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1 Quick Reference
2 Working with footage items (Project window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Viewing windows (Composition, Layer, and Footage windows)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Displaying windows and palettes (any window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Moving around (Time Layout window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Moving around (Composition, Time Layout, Footage, and=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Previewing (Time Layout window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Editing (Composition, Layer, and Footage windows)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Working with layers (Composition and Time Layout windows)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Spatial zooming (Composition, Layer, and Footage windows)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Temporal zooming (Time Layout window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Viewing layer properties (Time Layout window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Setting the work area (Time Layout window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Modifying keyframes (Time Layout window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Nudging layers (Composition and Time Layout windows)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Working with compositions (Composition window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Working with masks (Layer window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Working with masks (Composition and Time Layout windows)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Working with effects  (Effect Controls window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Using markers (Composition and Time Layout windows)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Rendering (Render Queue window)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Using the Tools palette (Tools palette)=[e-mail]>QRC
2 Using other palettes (any  window)=[e-mail]>QRC
1 Getting Started
2 About this guide=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Learning Adobe After Effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Windows system requirements=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Mac OS system requirements=[e-mail]>Resize
2 The Adobe After Effects package contents=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Registration=[e-mail]>Resize
2 About Adobe products and services=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Adobe Systems training opportunities=[e-mail]>Resize
2 What
s new in Adobe After Effects 4.0=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Working with Projects, Windows, and Palettes
2 Working in a project=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Planning your project=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Time basics=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting up a project=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting preferences=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using windows=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Project window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Footage window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Composition window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Layer window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Time Layout window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using context menus=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using online Help=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Composition, Layer, and Footage window controls=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using palettes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Time Controls palette=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Toolbox=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Info palette=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Audio palette=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Align palette=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Preparing and Importing Footage
2 How After Effects works with imported files=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Working with file formats=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Preparing a still image file for import into After Effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing files into a project=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing a sequence of still image files=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing footage containing an alpha channel=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing an Adobe Photoshop file=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing an Adobe Illustrator or EPS file=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing an After Effects project=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing After Effects projects from different platforms=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing Adobe Premiere projects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing an audio file=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing Cineon files=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Preparing motion footage for importing to After Effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using interlaced video in After Effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Interpreting field order=[e-mail]>Resize
2 About 3:2 pulldown=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Removing 3:2 pulldown from video transferred from film=[e-mail]>Resize
2 About D1, DV, and various pixel aspect ratio footage=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting pixel aspect ratio=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing DDR-based footage=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting up frames and fields for DDR-based footage=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Building a Composition
2 Working with imported footage=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating a composition=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Understanding composition settings=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Comparing composition settings and Interpret Footage settings=c[e-mail]>Resize
2 About adding footage items to a composition=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Adding footage items to a composition=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Nesting a composition=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Working in the Composition and Time Layout windows=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Understanding the Composition window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using the Composition window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Understanding the Time Layout window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Replacing and substituting footage=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Managing Layers
2 Adding layers to a composition=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Kinds of layers=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating a new layer from a footage item=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating a new layer from a composition=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating an adjustment layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating a new solid layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing the layer stacking order=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Understanding layer numbers and colors=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing a layer
s default color label=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Renaming a layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Viewing the source name of a layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Understanding trimming=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Trimming layer footage=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Duplicating a layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Splitting a layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating simple cuts and transitions between layers=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Aligning and distributing layers=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Positioning a layer in time=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using markers=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using Feature switches in the Time Layout window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using Audio/Video Feature switches=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using Layer Switches=[e-mail]>Resize
2 About motion blur=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using audio layers=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Animating Layers
2 About layer properties=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Understanding keyframes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting keyframes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Moving and copying keyframes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Determining where to set and modify keyframes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting and animating position=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Subpixel positioning=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Modifying a motion path=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing the number of visible motion-path keyframes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using Motion Sketch to draw a motion path=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting and animating size=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Flipping a layer using Scale property keyframes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting and animating opacity=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting and animating rotation=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Rotating a layer along a motion path=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting and animating an anchor point=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting and animating mask shapes and feathers=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting and animating effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting preview options=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Previewing animation=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Fine-tuning Animation
