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Lynda com Adobe After Effects CS4 New Features NoPE

In After Effects CS4 New Features, Chad Perkins explains all the changes and improvements in the latest release of Adobe’s popular motion graphics application. Many of them are small workflow refinements that increase productivity, while some are revolutionary, like the new Unified Camera tool, the ability to import 3D objects via Photoshop files, and the new ways to work with compositions. Chad also discusses each of the latest effects, the enhanced integration with other CS4 applications, new rendering features, and much more. Example files accompany the course.

Released on: 10/7/2008

1. Introduction
Welcome   0:36   6.0 MB
After Effects update trends   1:05   0.7 MB
Hardware requirements   0:56   0.7 MB
The new Welcome screen   1:06   0.8 MB
2. 3D Enhancements
The Unified Camera tool   1:14   2.1 MB
New light wireframes   1:17   1.8 MB
3. The Composition Revolution
The Composition Navigator   1:10   1.4 MB
The Composition Mini-Flowchart   0:54   0.9 MB
Navigating comps quickly   1:06   1.3 MB
Changing comp settings from the Project panel   0:33   0.9 MB
Opening nested comps   0:35   0.8 MB
Panning with the mouse   0:29   0.8 MB
The Auto Resolution setting   1:10   1.4 MB
4. What’s New in Effects
3D tracking with Mocha   2:36   2.2 MB
The Cartoon effect   2:44   9.3 MB
Turbulent Noise   1:39   2.1 MB
Bilateral Blur   2:18   1.9 MB
Improvements to Fractal Noise   0:55   1.2 MB
5. Animation and Timeline Improvements
Searching the Timeline panel   1:33   1.9 MB
Seperate Dimensions   1:25   1.2 MB
The Center in View command   1:06   0.9 MB
Flipping layers faster   0:50   1.1 MB
Motion blur shutter angle/phase visualization   1:23   1.3 MB
Shortcut for setting opacity and light intensity   1:17   1.2 MB
6. Changes to Text, Masks, and Shape Layers
Converting text to masks or shape layers   1:56   2.0 MB
The Wiggle Transform path operation   2:05   3.2 MB
HDR shape layers   1:36   1.8 MB
Mask vertex counter   0:57   0.9 MB
Line join controls for text   0:50   0.9 MB
7. New Integration Features
3D layers from Photoshop!   5:27   9.3 MB
Exporting After Effects projects to Flash using XFL   1:16   2.0 MB
Dynamic Link video from Premiere Pro   1:23   1.5 MB
Importing Speech Search data   3:20   2.9 MB
Improving mobile device workflows   1:27   1.1 MB
8. New Rendering Features
Rendering F4V files   1:07   1.0 MB
Easy output to multiple formats   0:54   0.9 MB
Adding rendered footage to a project   1:03   0.8 MB
9. Technical Improvements
Using 4:3 guides in 16:9 projects   0:50   1.0 MB
Exporting to XML   1:48   3.3 MB
The XMP Metadata panel   1:29   1.1 MB
Improved multicore processor settings   0:57   1.0 MB
Improved pixel aspect ratio   0:44   0.5 MB
The Interpret Footage button   0:23   0.4 MB
Conclusion
Goodbye   0:18   0.3 MB
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