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Day One
Project Settings in Detail
• Better workflow practices - structure
• Workflow for replacing and organising your assets
• Using Collect files for "Packaging"
The Info Palette
• Checking footage integrity
• Checking the Alpha Channel
• How Alpha Channels really work
• Avoiding basic Alpha mistakes
• Bit depth and colour spaces - 8,16 and 32 Bits per channel
Exploring Effects in Detail
• Using masks with effects - "compositing options"
• Better colour correction
• Combining effects with layers modes
• Better effect combination with effect transfer modes
• Some key under used effects
• Distortions and Warps
• Basic particle systems
Keyframes in Detail
• Keyframe Interpolation
• Spatial and Temporal Interpolation
• Controlling bezier path behaviour
The Graph Editor
• Two graphs in one - the Value and Velocity curves
• Controlling Speed with the graph editor
• Adjusting temporal Interpolation types for better control
Masks in Detail
• Tips for better mask control
• Creating a basic Rotoscope
• Rotoscoping - good and bad examples
• Refining edges
• Avoiding Rotoscoping where possible
• Mask Tracking
• Using Chroma keying to remove backgrounds
Text Layers in Detail
• Source text - a hidden gem
• Creating counters - source text with an expression
• Text animators in detail - advanced settings
Motion Tracking
• Following an object in a shot - basic position tracking
• How the tracker works
• Track settings for better results
• Tracker options
Day Two
Basic Expressions
• Wiggling and looping - getting better control
• Loop types
• Duplicating Wiggles - why and how
• Random "Seeds" - how they work and why it matters
• Linking properties with the "Pickwhip"
• Using Expression controls
• Using Expressions to create animations easily
• Creating automatic audio based animation
Shape Layers in Detail
• Adding more complex parameters to shape layers
• Converting Vector files to shape layers for better control
• Using Repeaters for shape generation and animation
Time Changes
• Time remapping
• Using correct Frame Blending settings
Render Settings in Detail
• Alpha output - avoiding problems with pre-multiplication
• File formats with greater bit depth
• Better use of Media encoder
• Compression settings - bit rates and how compressed files work
3D Layers in Detail
• Camera settings
• Depth of field
• 3D rendered choices
• Geometry options for extrusion
• Material options and reflections
• Lights Settings in detail
• Shadow problems solved
• Animated Camera problems and solutions
• Creating a Camera "Orbit Null"
• Creating complex camera animation easily
• The Collapse transformation button in 3D
Using After Effects with Adobe Premiere
• Dynamic link options
• Examples of typical workflows
The Link to Cinema 4D
• Cinema 4D Lite - how to access it
• Using Cinema 4D files within After Effects
"Wolf was an amazing trainer. In two days I have been blown away with all things I have been able to pick up and can see advantageous applications for. Course was delivered in such and engaging and charismatic way that it made it so easy to focus on the knowledge being imparted. Can't praise him and what I learned enough. Great experience and I look forward to taking more courses in the future."
