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Working with Projects, Windows, and Palettes

Working in a project

Where you work with footage items

How you start a project

Planning your project

Choosing the right media

Considerations for cross-platform projects

Time basics

Time display

Frame rate

NTSC (29.97) drop-frame timecode

Duration

Frames and fields

Setting time-display options

Setting up a project

Creating a new project

Importing footage items

Opening and closing a project

Saving a project

Correcting mistakes

Selecting 16-bpc color depth (PB only)

Setting preferences

Customizing the workspace

Using context menus

Using windows

Reorganizing windows

Working with the Project window

Composition, Layer, and Footage window controls

Displaying After Effects viewing controls in the Footage window

Changing magnification in windows

Viewing safe zones and grids

Changing safe-zone margins and grid spacing

Using rulers and guides

Viewing color and alpha channels

Taking and viewing a window snapshot

Viewing a specific frame

Discontinuing window updates

Viewing tool tips

Toolbox

Info palette

Preparing and Importing Footage

How After Effects works with imported files

Working with file formats

Preparing a still-image file for import into After Effects

Working with higher image resolutions

Changing the default duration of still images

Specifying interpretation rules

Using interpretation rules

Importing files into a project

Importing a sequence of still-image files

Importing footage containing an alpha channel

Using straight or premultiplied alpha channels

Interpreting alpha channels as straight or premultiplied

Choosing an interpretation method for alpha channels

Importing Adobe Photoshop files

Preparing layered Adobe Photoshop files

Importing layered Photoshop files

Using transparent areas and layer masks from Adobe Photoshop

Using adjustment layers from Adobe Photoshop

Using Adobe Photoshop layer effects (styles)

