The After Effects Work Area
Creating a project and importing footage
Creating compositions and arranging layers
Adding effects and modifying layer properties
Animating the composition
Previewing a project
Optimising performance in After Effects
Rendering and exporting a composition
Customising After Effects workspaces
Creating A Basic Animation
Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
Working with imported Illustrator files
Applying effects to a layer
Applying animation presets
Adding transparency
Rendering the composition
Animating Text
Creating and formatting text layers
Using text animation presets
Animating with scale keyframes
Animating using parenting
Animating imported Photoshop text
Using path animation presets
Animating type tracking and opacity
Using text animator groups
Cleaning up path animations
Animating layers along a motion path
Adding motion blur
Exporting to Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Shape Layers
Adding a Shape layer
Creating custom shapes
Incorporating video and audio layers
Applying a cartoon effect
Adding a title bar
Using Brainstorm to experiment
Creating Complex Animations
Animating scenery using parenting
Adjusting anchor points
Masking video using vector shapes
Keyframing a motion path
Creating an animated slide show
Adding an audio track
Sending the project to reviewers
Animating Layers
Simulating lighting changes
Duplicating animations using the pick whip
Creating a track matte
Animating shadows
Adding a lens flare effect
Retiming the composition
Working With Masks
Creating a mask with the Pen tool
Editing a mask
Feathering the edges of a mask
Replacing the content of a mask
Adding a reflection
Creating a vignette
Adjusting the colour
Using The Puppet Tools
About the Puppet tools
Adding Deform pins
Defining areas of overlap
Stiffening an area
Animating pin positions
Recording animations
Rendering And Outputting
Creating templates for the rendering process
Creating templates for the output module
Exporting to different output media