After Effects 7 Animation Techniques
with: Jeff Foster
In After Effects 7 Animation Techniques, Jeff Foster shares methods and best practices for creating fantastic animation. From setting up a camera and getting the right angles, to imitating the movement of the human skeleton and animating text layers, Foster explains everything you need to know to create and edit animations for the most realistic effects. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace
Table of contents
1. Introduction
2. Animation with a Camera
3. Cause and Effect
| Gravity: the freefall |
6:55 |
15.9 MB |
| Gravity: a smooth landing |
9:29 |
22.1 MB |
| Gravity and collision: bounce and hang time |
4:36 |
10.4 MB |
| Gravity and recoil: the yo-yo |
9:42 |
23.7 MB |
| Inertia and friction: what a drag |
4:32 |
9.4 MB |
| Combining the techniques for complex animations |
5:00 |
11 MB |
4. Exaggeration Equals Characterization
| The classic sudden stop |
5:36 |
12.6 MB |
| Bouncing and falling: defying the rules of gravity |
10:29 |
24.4 MB |
5. Rubber Planets Project: 3-D Animation Effects
| Planet 1: Earth stop |
6:54 |
15.4 MB |
| Planet 2: Mars bounce |
11:44 |
27.3 MB |
| Planet 3: Moon pop-up |
7:32 |
17.1 MB |
| Planet 4: Saturn drop |
5:35 |
12.8 MB |
| Completing the scene by adding camera and lights |
10:17 |
26.4 MB |
6. Kinematics: Human Figure Character Animation
| Kinematics animation and parenting |
6:02 |
8.9 MB |
| The knee bone's connected to the leg bone |
6:06 |
15.4 MB |
7. Animating Text Layers in After Effects
| Textacy: fly-in zoom titling |
5:09 |
11.5 MB |
| Textacy: bouncy 3-D titles |
9:55 |
22 MB |
| Textacy: horizontal scanning titles |
6:07 |
16.6 MB |
| Textacy: What's the buzz? |
4:11 |
9.3 MB |
| Photoshop text layers with displacement |
10:50 |
18.3 MB |
8. Custom Scene Transitions
| Luminance mattes from movies |
3:59 |
10.5 MB |
| Painting a transition |
4:14 |
10.1 MB |
| Animating 3-D layers for transitions |
6:26 |
15.1 MB |
9. Conclusion