Importing an Adobe Illustrator, PDF, or EPS file

Continuously rasterizing an Adobe Illustrator file

Importing layers from Adobe Illustrator 5.0 and later

Importing Adobe Illustrator paths as masks

Importing an After Effects project

Importing After Effects projects from different platforms

Importing Adobe Premiere projects

Importing 3D-image files

Importing an audio file

Importing Cineon files

Preparing motion footage for import

Analog video

Analog film

Digital video

Interlaced and noninterlaced footage

Preparing a movie for import when final output is NTSC interlaced video

Preparing motion-footage frame rates for final output

Using interlaced video in After Effects

Separating fields

Interpreting field order

Field rendering

About 3:2 pulldown

Removing 3:2 pulldown from video transferred from film

About D1, DV, and various pixel aspect ratio footage

Setting pixel aspect ratio

Using square-pixel footage for output to D1 or DV NTSC

Importing DDR-based footage

Setting up frames and fields for DDR-based footage

Building a Composition

Working with imported footage

Viewing imported footage

Opening footage in its original application

Setting the frame rate for footage

Looping footage

Copying Interpret Footage settings

Replacing and substituting footage

Replacing footage throughout a project

Replacing footage of one or more layers

About placeholders and proxies

Working with missing source footage

Substituting a placeholder for footage

Substituting a low-resolution proxy for footage

Identifying proxy items in the Project window

Creating a composition

Understanding basic composition settings

Setting frame size

Saving custom preset values

Setting pixel aspect ratio for compositions

Setting frame rate

Setting resolution

Adjusting the appearance of low-resolution compositions

Setting start timecode or start frame

Setting duration

Understanding advanced composition settings

Setting the anchor

Setting nesting options

Setting the rendering plug-in

Adding footage items to a composition

Nesting a composition

Using the Composition window

Arranging a footage item in a composition by dragging

Setting the background color of a composition

Using checkerboard backgrounds to display transparency

Changing the region of interest

Using the Timeline window

Default controls and panels

Optional panels

Understanding the time graph

Viewing and setting the current time

Setting up a work area

Managing Layers

Managing layers

Adding layers to compositions

Creating new layers

Creating layers by nesting compositions

Creating a new solid layer

Creating a light or camera layer

Creating an adjustment layer

Duplicating a layer

Creating new layers by splitting

Rearranging layers

Changing the layer stacking order

Selecting a layer by position number

Aligning and distributing layers in space

Positioning a layer in time

Automatically arranging layers as a sequence

Creating simple cuts and transitions between layers

Customizing layer work and views

Renaming a layer

Viewing the source name of a layer

Changing layer color labels

Hiding layers in the Composition window

Showing and hiding layers in the Timeline window

Locking and unlocking a layer

Soloing a layer

Understanding trimming

Trimming layer footage

Moving a trimmed layer in time

Removing a section of a layer

Using markers

Creating composition-time markers

Creating layer-time markers

Creating Web links from markers

Creating chapter links

Nesting compositions containing layer-time markers

Adding markers synchronized to audio

About After Effects Audio/Video switches

Altering appearances on the layer level

Collapsing transformation properties

Changing the layer image quality

Showing and hiding applied effects

Enhancing time-altered motion by blending frames

Using frame blending

Using three dimensions

About motion blur

Applying motion blur to layers

Adjusting the shutter angle for motion blur

Using audio layers

Previewing audio

Dragging to preview composition audio

Changing volume levels of an audio layer

Including and excluding audio

Animating Layers

About layer properties

Viewing layer properties in the Timeline window

Understanding keyframes

Time-vary stopwatch

Keyframe navigator

Keyframe icons

Setting keyframes

Navigating and selecting keyframes

Deleting keyframes

Moving and copying keyframes

Moving keyframes

Copying and pasting keyframes

Moving a layer duration bar independently of its keyframes

Copying a value from a layer without keyframes

Changing several keyframe values at once

Determining where to set and modify keyframes

Setting layer position

Modifying a motion path

Changing the number of visible motion-path keyframes

Using Motion Sketch to draw a motion path

Smoothing motion and velocity

Creating motion paths with masks

Setting layer size

Flipping a layer using Scale property keyframes

Setting layer opacity

Setting layer rotation

Rotating a layer along a motion path

Setting and animating an anchor point

Understanding parent layers

Using null objects

Setting and animating a layer property in the Timeline window

Setting and animating mask properties

Setting and animating effects

Setting preview options

Setting Video Preview preferences

Previewing animation

About caching

About dynamic resolution

Fine-tuning Animation

Controlling change through interpolation

Spatial interpolation and the motion path

Temporal interpolation and the Value graph

Comparing interpolation methods

No interpolation

Linear interpolation

Auto Bezier interpolation

Continuous Bezier interpolation

Bezier temporal interpolation

Hold interpolation

Changing the interpolation method

Applying Bezier interpolation graphically

Adjusting direction handles to create curves and corners

Retracting and extending Bezier direction handles

Mixing incoming and outgoing interpolation methods

Setting the default spatial interpolation to Linear

Using the Value graph to change a layer property value

Adding keyframes to a Value graph

Factors affecting speed

Controlling speed along a motion path

Fine-tuning speed

Adjusting the Speed or Velocity graph border

Creating a bounce or intense peak

Starting or stopping change gradually

Extending the influence of an ease handle

Changing speed numerically

Creating smooth changes using roving keyframes

Automatically easing speed using the Easy Ease keyframe assistant

Time-stretching a layer

Keeping keyframes intact when time-stretching a layer

Using the Time-Reverse Keyframes keyframe assistant

Reversing the playback direction of a layer

About time-remapping

Time-remapping parts of a motion footage or audio layer

Time-remapping audio pitch

Working with Masks and Transparency

Understanding transparency in After Effects

Using a footage item with an alpha channel

Working with masks

Creating masks

Working with multiple masks in one layer

Types of masks

Drawing rectangular and oval masks

About Mask Paths

Creating masks from motion paths

Drawing a Bezier mask with the pen tool

Drawing straight lines with the pen tool

Drawing curves with the pen tool

Selecting masks and control points

Scaling and rotating selected masks or points

Changing the shape of a mask

Feathering mask edges

Adjusting the edges of a mask

Adjusting the opacity of a mask

Specifying which parts of a mask are inside and outside

Moving a mask and panning a layer behind a mask

Specifying one mask as the target for animation

Animating a mask

Importing masks from Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop

Applying effects to a mask

Creating visible lines and solid shapes from masks

Controlling how masks in the same layer interact

Using mask modes

Modifying multiple masks

Locking a mask

Reusing a mask

Creating track mattes and traveling mattes

Using alpha channel or luminance values for a track matte

Preserving underlying transparency during compositing

Using layer modes

Specifying a layer mode

Using stencil and silhouette layer modes

Creating transparency using keying

Applying Effects

Learning about specific effects

Working with effects

Applying and controlling effects

Saving favorite effects for instant reuse

Working with effects in 16 bits (PB only)

Changing effect property values

Placing an effect using effect points

Changing effects over time

Positioning effects on layers

Applying an effect to several layers with an adjustment layer

Changing rendering order

Using audio effects

Using cameras and lights with effects

Using Adobe Photoshop layer styles in After Effects

Using keying effects

Adjusting keying controls on a single frame

Using a background color

Working with binary keys

Working with linear keys

Working with matte tools

Using a garbage matte

Using a hold-out matte

Sequencing and combining keys

Effects included with After Effects

Standard version effects

Production Bundle-only effects

3D Channel effects (PB only)

3D Channel Extract (PB only)

Depth Matte (PB only)

Depth of Field (PB only)

Fog 3D (PB only)

ID Matte (PB only)

Adjust effects

Brightness & Contrast

Channel Mixer

Color Balance

Curves

Hue/Saturation

Levels

Posterize

Threshold

Audio effects

Backwards

Bass & Treble

Delay

Flange & Chorus (PB only)

High-Low Pass (PB only)

Modulator (PB only)

Parametric EQ (PB only)

Reverb (PB only)

Stereo Mixer

Tone (PB only)

Blur and sharpen effects

Channel Blur

Compound Blur

Directional Blur

Fast Blur

Gaussian Blur

Radial Blur

Sharpen

Unsharp Mask

Channel effects

Alpha Levels (PB only)

Arithmetic

Blend

Cineon Converter

Compound Arithmetic

Invert

Minimax

Remove Color Matting

Set Channels

Set Matte

Shift Channels

Distort effects

Bezier Warp (PB only)

Bulge (PB only)

Corner Pin (PB only)

Displacement Map (PB only)

Mesh Warp (PB only)

Mirror

Offset

Optics Compensation (PB only)

Polar Coordinates

PS+Pinch

PS+Ripple

PS+Spherize

PS+Twirl

PS+Wave

PS+Zig Zag

Reshape (PB only)

Ripple (PB only)

Smear

Spherize

Transform

Twirl (PB only)

Wave Warp (PB only)

Image control effects

Change Color

Color Balance (HLS)

Colorama

Equalize

Gamma/Pedestal/Gain

Median

PS Arbitrary Map

Tint

Keying effects

Color Difference Key (PB only)

Color Key

Color Range Key (PB only)

Difference Matte (PB only)

Extract (PB only)

Inner Outer (PB only)

Linear Color Key (PB only)

Luma Key

Spill Suppressor (PB only)

Matte Tools effects (PB only)

Simple Choker (PB only)

Matte Choker (PB only)

Paint effects (PB only)

Perspective effects

Basic 3D

Bevel Alpha

Bevel Edges

Drop Shadow

Render effects

Audio Spectrum

Audio Waveform

Beam

Ellipse

Fill

Fractal

Fractal Noise (PB only)

Lightning (PB only)

PS+Lens Flare (PB only)

Radio Waves

Ramp

Stroke

Vegas

Simulation effects

Card Dance (available from the Adobe Web site)

Caustics (available from the Adobe Web site)

Foam (available from the Adobe Web site)

Particle Playground (PB only)

Shatter

Wave World (available from the Adobe Web site)

Stylize effects

Brush Strokes

Color Emboss

Emboss

Find Edges

Glow (PB only)

Leave Color

Mosaic

Motion Tile

Noise

PS+Extrude

PS+Tiles

Scatter (PB only)

Strobe Light

Texturize

Write-on

Text effects

Basic Text

Numbers

Path Text

Time effects

Echo

Posterize Time

Time Displacement (PB only)

Transition effects

Block Dissolve

Card Wipe (available from the Adobe Web site)

