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Chapter 1: Getting Started

Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Adobe Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Chapter 2 : Workspace

Customizing the workspace. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Using After Effects interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Chapter 3: Planning and project management

Basics of projects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Planning and configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Memory, storage and performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Plugins and scripts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Chapter 4: Adobe Bridge

Introduction to Bridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Bridge Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42

Viewing and managing files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Working with images and dynamic media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48

Metadata and keywords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53

Chapter 5 : Importing Importing and interpreting footage items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57

Working with footage items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Importing from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Import video and audio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Importing 3D image files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Importing still images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Introduction to Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Scroll through the images and opening and saving images with Camera Raw 96

Adjusting the color in Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Changing images in Camera Raw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Camera Raw settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106

Chapter 6: Compositions

Composition basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Nesting, precomposing and preprocessing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Chapter 7: Views and previews

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Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Modifying and using views. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128

Chapter 8: Layers and properties

Layering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Selecting and arranging layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Management layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Modify layer properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .152

Blending modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Layer Styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Using 3D layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Cameras , lights, and points of interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173

Chapter 9: Animation

Animation basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Setting, selecting and deleting keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Editing, moving, and copying keyframes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Creating and modifying motion paths. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Assorted animation tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Interpolation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Speed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204

Extension of time remapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Animating with Puppet tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Chapter 10: Color

Basic colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Color management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Chapter 11: Masks , transparency, and keying

Transparency overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244

Creating and importing masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

Working with masks and mattes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Animating masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Embedding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .259

Chapter 12: Text

Creating and editing text layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .263

Character format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

Paragraph formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

Animating text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274

Examples of text animation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

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Chapter 13: Drawing and painting

Using painting tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Description of shape layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298

Shapes creating masks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303

Managing and editing shapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Chapter 14: Motion Tracking

Overview motion tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Motion tracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

Chapter 15 : Effects and animation presets

Overview of effects and animation presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332

Working with presets and animation effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

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Chapter 16: Effect reference

Galleries effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

3D Channel effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .351

Audio effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355

Blur and Sharpen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358

Channel effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .363

Effects color correction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369

Distortion effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .384

Generating effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399

Keying effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .418

Matt effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .427

Noise & Grain effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .429

Paint Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .446

Effects of perspective. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .456

Effects Simulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .461

Stylize effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .490

Text Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .497

Time effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .503

Transition effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .508

Utility effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .513

Chapter 17: Expressions

Using expressions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .518

The expression language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .525

Expression elements reference After Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .529

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Examples of expression. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .549

Chapter 18: Rendering and exporting

Basics of rendering and exporting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .553

Processing and export of Flash formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .567

Rendering and exporting still images and still-image sequences . . . . . . . . . . . .570

Exporting project information to other Adobe applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .573

Encoding and compression options for movies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .576

Automatic processing and network processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .586

Conversion films. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .593

Reviewing movies with Clip Notes comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .597

Chapter 19: Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .600

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .619

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Chapter 1: Getting Started

If you have not installed your new software , begin by reading some information on installation and preliminary information

before start using the software , spend a few moments to read an overview of Adobe Help and of the many resources available t

users. You have access to instructional videos , plug-ins , templates, communities users , seminars , tutorials , RSS feeds and more

installation

Requirements

❖ To review complete system requirements and recommendations for the Adobe ® software , see the file

Read me installation disk .

Install the software

1 Close all Adobe applications open on your computer .

2 Insert the installation disc into the DVD drive and follow the instructions on the screen .

For each licensed copy of Adobe ® After Effects ® , you can activate and use one copy of the full version of the application on

computer . You can also install additional copies on additional equipment to use as engines After Effects render to assist in processin

the network. Install processing engines same way as the full version of the application, but not active. Run the engine for processing b

Engine shortcut processing of Adobe After Effects from Adobe After Effects CS3 folder .

Note : For more information, see the ReadMe file on the installation DVD or visit the support sitioWeb

see also " Network rendering with watch folders " on page 588

Activate the software

If you have a single-user license for the software from Adobe , you are prompted to activate the software , this is a process

simple and anonymous to be completed within 30 days from the start of the software.

For more information on product activation , see the ReadMe file on the installation disc or

visit the Adobe website at http://www.adobe.com/go/products/activation_es .

1 If the Activation dialog box is not already open , choose Help > Activate.

2 Follow the instructions on screen.

Note: To install the software on another computer, you must first deactivate it on your computer . Choose Help> Deactivate .

