Introduction to the Interface
• Project window
• Composition window
• Timeline
• Layer window
• Palettes
• Managing your workspace
Working with footage
• Photoshop files
• Illustrator files
• Image sequences
• Movies (QuickTime; AVI)
• Audio
Animation
• Basic transformations
• Keyframe types
• Keyframe Assistants
• Rostrum work (Panning and Zooming)
Basic Compositing
• Drawing Masks
• Animating Masks
• Understanding Channels
• The Magic of Blending Modes
• Creating Track mattes
Effects
• Understanding effect properties
• Animating effects
• Effect order & collapsing
transformations
• Nesting & pre-composing
• Adjustment layers
Text
• Basic text formatting
• Working with Text Animators
• Working with imported text
Paint
• Basic Rotoscoping
• Animating paint properties
• The Clone tool
Fundamentals of 3D & parenting
• Working with 3D Tools and interface
• Understanding 3D layers
• Using the cameras
• Working with lights
• Parenting and Nulls
Technical Issues
• Interlacing and field issues
• Colour and luminance issues
• Understanding aspect ratios
• Working with Codecs
• Output options