Gradient Wipe

Iris Wipe

Linear Wipe

Radial Wipe

Venetian Blinds

Video effects

Broadcast Colors

Reduce Interlace Flicker

Timecode

3D Compositing

Understanding 3D

Understanding 3D compositing in After Effects

Working with 3D layers

Moving a 3D layer in the Composition window

Understanding 3D Transform properties

Understanding 3D auto-orientation

Understanding Z scale

Understanding 3D rotation

Understanding 3D layer material options

Understanding 3D layer order

Combining 2D and 3D layers

Understanding 3D views

Using cameras

Understanding camera settings

Understanding camera Transform properties

Using the camera tools

Using Axes modes

Using lights

Understanding light settings

Understanding Light Transform properties

Using 3D compositing with effects

Using 3D compositing with masks

Using third-party files with depth information

Previewing 3D

Using Wireframe Interactions

Working in Draft 3D mode

3D rendering

Rendering compositions containing both 2D and 3D layers

Using the Adobe render plug-in

Creating Expressions

Using expressions

Creating expressions

Turning an expression on or off

Resizing the expression field

Viewing the expression graph

Viewing all expressions in a composition

Converting expressions to keyframes

Creating expressions with the pick whip

Selecting properties and values with the pick whip

Determining which values are used in an expression

An example of using the pick whip

Editing a pick-whip expression

Examples of edited pick-whip expressions

Writing your own expressions

Saving an expression

Understanding the expression language

Accessing elements in an expression

Expression values

Expression time

Expression time in nested comps

Numbers and arrays

Indexing vectors and arrays

Accessing specific values in a vector or array

Using the expression language menu

Sample expressions

Averaging one layer between two others

Creating a trail of images

Creating a bulge between two layers

Moving a layer in a perfect circle

After Effects expression language guide

Expression language guide key

Global attributes and methods

Global objects

Vector math methods

Random number methods

Interpolation methods

Color conversion methods

Comp attributes and methods

Footage attributes and methods

Layer attributes and methods

Material properties for 3D layers

Layer space transform methods

Camera attributes and methods

Light attributes and methods

Effect attributes and methods

Mask attributes and methods

Property attributes and methods

Managing Projects Effectively

Visualizing organization with Flowchart View

Customizing Flowchart View

Using Flowchart View to make changes

Organizing a project using nesting

Understanding default rendering order

Changing the rendering order

Creating animations by nesting compositions

Synchronizing time displays of nested compositions

Maintaining image quality of nested compositions

Saving time by prerendering nested compositions

Understanding precomposing

Reducing the project

Techniques for working efficiently

Using RAM effectively

Setting image caching preferences

Identifying memory-intensive layers in a composition

Reducing a composition's memory requirements

Running After Effects on multiprocessor systems

Using the Windows MP plug-in (Windows only)

Using the Multiprocessor Support plug-in (Mac OS)

Rendering a Movie

Understanding rendering and compression

Making (rendering) a movie

Using the Render Queue window

Working in the Render Queue window

Monitoring the rendering process

Checking rendering status

Changing render settings

Field-rendering considerations

Creating and using render settings templates

Changing output module settings

Introducing 3:2 pulldown

Creating and using output module templates

Exporting to Macromedia Flash (SWF) format

Supported features for SWF export

Including object names in a SWF file

Including Web links in a SWF file

Saving a RAM preview as a rendered movie

Exporting footage using QuickTime components

Rendering an item to multiple formats

Choosing compression options

Setting QuickTime compression options

Setting Video for Windows compression options

Exporting a single frame of a composition

Creating a filmstrip file for editing in Photoshop

Rendering frames as a sequence of still images

Rendering cross-platform movies and stills

Collecting files in one location

Rendering using a watch folder (PB only)

Rendering single-frame sequences on multiple systems

Network performance

Tracking discrepancies and load-sharing (Mac OS only)

Starting After Effects in watch-folder mode (PB only)

Using multiple machines to render plug-in effects (PB only)

Working with overflow volumes

Rendering movies at different sizes

Making a movie smaller than the rendered composition

Making a movie larger than the rendered composition

Creating low-resolution movies for testing motion

Testing the field-rendering order

Using Property and Tracking Controls (PB only)

Adding randomness (PB only)

Simulating a zoom lens (PB only)

About tracking motion (PB only)

Working with the Tracker/Stabilizer Controls (PB only)

Defining tracking regions (PB only)

Defining tracking settings (PB only)

Tracking different types of motion (PB only)

Tracking position (PB only)

Tracking rotation (PB only)

Tracking position and rotation (PB only)

Tracking position using affine corner pinning (PB only)

Tracking position using perspective corner pinning (PB only)

Attaching an effect to a tracked location (PB only)

Tracking a moving region or object (PB only)

Correcting a drifting feature region (PB only)

Stabilizing motion (PB only)

Using Motion Math (PB only)

Using Motion Math (PB only)

Using Expressions instead of Motion Math (PB only)

Working in the Motion Math window (PB only)

Motion Math scripts included with the Production Bundle (PB only)

Running and editing existing scripts (PB only)

Writing your own scripts (PB only)

Saving a script (PB only)

Controlling the built-in loop (PB only)

Assignments and operators (PB only)

Numbers (PB only)

Variables (PB only)

Layer property functions (PB only)

If statements (PB only)

Loops (PB only)

Constants (PB only)

Math functions (PB only)

Comments (PB only)

Specifying layers and properties (PB only)

Testing a script (PB only)

About vectors (PB only)

Vectors as single variables (PB only)

Using functions with vectors (PB only)

Using an index (PB only)

Using mathematical functions and operations on vectors (PB only)

Performing vector operations (PB only)

Using the Layer, Property, and Channel menus (PB only)

Using the language element menus (PB only)

Motion Math language reference (PB only)

Composition, layer, and property functions (PB only)

Substitution functions (PB only)

Math functions (PB only)

Constants (PB only)

Mathematical operators (PB only)

Logical operations (use If statements) (PB only)

Using Vector Paint (PB only)

About Vector Paint (PB only)

Working with vector-based strokes (PB only)

Selecting and modifying paint tools (PB only)

Selecting a painting tool (PB only)

Specifying a Brush type (PB only)

Selecting Brush Settings options in Effect Controls (PB only)

Editing your paint work (PB only)

Selecting strokes (PB only)

Editing brush strokes by changing settings (PB only)

Editing the Radius using Relative Values (PB only)

Smoothing a stroke (PB only)

Selecting Composite Paint options (PB only)

Playing back your painting (PB only)

Choosing a Playback mode (PB only)

Setting playback speed (PB only)

Using the Re-timer (PB only)

Painting with Shift-Paint Records (PB only)

Setting Wiggle Control options (PB only)

Selecting pressure settings (PB only)

Selecting viewing options (PB only)

Configuring a stylus for Vector Paint (PB only)

Changing stroke weight with Stylus Radius (PB only)

Using stylus pressure to affect opacity (PB only)

Selecting Preferences for stylus settings (PB only)

Vector Paint keyboard shortcuts (PB only)

Creating Particle Effects (PB only)

Creating Particle Effects (PB only)

Overview of Particle Playground workflow (PB only)

Preparing to use Particle Playground (PB only)

How particles first appear on the layer (PB only)

Particle content (PB only)

Improving performance with Particle Playground (PB only)

Creating particles (PB only)

Particle Playground Cannon (PB only)

Particle Playground Grid (PB only)

Layer Exploder and Particle Exploder (PB only)

Replacing default particles with a layer (PB only)

Specifying the frames you want to map (PB only)

Choosing Layer Map options (PB only)