Register Register your product to receive complimentary installation support , notifications of updates and other services.

❖ To register, follow the onscreen instructions in the Registration dialog box that appears after you install and activate the

software.

If you postpone registration , you can register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.

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Chapter 2 : Workspace

The user interface of After Effects is designed to facilitate creativity and productivity. You can modify the interface to suit your needs

Customizing the workspace about workspaces the video and audio applications Adobe offer a uniform workspace and customizable

While each application has its own set of panels (eg, Tools, Properties, Timeline, etc. .), move and group panels in the same way as

does with the products.

The main window of a program is the application window. Panels are organized in this window in a arrangement called a workspace

he default workspace contains groups of panels and panels independent . A workspace by arranging panels in the layout that best sui

your working style. It can create and save multiple workspaces for different tasks , for example , one for editing and one for previewin

. Panels can be dragged to new locations, move in and out of a group, placing them next to each other, and undock a panel so that

floats in a new window on the application window. As rearrange panels, the other panels resize automatically to fit the window .

You can use floating windows to create a workspace more like the earlier versions of the Adobe applications or to plac

panels on multiple monitors.

Sample Workspace

A. Application window

B. Grouped panels

C. Individual panel

For a video about the Adobe workspace, see www.adobe.com/go/vid0249_es .

Activate a toolThe Tools panel can be displayed as a toolbar ( as shown here) or as a panel

Normal .

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N

Panel Tools A. B. Selection Hand C. Zoom D. E. Rotation Camera Orbit , XY tracking camera , tracking camera Z F. panorama Back G

Mask And Shape Tool H. Pen tools I. J. text tools Brush K. Clone Stamp L. Puppet MHerramientas Draft N Checks on the active tool

Note : Checks on some tools appear only when the tool is active .

• Click the tool button . If the button has a small triangle in the lower right corner , hold

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down the mouse button to see the hidden tools . Then click the tool you want select .

• Press the keyboard shortcut tool . ( By placing the pointer over a tool button , tooltip will appear that includes the name of the too

and sumétodo keyboard shortcut . )

• To scroll through the hidden tools , repeatedly press the keyboard shortcut for the tool.

• To temporarily change from one tool to another , hold down the shortcut desired tool or to return to the previous tool , releas

demétodo abbreviated ( This technique does not work with all the tools ) :

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• To view the most relevant panel for the active tool , click the button on the panel if it is available. For example, if you cl ick this butto

when the painting tool is active , open the panels

Paint and brush tip .

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Chapter 3 : Planning and project management

After Effects provides the tools you need to organize complex projects and maximize the

performance , so you can concentrate on their creative work.

Basics Project

About the project files A deAfter Effects project is a single file that stores compositions and references to all elements of footage use

in this project. The compositions are collections of layers . Many layers use elements as the source footage , though a few layers ( a

shape layers and text layers ) contain graphics that are created in After Effects. A project file has the file name extension . Aep . th

Current project name appears at the top of the application window . A project template is a file with the file name extension . Aet . Th

numerous projects template included in After Effects (which are demenú DVD templates ) can be used as the basis for own projects

You can also create new templates based on your projects .

An excellent way to see how users use After Effects is to open one of the projects template included with After Effects, select all laye

and press U or UU to display only the properties modified or animated . From estemodo displayed changes made by the proyectod

eldiseñador template to create the template. You may need to unlock some layers to select . Create and open projects Only you ca

open a project almismo time. If you create or open another project file when a project Open After Effects prompts you to save change

to the first draft , and then closes .

• To create a project , New> New proyecto.Una 've created a project , you can import ar material

the project file .

• To open a project, choose Fi le> Open Project , locate the project and click Open.

• To open the project that recently abriómás , use the key combination Ctrl + Alt + Shift + P (Windows ) or Command + Option + Shift

P ( Mac OS). see also

" Import an After Effects project " on page 72

Using template projects When you open a template project , After Effects creates an untitled project based on the template . Thi

means that if save the changes made in the project , the project template is unchanged. Often , the author of a template project laye

crashes should remain unchanged and leaves without blocking layers have to be modified . This is a very practical way to reus

materials and avoid changes accidental or inappropriate .

see also " Lock or unlock a layer " on page 149

Opening a template project

• To examine and open template projects using Bridge, choose File> Browse Template Projects. Make

Double-click a template project to open it.

• To open a project template, choose File> Open Project. In Windows, choose Adobe Project Template

After Effects Files of type menu.

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