Motion Graphics

Animating your Photos with After Effects

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When working in After Effects, there are five key components to animating a layer. These properties are very easy to quickly access through keyboard shortcuts.

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  • Press A to Twirl down the Anchor Point.
    • Press P to Twirl down the Position.
    • Press R to Twirl down the Rotation.
    • Press S to Twirl down the Scale.
    • Press T to Twirl down the Opacity.


You can also use following modifier keys to speed up your work.

  • Hold down the Shift key to display additional properties after selecting the first item.
    • Hold down the Option (Alt) key to display a property and add a keyframe at the Current Time Indicator.


To learn more, see this course on lynda.com:Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects

Maximizing your Web Video and Podcast Audience with Hypersyndication table of contents:

  • Introduction
  • 1. Organize Your Photos with Adobe Bridge
  • 2. Understanding Resolution
  • 3. Working in the Right Color Space
  • 4. Removing Damage
  • 5. Content-Aware Repairs
  • 6. Controlling Focus
  • 7. Removing Distractions
  • 8. Toning Images
  • 9. Documentary Motion Control with After Effects
  • 10. Exporting Animation
  • Conclusion


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Add Ratings to Your Photos with Adobe Bridge

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This Bridge tutorial titled Adding Ratings is from chapter one of the Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects course presented by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. This specific tutorial describes how to use Adobe Bridge to add rating to your photos to decide which shots you prefer. The complete Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects course has a total duration of 2 hours and 2 minutes and explores the world of documentary storytelling, using various techniques in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to transform damaged photos into brand-new works of art.

Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects
To view more of this course on lynda.com, click the link above.

Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects course presented table of contents:

Introduction
1. Organize Your Photos with Adobe Bridge
2. Understanding Resolution
3. Working in the Right Color Space
4. Removing Damage
5. Content-Aware Repairs
6. Controlling Focus
7. Removing Distractions
8. Toning Images
9. Documentary Motion Control with After Effects
10. Exporting Animation
Conclusion

The Difference Between Print and Video Resolution

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This tutorial titled Resolution Requirements for Video is from chapter two of the Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects course presented by lynda.com author Rich Harrington. This specific tutorial explains the difference between print resolution and video resolution. The complete Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects course has a total duration of 2 hours and 2 minutes and explores the world of documentary storytelling, using various techniques in Adobe Photoshop and After Effects to transform damaged photos into brand-new works of art.

Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects
To view more of this course on lynda.com, click the link above.

Documentary Photo Techniques with Photoshop and After Effects course presented table of contents:

Introduction
1. Organize Your Photos with Adobe Bridge
2. Understanding Resolution
3. Working in the Right Color Space
4. Removing Damage
5. Content-Aware Repairs
6. Controlling Focus
7. Removing Distractions
8. Toning Images
9. Documentary Motion Control with After Effects
10. Exporting Animation
Conclusion

Designing Backgrounds with Photoshop and After Effects

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As a motion graphics designer, you often have to work harder than other types of designers. Unlike those in the print world who can usually get by with a white background for the printed page, you must put more thought into your projects.
Motion backgrounds have become a staple of broadcast and motion graphics design. In fact, entire companies exist just to create and sell backdrops. The use of backgrounds (whether static or dynamic) is essential to good motion graphics design. Fortunately, certain features in After Effects and Photoshop can be combined to create some fantastic "wallpaper."
Read the whole article here – http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1660202

Repairing and Retiming Footage

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Unfortunately, you are not always in complete control of a project from start to finish. As a motion graphics artist, you will often be excluded from the field production stage. Footage will be shot without you (and often without regard to your needs). We learned an important lesson early on: If you're at the end of the line (which is where video editors and motion graphics folks are in the process), you're responsible for everything that's wrong with the final product. Sadly, there's not much you can do to change this fact.
Except of course, you can "fix it in post."
Now, we hate this phrase as much as you. Fortunately, After Effects and Photoshop offer some great options for repairing footage. You can fix color and exposure problems, change the speed or duration of clips, and even remove unwanted objects.
Read the whole article here – http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1660189