Replacing default particles with text (PB only)

Influencing the behavior of existing particles (PB only)

Influencing individual particles over their lifespan (PB only)

Using gravity to pull particles (PB only)

Repelling and attracting particles (PB only)

Containing particles with a wall (PB only)

About Property Mappers (PB only)

Persistent and Ephemeral Property Mappers (PB only)

Using Property Mappers (PB only)

Using Min and Max options to adjust the output range of a layer map (PB only)

Using Ephemeral Property Mapper operators to adjust values (PB only)

Using a layer map to specify particles affected by a Property Mapper (PB only)

Using layer-map RGB channels to alter multiple properties independently (PB only)

Using Affects options to specify particles (PB only)

About layer maps (PB only)

Creating a layer map (PB only)

Creating an RGB layer map (PB only)

Setting up a layer map in a composition (PB only)

Animating a layer map (PB only)

(5.5) Working with After Effects 5.5 to Build a Composition

Deleting the preference file upon launching

Using the new import options

Using 16-bits-per-channel support

Using the Project window

Creating compositions from Project window footage

Replacing source footage globally by dragging in the Project window

Revealing a layer in the Timeline or Composition window

Deleting items in the Project window without an alert

Using new palette and window features

Cycling through tools

Setting Wireframe view in the Composition window

Resetting the anchor point

Undoing composition settings

Setting view options

(5.5) Layers

Duplicating and splitting a layer and its track matte

Copying and pasting layers

Pasting layers at the current time

Pasting into multiple layers and from one property to another

Previewing audio

Previewing audio in the work area

Accessing and editing keyframe values

Viewing only modified properties

Scaling Mask Feather and x, y, and z values simultaneously

(5.5) Working with Masks and Transparency

Using Smart Mask Interpolation (Production Bundle only)

Duplicating masks

Adding motion blur to masks

Using new and updated layer modes

Cycling through layer modes

(5.5) Applying Effects

Working with new and enhanced effects in After Effects

Using Levels (Individual Controls)

Using Color Stabilizer

Filling all masks in a layer

Constraining scale in the Transform effect

Selecting multiple points in the Mesh Warp effect

Using the Effects palette

Remembering fonts in effects

Using new 16-bits-per-channel effects

(5.5) 3D Compositing

Importing camera data from Maya files

Importing camera data from RLA/RPF files

Using multiple views

Changing 3D Rotation values

Using new layer Material Options

Creating colored shadows and stained-glass effects

Casting shadows from a layer that has been turned off

Using the Metal Material Option

Using lights as adjustment layers

Using the Advanced 3D Renderer

Anti-aliasing in the Standard 3D Renderer

(5.5) Expressions

Using Expression Controls

Creating an expression for a single property

Using operators in expressions

Using new keyframe-looping methods

Setting type parameters

Setting values for keyframes and duration

Viewing function arguments and default values

Using the "has_parent()" function

Getting a random value that doesn't depend on time

Using the ".name" attribute

Accessing keyframes and markers in expressions

(5.5) Rendering a Movie

Dragging footage to the render queue

Creating default output filenames

Using postrender actions in the render queue

Understanding the Post-Render Actions menu

Creating a proxy from a still or moving image

Using the Pre-render command

Using new output templates

Creating output chains

Tracking render dependencies

Working with new file export options

Rendering as a RealMedia file

Rendering and exporting 16-bits-per-channel files

Windows shortcuts

Working with footage items (Project window)

Viewing windows (Composition, Layer, and Footage windows)

Moving around (Timeline window)

Moving around (Composition, Timeline, Footage, and Layer windows)

Previewing (Timeline window)

Working with layers (Composition and Timeline windows)

Zooming

Viewing layer properties (Timeline window)

Working with compositions (Composition window)

Using the Tools palette (Tools palette)

Modifying keyframes (Timeline window)

Nudging layers (Composition and Timeline windows)

Setting the work area (Timeline window)

Working with masks (Composition and Layer windows)

Working with effects (Effect Controls window)

Working with 3D animation (Composition and Timeline windows)

Using markers (Composition and Timeline windows)

Using other palettes (any window)

Macintosh shortcuts

Working with footage items (Project window)

Viewing windows (Composition, Layer, and Footage windows)

Moving around (Timeline window)

Moving around (Composition, Timeline, Footage, and Layer windows)

Previewing (Timeline window)

Working with layers (Composition and Timeline windows)

Zooming (Composition, Layer, and Footage windows)

Viewing layer properties (Timeline window)

Working with compositions (Composition window)

Using the Tools palette (Tools palette)

Modifying keyframes (Timeline window)

Nudging layers (Composition and Timeline windows)

Setting the work area (Timeline window)

Working with masks (Composition and Layer windows)

Working with effects (Effect Controls window)

Working with 3D animation (Composition and Timeline windows)

Using markers (Composition and Timeline windows)

Using other palettes (any window)

Legal Notice

Copyright


Index

Numerics

0,0 (image area origin) [1]

16-bpc color depth [1]

2D effects [1]

2D layers

combining with 3D layers [1]
rendering with 3D layers [1]

3:2 pulldown [1]

defined [1]
introducing [1]
option [1]
removing [1] [2]
split-field frames [1]
whole frames [1]

30-fps drop-frame timecode [1]

3D Channel effects category [1]

3D Channel Extract effect [1]

3D layers [1]

auto-orientation [1]
cameras [1]
combining with 2D layers [1]
creating [1]
defined [1]
intersecting [1]
layer order [1]
lights [1]
material options [1]
moving [1]
previewing [1]
rendering [1]
rendering with 2D layers [1]
Transform properties [1]

3D rotation, understanding [1]

3D views

Local Axes mode tool [1]
orthogonal [1]
perspective [1]
setting and replacing [1]
toggling [1]
View Axes mode tool [1]
World Axes mode tool [1]

3-point tracking [1]

4-point tracking [1]

A

acceleration

fine-tuning [1]
gradual [1]
interpolation method and [1]
rapid [1]

Accepts Lights 3D layer material option [1]

Accepts Shadows 3D layer material option [1]

action-safe zones [1] [2]

Active Camera [1]

Add Control Point tool [1] [2]

Add Expression command [1]

Add layer mode [1]

Add Marker command [1]

Add mask mode [1]

Add Output Module command [1]

Add Point tool [1]

Add to Render Queue command [1]

adding

footage to composition [1]
keyframes to Value graph [1]
layers to composition [1]

Adjust effects category [1]

adjusting

appearance of low-resolution compositions [1]
direction handles [1]
particle behavior [1]

adjustment layers

applying effects [1]
changing rendering order with [1]
creating [1]
effects, and [1]
from Adobe Photoshop [1]

