You created the advertising copy in After Effects, but the crabs’ expressions are in quotation bubbles, which are easier to include as images. You’ll attach the PSD files to solid layers in After Effects to lock them to specific planes. After Effects creates a Track Solid 1 layer, and a colorful solid square appears in […]
Category: Fine-tuning the results
Getting started – Advanced Editing Techniques
Lesson overview In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following: This lesson will take about two hours to complete. If you haven’t already done so, download the project files for this lesson from peachpit.com/AfterEffectsCIB2024, following the instructions in the Getting Started section under “Accessing the lesson files and Web Edition.” PROJECT: SPECIAL EFFECTS […]
Fine-tuning the results – Advanced Editing Techniques
The default analysis works well most of the time, but sometimes you may need to massage the end results even further. You’ll change the method that Warp Stabilizer VFX uses for an even smoother result. NoteScaling a video layer up degrades the image. Scale only as much as you need to in order to hide […]
Analyzing and applying tracking – Advanced Editing Techniques
Now that the search and feature regions are defined, you can apply the tracker. The tracking analysis may take quite a while. The larger the search and feature regions, the longer After Effects takes to analyze tracking. The motion-tracking data is added to the Timeline panel, where you can see that the track data is […]
Applying Content-Aware Fill – Advanced Editing Techniques
You’re ready to replace the masked area with content-aware fill. The Alpha Expansion setting increases the size of the area to fill. Content-Aware Fill often performs better when the selected area includes pixels outside the object you’re removing. The Fill Method determines how the feature samples pixels and accommodates motion in the video. Range determines […]
Understanding Particle Systems II properties – Advanced Editing Techniques
Particle systems have a unique vocabulary. Some of the key settings are explained here for your reference. They’re listed in the order in which they appear (top to bottom) in the Effect Controls panel. Birth Rate Controls the number of particles generated per second. The value itself is arbitrary and does not equal the actual […]
Adding a lens flare – Advanced Editing Techniques
To tie all the elements together, you’ll add a lens flare to simulate an explosion. Finally, you need to make the layers under the Nova layer visible in the composition. About high dynamic range (HDR) footage After Effects supports high dynamic range (HDR) color. The dynamic range (ratio between dark and bright regions) in the […]
Getting started – Rendering and Outputting
Lesson overview In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following: The total amount of time required to complete this lesson depends in part on the speed of your processor and the amount of RAM available for rendering. The amount of hands-on time required is less than an hour. If you haven’t already done […]
Preparing movies for mobile devices – Rendering and Outputting
You can create movies in After Effects for playback on mobile devices, such as tablets and smartphones. To render your movie, add the composition to the Adobe Media Encoder encoding queue, and choose an appropriate device-specific encoding preset. For the best results, consider the limitations of mobile devices as you shoot footage and work with […]
Rendering a broadcast-quality movie – Rendering and Outputting
First, you’ll select settings to render your movie in a quality suitable for broadcast. TipYou can also drag a composition into the Render Queue panel, and click Queue in AME to add it to the Adobe Media Encoder queue. After Effects opens Adobe Media Encoder and adds your composition with default render settings. Your default […]