint (expression element) 671angles, conversion 666animated GIF 719animating3D rotation

760USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009Blu-ray discH.264 91MPEG2 91blurLevel (expression element) 675bounding boxfree-transform 326

761USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009Colorama effect 459common controls 453Curves effect 461Exposure effect 462Gamma/Pedestal/Gain

762USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009displayStartTime (expression element) 668Distort effectsBezier Warp effect 470Bulge effect 471

763USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009Extras 4Eyedropper Fill effect 493eyedropper tool 277, 506FF4Vexporting 41rendering and expor

71USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009More Help topics “Alpha channel interpretation: premultiplied or s

764USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009Grow Bounds effect 611guide layers 168guides 208HH.264 91halos 73, 451handheld cameras 267h

765USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009expression elements 681influence 242modifying multiple 221, 222moving 220roving 243smoothing

766USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009locking and unlocking 326modes, blending 377modifying 327motion blur 332moving 332Pan Behind

767USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009Lightning effect 614Path Text effect 615Offset effect 477offset, keyframe-looping argument 67

768USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009methods 195modes 200performance 637viewers 15work area 201Product Improvement Program 2prof

769USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009Ssafe zones 208sample rateaudio 720sampleImage (expression element) 671Satin layer style 178

770USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009Strobe Light effect 592Stroke effect 502Stroke layer style 178strokes 333, 350See alsopaint s

771USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009Track XY Camera tool 192Track Z Camera tool 192Tracker panel 268tracking data 270tracking mot

772USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4IndexLast updated 12/21/2009docking and grouping 11drop zones 11floating windows 11multiple monitors 10resetting 11resiz

72USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009The interpretation settings tell After Effects the following about

73USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Apply Interpret Footage settings to multiple footage itemsYou can

2USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Getting startedLast updated 12/21/2009Register the software1 If the registration dialog box isn’t already open, choose Help &g

74USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Some software lets you specify the background color with which the

75USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Straight - Unmatted Interprets the channels as straight.Premultip

76USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: Conforming can change the synchronization of visual footage

77USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Pixel aspect ratio and frame aspect ratioPixel aspect ratio (PAR)

78USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009After Effects reads and writes pixel aspect ratios directly from Q

79USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Projects and compositions created in After Effects CS3 or earlier

80USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Working with footage itemsOrganize, view, and manage footage items

81USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Show information for items• To show information about a footage it

82USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009To open a QuickTime or Video for Windows movie in the Footage pane

83USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009• To remove unselected compositions and unused footage items from

3USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Getting startedLast updated 12/21/2009The sites searched by the default Community Help search engine are hand-selected and rev

84USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Proxy items in Project panelA. Proxy assigned and in use B. Proxy

85USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009For best results, set a proxy so that it has the same frame aspect

86USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Loop a footage itemIf you intend to loop a visual footage item con

87USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Note: After Effects on Mac OS can’t import Adobe Premiere Pro 1.0,

88USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009• From either After Effects or Adobe Premiere Pro, you can copy an

89USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Copy from Adobe Premiere Pro to After EffectsYou can copy a video

90USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Importing and interpreting video and audioHigh-definition (HD) vid

91USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Trish and Chris Meyer provide tips for planning and delivering hig

92USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Interlaced video, noninterlaced video, and progressive scanningInt

93USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4Importing and managing footage itemsLast updated 12/21/2009Separate video fields and determine field orderIf you want to use