Adobe Illustrator

alpha channel [1] [2]
importing files [1]
importing masks from [1]
layers [1]
rasterizing [1] [2]

Adobe Photoshop [1] [2] [3]

adjustment layers [1]
alpha channel [1] [2]
exporting with layers [1]
importing files [1] [2]
importing files as compositions [1]
importing masks from [1]
layer effects [1]
layer styles [1]
layered files [1]
Saving Files Preferences [1]
transparent areas [1]
using layer effects from [1]

Adobe Premiere [1]

Affects options [1]

affine corner pin tracking [1]

After Effects 3D renderer, using [1]

After Effects product section (Web) [1]

air brush tool [1]

Align palette [1]

aligning layers [1]

All option (Vector Paint contextual menu) [1]

All Strokes (paint Playback Mode) [1]

Alpha Add layer mode [1]

alpha channel [1] [2]

defined [1] [2]
editing considerations [1]
Filmstrip format and [1]
for a track matte [1]
from Adobe Illustrator [1]
Glow effect and [1]
importing footage containing [1]
matted with color [1] [2]
premultiplied [1] [2]
removing color matte [1]
removing halos [1]
straight [1] [2]
unmatted [1] [2]
using straight or premultiplied [1]
using with track matte [1]
viewing [1]
working with footage containing [1]

Alpha Levels effect [1]

alpha matte [1]

alpha-channel options (Vector Paint) [1]

Ambient 3D layer material option [1]

analog film

and video [1]
importing [1]

Anamorphic 2:1 setting [1]

anamorphic aspect ratio [1] [2]

Anchor diagram, in Composition Settings dialog box [1]

Anchor option [1]

anchor point

and Free Transform Points [1]
and pan behind tool [1]
animating [1]
coordinates [1]
moving [1]
nudging values [1]
speed [1]

angle icon [1]

Angle of View camera setting [1]

angle, setting [1]

Animate Strokes

Playback Mode [1]
Playback Speed [1]

animated GIF [1]

animating

anchor point [1] [2]
blending paint strokes [1]
bouncing [1]
in the Timeline window [1]
layer map [1]
layers [1]
mask properties [1]
mask shape or feather [1]
opacity [1] [2]
paint strokes [1]
position [1] [2]
previewing [1] [2]
rotation [1] [2]
scale [1] [2]

anti-aliasing, and Adobe Illustrator [1]

Aperture camera setting [1]

Apply Favorite command [1]

Apply from Effect Point script [1]

Apply to Effect Point script [1]

arbitrary map [1]

Arithmetic effect [1]

arrays [1]

As Inverse Matte (Composite Paint) [1]

As Matte (Composite Paint) [1]

Ask User import option [1]

aspect ratio [1]

anamorphic [1]
D1 [1]
D4/D16 [1]
DV [1]
square pixels [1]

audio

adjusting levels [1]
adjusting tone [1]
clipping warning [1]
decay [1]
diffusion [1]
effects [1] [2]
effects See online help [1]
importing [1] [2]
layers [1]
layers, time-remapping [1]
output [1]
preferences [1]
previewing [1]
remapping pitch [1]
removing clicks [1]
reversing [1]
sample rate [1] [2]
setting levels [1]
VU meter [1]

Audio command [1] [2]

Audio effects category [1]

audio files, importing [1] [2]

Audio layer property [1]

Audio Output options [1]

Audio palette

options [1]
resizing [1]

Audio Spectrum effect [1]

Audio switch [1] [2]

Audio Waveform effect [1]

Auto Bezier interpolation [1] [2]

auto-orient [1]

camera [1]
changing [1]
motion path [1]
options [1]

Auto-Orient Rotation command [1]

Auto-Zoom When Resolution Changes option [1]

axes

defined [1]
moving [1]

Axes modes [1]

B

background

checkerboard [1]
color [1]

Background Color option [1]

backward previews [1]

backward tracking [1]

Backwards effect [1]

Basic 3D effect [1]

Bass & Treble effect [1]

Beam effect [1]

Best quality [1]

subpixel accuracy [1]

Best Settings template [1]

Better Preview While Drawing option [1]

Bevel Alpha effect [1]

Bevel Edges effect [1]

Bezier Handles command [1]

Bezier interpolation

applying graphically [1]
Auto Bezier [1]
editing curves at keyframes [1]
extending control handles [1]
mixing with Linear [1]
option [1]
retracting control handles [1]
temporal [1]

Bezier mask

about [1]
drawing with the pen tool [1]

Bezier Warp effect [1]

binary keys [1]

black-and-white images

converting to grayscale [1]
creating [1]

black-and-white points, setting [1]

Blend effect [1]

blending

paint strokes [1]
strokes [1] [2]

Blink script [1]

blink.mm/blink.mov script [1]

Block Dissolve effect [1]

Blur and Sharpen effects category [1]

Blur Level camera setting [1]

blur, motion [1]

bounce

in animation [1]
in sound [1]
simulating with Speed graph [1]

bounding box

Free Transform Points and [1]
masks [1]

Brightness & Contrast effect [1]

Bring Forward command [1]

Bring to Front command [1]

Broadcast Colors effect [1]

brush shape [1]

brush size [1]

Brush Strokes effect [1]

brush tool. See paint tools [1]

brush types [1]

changing [1]
Vector Paint [1]

brushes

feather setting [1]
radius [1]

Bulge effect [1]

bumping a camera [1]

C

C programming language [1]

Cache preferences [1]

caching [1]

purging the cache [1]

camera settings [1]

camera tools

orbit camera tool [1]
track xy camera tool [1]
track z camera tool [1]
using [1]

cameras

Active Camera [1]
attributes and methods [1]
auto-orient [1]
auto-oriented toward motion path [1]
auto-oriented toward point of interest [1]
changing auto-orient [1]
changing the view [1]
creating and using [1]
effects and [1]
handheld [1]
moving point of interest [1]
point of interest [1]
resetting Transform properties [1]
settings [1]
tools [1]
transform values [1]
using for effects [1]

Cannon [1] [2]

Caps Lock key, stopping window updates [1] [2]

Card Dance effect [1]

Card Wipe effect [1]

Casts Shadows 3D layer material option [1]

Casts Shadows light setting [1]

Catmull-ROM interpolation. See Auto Bezier interpolation [1]

Caustics effect [1]

CD-ROM

best compressor for [1]

Change Color effect [1]

Channel Blur effect [1]

Channel effects category [1]

Channel Mixer effect [1]

channels

mixing [1]
setting [1]
shifting [1]
viewing [1]

chapter links [1] [2]