2 Controlling change through interpolation=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Comparing interpolation methods=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing the interpolation method=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using the Value graph to change a layer property value=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Adding keyframes to a Value graph=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Factors affecting speed=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Controlling speed along a motion path=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Fine-tuning speed=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Time-stretching a layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Keeping keyframes intact when time-stretching a layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using the Time-Reverse Keyframes keyframe assistant=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Reversing the playback direction of a layer=[e-mail]>Resize
2 About time-remapping=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Working with Masks and Transparency
2 Creating high-quality mattes and transparency=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using a footage item with an alpha channel=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Working with masks=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating masks=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Drawing rectangular and oval masks=[e-mail]>Resize
2 About mask paths=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Drawing a Bezier mask with the pen tool=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Selecting masks and mask points=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Scaling and rotating selected masks or points=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing the shape of a mask=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Feathering mask edges=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Specifying which parts of a mask are inside and outside=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Moving a mask and panning a layer behind a mask=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Specifying one mask as the target for animation=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Animating a mask=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Importing masks from Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Applying effects to a mask=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating visible lines and solid shapes from masks=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Controlling how masks in the same layer interact=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using mask modes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Reusing a mask=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating track mattes and traveling mattes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using layer modes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating transparency using keying=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Applying Effects
2 Working with effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing the values of an effect
s properties=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Placing an effect using effect points=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing effects over time=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Applying multiple effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Positioning effects on layers=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Applying an effect to several layers with an adjustment layer=c[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing rendering order=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using audio effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using Adobe Photoshop layer effects in After Effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Effects included with After Effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Adjust effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Audio effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Blur and Sharpen effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Channel effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Cineon tools=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Distort effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Image Control effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Keying effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Perspective effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Render effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Stylize effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Text effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Time effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Transitions effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Video effects=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Managing Projects Effectively
2 Understanding default rendering order=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Organizing a project using nesting=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating animations by nesting compositions=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Synchronizing time displays of nested compositions=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Maintaining image quality of nested compositions=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Saving time by prerendering nested compositions=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Understanding precomposing=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Techniques for working efficiently=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using RAM effectively=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Running After Effects on multiprocessors=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Running After Effects with Intel
s MMX=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Rendering a Movie
2 Understanding rendering and compression=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Compressors and file formats=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Making a movie=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using the Render Queue window=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing render settings=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating and using render settings templates=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Changing output module settings=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating and using output module templates=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Outputting to a DDR=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Rendering an item to multiple formats=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Choosing compression options=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Rendering checklist=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Exporting a single frame of a composition=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating a filmstrip file for editing in Photoshop=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Rendering frames as a sequence of still images=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Rendering cross-platform movies and stills=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Rendering single-frame sequences on multiple systems=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Working with overflow volumes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Rendering movies at different sizes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Creating low-resolution movies for testing motion=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Testing the field rendering order=[e-mail]>Resize
1 User Guide Supplement
2 About this guide=[e-mail]>Resize
2 The Adobe After Effects 4.1 package contents=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Updated system requirements=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Installing and registering After Effects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Opening older projects=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using the New After Effects 4.1 Features=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Working with enhanced features=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using the New Features in the Production Bundle Version=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using interpretation rules=[e-mail]>Resize
1 Tips for Working More Efficiently with After Effects
2 Getting the best results from RAM preview=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Setting image caching preferences=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Purging your image cache and undo levels=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Positioning and grouping tabbed windows=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Working with tabbed windows=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Using basic arithmetic to set values in dialog boxes=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Optimizing the display of Adobe Illustrator files=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Working cross-platform=[e-mail]>Resize
2 Improving performance with Particle Playground (Production Bundle only)=sup02_improv[e-mail]>Resize
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