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Learn to add motion graphics and color effects to your footage, and retime the results.

Learn about all the exciting motion graphics and visual effects features coming up in Adobe After Effects CC.

Harness the power of the CINEMA 4D MoGraph module to create complex animations with only a couple of keyframes.

Leads you through the creative and technical process of building an opening title sequence from scratch in After Effects, from working in 3D space to creating type and shape layers to writing expressions.

Pulls together skills taught in the previous After Effects Apprentice installments to create a real-world video promo, from building artwork to assembling 3D precomps and setting the project to music.

Shows how to create and animate vector-based artwork directly inside After Effects.

Takes a creative tour of the Paint, Puppet, and Roto Brush tools in After Effects.

Learn two key visual effects skills: motion tracking and keying.

An introduction to 3D space in After Effects, plus advanced 3D workflows involving Photoshop.

Demonstrates several ways to manipulate time in After Effects.

Shows how to create simple but very useful expressions in After Effects that can be put to work on a wide variety of jobs.

Learn how to use multiple compositions to group layers, accommodate client changes, and rewire the internal render order in After Effects.

Shows how to set up a parenting chain, discusses what makes a good parent, and demonstrates several techniques using parenting.

Discover how to transport your photos into a three-dimensional world using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects.

A series of creative techniques featuring short projects using After Effects and CINEMA 4D.

Learn key techniques that can help you build compelling broadcast graphics and tell a short story with huge impact.

Illustrates how to create artistic video within the familiar interface of Photoshop, from editing video groups and masking techniques with vectors, to animating brush strokes and stylizing video with filters and adjustment layers.

Demonstrates creating refined lower thirds for Premiere Pro using After Effects.

Highlights some of the most exciting features in After Effects CS5.5.

Demonstrates how to render an animation in CINEMA 4D and apply two different visual styles in After Effects.

Shares the core concepts and techniques used to create compelling animations and transitions in Apple Motion.

Discover how to import layered files and paths from Illustrator into After Effects, animate flat vector artwork in both 2D and 3D space, and output your animations.

Shares the core principles used to create motion graphics, broken down into smaller groups of applied techniques in After Effects.

Covers both the technical and creative implications of the latest release of After Effects CS5.

Shows how vignetting techniques can be leveraged in video using After Effects.

After Effects gurus Chris and Trish Meyer share their real-world insight into how to get the most out of this popular software.

Demonstrates how to use any version of After Effects to add lighting effects to existing footage.

Demonstrates how to use any version of Motion to add lighting effects to existing footage.

How to make light look more realistic by adding natural-looking imperfections that also help with compression.

How to make light look more realistic by adding natural-looking imperfections that also help with compression.

Numerous tips and tricks for building 3D worlds, grouping together layers and lights, softening or sharpening projections, and more.

Automatically animate the anchor point, position, rotation, and scale of a layer without having to use expressions or animation presets.

Shows a variety of approaches for setting up a filmic glow in After Effects.

Learn the technique for adding glowing highlights and richly saturated colors often associated with footage shot on film.

Highlights some of the most exciting features in the latest version of After Effects CS4.

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

Demonstrates how to use floating point in After Effects to create looks ranging from interesting fades to hot, glowing text.

Use the Glow plug-in to get two different looks: inside glows for full-frame footage, and outside glows for halos.

Use After Effects to alter the lighting of already-shot footage and text animations.

Covers all the essentials of interlaced video, such as how to treat it on input and output and how to convert it to progressive scan.

Explains the 3:2 pulldown process in After Effects and discusses the different pulldown formats.

Demonstrates how to create enticing titles for video projects such as opening or ending credits.

Learn methods and best practices for creating fantastic animation.