Checkerboard Background option [1] [2]

checkered, color swatch [1]

child layers [1]

jumping [1]

choking mattes [1] [2]

Cineon Converter

effect [1]
using [1]

Cinepak compressor [1]

clearing keyframes [1]

Close command [1]

closing

a project [1]
strokes [1] [2]

Closing in Groups command [1]

cmpaud.mm/cmpaud.mov script [1]

Collapse command [1]

Collapse Transformations switch [1]

Collect Files command [1]

color

screen [1]
selecting [1]
viewing [1]

color adjustments [1]

Color Backward/Color Forward (paint option) [1]

Color Balance (HLS) effect [1]

Color Balance effect [1]

color bars as placeholders [1]

Color Burn layer mode [1]

Color Clone [1]

Color conversion methods [1]

color corrections

contrast [1]
highlight [1]
midtone [1]
shadow [1]

color depth

16-bit [1]
8-bit [1]
selecting for project [1]

Color Difference Key [1]

Color Dodge layer mode [1]

Color Emboss effect [1]

Color Key [1]

Color layer mode [1]

Color light setting [1]

Color Range Key [1]

color swatch [1] [2]

checkered [1]

Color swatch (painting) [1]

Colorama effect [1]

Colorize option [1]

colors

levels, remapping [1]
NTSC-Safe [1]
options, changing [1]
paint [1]
pasteboard [1]
value [1]

Comment panel [1]

Comp attributes and methods [1]

Comp Audio script [1]

Comp Camera effects [1] [2] [3]

Comp Family button [1]

Comp Flowchart View command [1]

Composite Paint options [1]

compositing

defined [1]
preserving transparency during [1]

Composition Settings

command [1]
Pixel Aspect Ratio [1]

Composition window

adding footage to [1]
defined [1]
menu [1]
opening [1]
outputting from [1]
pasteboard color [1]
setting frame size [1]
viewing a track matte in [1]
working in [1]

compositions

adding layers to [1]
adding to Render Queue [1]
adjusting appearance [1]
arranging footage in [1]
background color [1]
changing settings [1]
collapsing [1]
coordinates [1]
creating [1]
default settings [1]
defined [1]
deleting [1]
duplicating [1]
duration [1]
Enable Frame Blending button [1]
Enable Motion Blur button [1]
frame rate [1]
low-resolution [1]
naming [1]
nesting options [1]
overview [1]
presets [1]
region of interest [1]
saving preset values [1]
setting anchor [1]
setting background color [1]
setting frame size for [1]
setting start timecode [1]
settings [1] [2] [3]

composition-time markers [1]

Compound Arithmetic effect [1]

Compound Blur effect [1]

compression

for QuickTime output [1]
Video for Windows output [1]

compressors, list [1] [2]

Cone Angle light setting [1]

Cone Feather light setting [1]

conforming footage to new frame rate [1]

Constant interpolation [1]

constants, Motion Math [1]

containing particles within an area [1]

contextual menus [1]

Flowchart View [1]
Vector Paint [1]
Vector Paint commands [1]

Continuous Bezier interpolation [1] [2]

Continuously (paint option) [1]

Continuously Rasterize switch [1] [2]

contrast, setting [1]

control point [1]

changing [1]

controlling

property output [1]
property persistence [1]
speed along a motion path [1]

controls. See Effect Controls window [1]

conventions, file-naming [1]

Convert Control Point tool [1] [2]

Convert Point tool [1]

coordinates [1]

Copy command [1]

Copy Relative Values script [1]

Copy Values script [1] [2]

copying, effects [1]

copyvalu.mov/copyvalu.mm script [1]

Corner Pin effect [1] [2]

corner points [1]

corners

creating in graph or path [1]
smoothing [1]

cornpin.mm/cornpin.mov script [1]

correcting

drift [1]
mistakes [1]

creating particles

exploding a layer or particle [1]
replacing dots with a layer [1]
using Cannon [1]
using exploders [1]
using Grid [1]

Creation Station tablet and Vector Paint [1]

Crop option in Output Module dialog box [1]

cropping a movie [1]

cross hair, ruler [1]

cross-platform

movies [1]
projects [1]

Current Frame (paint Playback Mode) [1]

Current Time option (Vector Paint contextual menu) [1]

current-time marker [1] [2] [3]

effect on display of layers [1]
effect when adding footage item [1]
in Footage window [1]
in Layer window [1]
moving [1]

curves [1]

adding deviations [1]
creating in graph or path [1]
drawing with pen tool [1]
segment, adjusting shape of [1]
spatial [1] [2]
temporal [1] [2]

Curves effect [1]

customizing Flowchart View [1]

cuts, creating between layers [1]

D

D1 footage [1] [2] [3]

aspect ratio [1]
frame size [1]
pixel aspect ratio [1]

D1/DV NTSC [1]

setting [1]
Widescreen [1]

D1/DV PAL [1]

Widescreen [1]

D4/D16

Anamorphic [1] [2]
footage, aspect ratio [1]
Standard [1] [2]

Dancing Dissolve layer mode [1]

Darken layer mode [1]

Darken mask mode [1]

data rate [1]

dbspring.mm/dbspring.mov script [1]

DDR plug-ins. See your DDR manufacturer's documentation. [1]

DDR-based footage. See Digital Disk Recorders (DDRs) [1]

deactivating Vector Paint [1]

deceleration

fine-tuning [1]
gradual [1]
interpolation method and [1]
rapid [1]

default

duration, changing [1]
frame rate [1]
Import Preferences [1] [2]
preferences [1]
settings [1]
spatial interpolation [1]

Default Drag Import As [1]

Default Height of Timeline Graphs command [1]

degradation limit [1]

Delay effect [1]

Delete Control Point tool [1] [2]

Delete Point tool [1]

deleting

paint strokes [1]
project elements [1]
unused files [1]
Vector Paint effect [1]

Depth Matte effect [1]

Depth of Field effect [1]

Difference layer mode [1]

Difference mask mode [1]

Difference Matte [1]

Diffuse 3D layer material option [1]

digital

footage [1]
video [1]

Digital Disk Recorders (DDRs), setting frames and fields for [1]

Digital Picture Exchange (DPX) [1]

direction handles, creating curves and corners with [1]

direction lines [1]

Directional Blur effect [1]

Disable Thumbnails in Project Window option [1]

Displacement Detail (paint option) [1]

Displacement Map effect, edge behavior [1]

Displacement Variation (paint option) [1]

displacing pixels

across an image [1]
over time [1]

displaying

rulers and guides [1]
time [1]

display-snapshot icon [1]

Dissolve layer mode [1]

