Author › Chad Perkins

Learn to master Trapcode Form and create stunning visual effects and motion graphics.

Create significantly more professional footage with tools that do everything from removing noise to performing high-end color grading.

Introduces the essential concepts and techniques necessary for shooting video with a DSLR camera.

Walks you through the Element 3D third-party compositing plugin for After Effects.

Explores Trapcode Particular, an industry standard third-party After Effects plugin for generating particle effects.

Find out how to perform a basic color grade, create looks, mask footage, and apply grades to multiple clips, and see how SpeedGrade fits into your overall post-production workflow.

Teaches you the basics of Photoshop, including the components of visual images, making selections, color correcting, fixing images, and outputting images.

Breaks down the process of creating, rigging, and animating the arm of a character in an opening title sequence in After Effects—a task traditionally performed using rigging or skeleton tools available in 3D programs.

Shows how to edit video with Premiere Pro CS5 and how to use video to tell compelling stories.

Explores the basic tools, effects, and need-to-know techniques in After Effects CS5.

Explores Encore CS5, Adobe's powerful application for authoring DVDs, Blu-ray Discs, and Flash-based video for the web.

Explains how to take video editing from simple nuts and bolts to an art form, by harnessing the power of this professional video-editing application.

Shows how to integrate the various parts of the Adobe Production Premium suite with After Effects in a real-world project.

Shows how Encore creates simple and straightforward web components that can be repurposed for Flash-based web sites, DVDs, and even Blu-ray discs.

Shows how Photoshop can be integrated into a video development process, including working with 3D objects and making slip edits.

Teaches advanced techniques for working with motion graphic elements, animation, color correction and more.

Reviews the new 3D panel in Photoshop CS4, and demonstrates how to use 3D files in other applications.

Teaches how to import and organize assets; assemble them into a timeline; and provide navigation via menus, buttons, and links.

A quick look at the latest updates in Encore.

How to gather video, audio, and graphical source materials into layered compositions, and make edits and adjustments.

Explains all the changes and improvements in the latest release of Adobe After Effects.

Demonstrates how to add asset links to a new project and turn a layered image into a functional menu editable in Photoshop.

Learn basic workflows for collecting and organizing assets, assembling layered compositions, and applying color correction and other effects.

Explores the finer points of keying, as well as how to use Ultra's compositing tools and library of virtual sets and backgrounds.

Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins explores all the video editing capabilities of Premiere Elements 4.

Adobe Certified Instructor Chad Perkins explores the basic purposes and practical uses of After Effects CS3 Effects.

Delves into many advanced video-editing techniques using Premiere Pro.

Techniques for bringing photos to life in After Effects using displacement, puppet tools, masks, and 3D options.

Adobe Certified Instructor teaches every aspect of Premiere Pro, plus standard film and video editing techniques.

Explores the possibilities for doing everything from creating simple animations to integrating multiple files types in After Effects.

Anyone interested in authoring DVDs and Blu-ray Discs using Encore can learn all the essentials.

How to take advantage of Photoshop CS3 Extended's revolutionary 3D and video capabilities.

An exclusive look into the world of After Effects, from the interface to integrating with other Adobe applications.

An in-depth look at using Premiere CS3 to produce and edit video for the web, mobile devices, and traditional media.

How to create amazing effects with 3ds Max 9 and understand the principles of animation.

Covers all the steps needed to create a professional project in Encore DVD, from planning to testing.