Distort effects category [1]

distributing layers [1]

dots

replacing with a layer [1]
replacing with text [1]

Double Spring script [1]

downloading video [1]

Draft 3D mode [1]

enabling and disabling [1]

Draft quality [1]

dragging

audio [1]
current-time marker [1]
to import [1]

drawing

motion path [1]
rectangular and oval masks [1]

drift, correcting [1] [2]

drop shadow and rotation [1]

Drop Shadow effect [1] [2]

drop-frame timecode display [1]

duplicating

composition [1]
layers [1]

duration [1]

bar [1]
bar, repositioning [1]
defined [1] [2]
of still images [1]
setting [1]
time-stretching and [1]

Duration option [1] [2]

Duration panel [1]

DV footage

aspect ratio [1]
importing [1]
using [1]

DV NTSC [1]

DV video format [1]

pixel aspect ratio [1]

dynamic resolution [1]

E

ease handles [1] [2]

description [1]
Easy Ease keyframe assistant [1]
influencing adjacent keyframes [1]
splitting and rejoining [1]

ease, expressions and [1]

Easy Ease keyframe assistant [1]

Echo effect [1]

Edit Original command [1]

editing footage. See trimming [1]

Effect Controls window [1] [2] [3] [4]

changing settings [1]
tabs [1]

effect points [1] [2]

interpolation [1]
setting visually [1]

Effect property, animating [1]

Effect switch [1]

effects

16 bits [1]
3D Channel [1]
3D Channel Extract [1]
adding [1] [2]
Adjust [1]
Alpha Levels [1]
applying [1]
applying multiple [1]
applying to a mask [1]
applying to adjustment layer [1]
Arithmetic [1]
attributes and methods [1]
audio [1]
Audio Spectrum [1]
Audio Waveform [1]
Backwards [1]
Basic 3D [1]
Bass & Treble [1]
Beam [1]
Bevel Alpha [1]
Bevel Edges [1]
Bezier Warp [1]
Blend [1]
Block Dissolve [1]
Blur and Sharpen [1]
Brightness & Contrast [1]
Broadcast Colors [1]
Brush Strokes [1]
Bulge [1]
Card Dance [1]
Card Wipe [1]
Caustics [1]
Change Color [1]
changing order [1]
changing over time [1] [2]
changing rendering order [1]
changing settings [1]
changing values [1]
Channel [1]
Channel Blur [1]
Channel Mixer [1]
Cineon Converter [1]
Color Balance [1]
Color Balance (HLS) [1]
Color Difference Key [1]
Color Emboss [1]
Color Key [1]
Color Range Key [1]
Colorama [1]
Comp Camera effects [1]
Compound Arithmetic [1]
Compound Blur [1]
copying [1]
Corner Pin [1]
Curves [1]
Delay [1]
Depth Matte [1]
Depth of Field [1]
Difference Matte [1]
Directional Blur [1]
disabled when nesting [1]
disabled with collapsed transformations [1]
Distort [1]
Drop Shadow [1]
Echo [1]
Ellipse [1]
Emboss [1]
Equalize [1]
Extract [1]
Fast Blur [1]
Fill [1]
Find Edges [1]
Foam [1]
Fog 3D [1]
Fractal [1]
Fractal Noise [1]
Gamma/Pedestal/Gain [1]
Gaussian Blur [1]
Glow [1]
Gradient Wipe [1]
Hue/Saturation [1]
ID Matte [1]
Image Control [1]
Invert [1]
Iris Wipe [1]
Keying [1]
learning about [1]
Leave Color [1]
Levels [1]
Lightning [1]
Linear Color Key [1]
Linear Wipe [1]
Luma Key [1]
Matte Choker [1]
Matte Tools [1]
Median [1]
Mesh Warp [1]
Minimax [1]
Mirror [1]
Mosaic [1]
Motion Tile [1]
Noise [1]
Numbers [1]
Offset [1]
on the Web [1]
Optics Compensation [1]
Paint [1]
Parametric EQ [1]
Particle Playground [1]
Path Text [1]
Perspective [1]
Polar Coordinates [1]
positioning on layers [1]
Posterize [1]
Posterize Time [1]
Production Bundle only [1]
PS Arbitrary Map [1]
PS+Extrude [1]
PS+Lens Flare [1]
PS+Pinch [1]
PS+Ripple [1]
PS+Spherize [1]
PS+Tiles [1]
PS+Twirl [1]
PS+Wave [1]
PS+Zig Zag [1]
Radial Blur [1]
Radial Wipe [1]
Radio Waves [1]
Ramp [1]
Reduce Interlace Flicker [1]
Remove Color Matting [1]
removing [1]
removing all from layer [1]
Render [1]
rendering order [1]
Reshape [1]
Reverb [1]
Ripple [1]
saving favorite [1]
Scatter [1]
Set Channels [1]
Set Matte [1]
setting a tint value [1]
setting an angle [1]
Sharpen [1]
Shatter [1]
Shift Channels [1]
showing and hiding [1]
Simple Choker [1]
Simulation [1]
Smear [1]
Spherize [1]
Spill Suppressor [1]
standard [1]
Stereo Mixer [1]
Strobe Light [1]
Stroke [1]
Stylize [1]
Texturize [1]
Threshold [1]
Time [1]
Time Displacement [1]
Timecode [1]
Tone [1]
Transform [1]
Transition [1]
turning off and on [1]
Twirl [1]
Unsharp Mask [1]
using lights and cameras [1]
Vector Paint [1]
Vegas [1]
Venetian Blinds [1]
Video [1]
Wave Warp [1]
Wave World [1]
working with [1]
Write-On [1]

Effects option in Render Settings dialog box [1]

eiz files [1]

elapsed time [1]

ElectricImage

alpha channel [1]

Ellipse effect [1]

Emboss effect [1]

Enable Depth of Field camera setting [1]

Enable Frame Blending [1]

Enable Motion Blur button [1] [2]

Enable Time Remapping command [1] [2]

Enable Wiggling (paint option) [1]

End option [1]

ephemeral property change, defined [1]

EPS files, importing [1]

Equalize effect [1]

Eraser mode (stylus setting) [1]

eraser tool (Vector Paint) [1]

erasing

paint strokes [1]
radius [1]

errors. See log file [1]

Exclusion layer mode [1]

exploding a layer or particle [1]

Exponential Scale [1]

Export command [1]

exporting

as Adobe Photoshop file [1]
to Macromedia Flash (SWF) [1]
using QuickTime components [1]

expression field, resizing [1]

expression graph overlay [1]

expressions

accessing properties [1]
adding noise [1]
Camera attributes and methods [1]
Color conversion methods [1]
Comp attributes and methods [1]
constructing [1]
converting to keyframes [1]
creating [1]
defined [1]
easing in and out [1]
editing [1]
Effect attributes and methods [1]
example of opacity and rotation [1]
examples [1]
Footage attributes and methods [1]
Global attributes and methods [1]
Global objects [1]
Interpolation methods [1]
language guide key [1]
layer attributes and methods [1]
layer space transform methods [1]
Light attributes and methods [1]
Mask attributes and methods [1]
Material properties for 3D layers [1]
pick whip [1]
Property attributes and methods [1]
Random number methods [1]
selecting values with pick whip [1]
space [1]
speed [1]
text field [1]
turning off [1]
using JavaScript [1]
Vector math methods [1]
velocity [1]
viewing multiple [1]
wiggle [1]
world space [1]

extensions, filename [1]

Extract effect [1]

eyedropper tool [1] [2]

F

Fast Blur effect [1]

fast motion [1]

Favor Memory preference [1]

Favor Speed preference [1]

Feather (paint setting) [1]

feathering mask edges [1]

feature region [1]

Feet+Frames option [1] [2]

Feet, time-display options [1]

field order

interpreting [1]
lower field first [1]
reversing [1]
testing [1]
upper field first [1]

field rendering [1] [2] [3]

Field Rendering option [1]

fields

interlaced [1]
interlaced and noninterlaced [1]
separating [1]
setting up for DDR-based footage [1]

File command (for importing) [1] [2]

file formats

importing [1]
list [1]
supported for import [1]
supporting alpha channels [1]

file types, Mac OS [1]

filenames

compositions [1]
conventions [1]
extensions [1]

files

importing files with depth information [1]
reloading edited [1]

Fill effect [1]

film scanner [1]

Film Size camera setting [1]

Filmstrip format [1]

filters. See effects [1]

Find Edges effect [1]

Finder labels, for tracking discrepancies [1]

fine-tuning

animation [1]
speed [1]

fingerprints, simulating with effects [1]

first vertex [1]

Flash (.swf) files [1] [2]

flipping layers [1]

Flowchart View [1]

buttons [1]
customizing [1]

Foam effect [1]

Focal Length camera setting [1]

Focus Distance camera setting [1]

Fog 3D effect [1]

folders

creating [1]
moving files [1]
project hierarchy [1]
renaming [1]
showing and hiding contents [1]
working in [1]

footage

conforming to new frame rate [1]
grainy [1]
importing alpha channel [1]
interlaced and noninterlaced [1]
interpreting automatically [1]
painting on [1]
pixel aspect ratio [1]
relinking [1]
removing from a project [1]
replacing and substituting [1]
replacing throughout a project [1]
separating fields [1]
setting the frame rate for [1]

footage attributes and methods [1]

footage items

about [1]
adding multiple [1]
adding to composition [1]
alpha channel [1]
arranging in composition [1]
as layer source [1]
as reference link [1]
assigning frame rate to [1]
creating new layer from [1]
defined [1] [2]
editing in original application [1]
frame rate of [1]
importing [1] [2] [3]
importing multiple [1]
looping [1]
managing [1] [2]
opening in original application [1]
organizing [1]
reloading an edited file [1]
removing [1]
replacing [1]
trimming [1]
using a proxy for [1]
using placeholders for [1]
viewing [1]
when used in a layer [1]

Footage window [1] [2] [3]

outputting from [1]
tabs [1]
viewing controls [1]
viewing movies [1]

formats, files for importing [1]

four-point tracking [1]

Fractal effect [1]

Fractal Noise effect [1]

frame aspect ratio [1]

frame blending

and speed [1]
applying to a layer [1]

Frame Blending option, Render Settings dialog box [1]

Frame Blending switch [1]

frame rate

assigning to a sequence of still images [1]
changing before importing [1]
default for a sequence [1]
defined [1] [2]
film [1]
footage versus composition [1]
for tracking motion [1]
motion footage [1]
setting for footage [1]

Frame Rate option

in Composition Settings dialog box [1]
in Render Settings dialog box [1]

frame size [1] [2]

frames [1]

blending [1]
separating video fields [1]
setting up for DDR-based footage [1]
starting number [1]
time-display options [1]
viewing [1]

Frames Backward/ Frames Forward (paint option) [1]

Frames option [1]

Free Transform Points [1]

freeze frame [1]

frmeffct.mm/frmeffct.mov script [1]

F-stop camera setting [1]

full resolution [1]

G

Gamma/Pedestal/Gain effect [1]

garbage matte [1]

Gaussian Blur effect [1]

geometrics. See Transform properties [1]

Global attributes and methods [1]

Global objects [1]

Glow effect [1]

Go to Time command [1]

Gradient Wipe effect [1]

grainy footage [1]

Gravity script [1]

gravity, options [1]

gravity.mm/gravity.mov script [1]

grayscale images

converting to [1]
converting to black-and-white [1]

grids [1]

changing [1]
controlling direction of particles [1]
controls [1]
defined [1]
proportional [1] [2]
snapping a layer to [1]
spacing [1]
turning off [1]
viewing [1]

Group Tab with Comps command [1]

Guess import option [1]

guides [1] [2] [3]

hiding [1]

H

half resolution [1]

halos in images [1]

hand tool [1]

handheld camera [1]

handles. See direction handles, ease handles [1]

hand-tinted images [1]

Hard Light layer mode [1]

heat, simulating with effects [1]

Hide Other Video command [1]

Hide Shy Layers button [1]

hierarchy, project [1] [2]

histogram [1]

Hold Strokes

paint Playback Mode [1]
Playback Speed [1]

hold-out matte [1]

Hue layer mode [1]

Hue/Saturation command [1]

I

ID Matte effect [1]

Ignore import option [1]

Illustrator. See Adobe Illustrator [1]

image area [1]

image cache [1]

Image Cache Size preference [1]

Image Control effects category [1]

images

alpha channel [1]
blurring and sharpening [1]
importing [1]
importing moving [1]
reshaping [1]

Import Preferences

Default Drag Import As [1]
default frame rate [1]
Interpret Unlabeled Alpha As [1]
Sequence Footage [1]
Still Footage [1]

imported files

movie [1]
working with [1]

importing

Adobe Illustrator files [1]
Adobe Photoshop files [1] [2]
Adobe Premiere projects [1]
After Effects projects [1]
and platforms [1]
and resolution [1]
audio files [1]
Cineon files [1]
DDR-based footage [1]
EPS files [1]
file formats [1]
files into project [1]
files with depth information [1] [2]
footage in projects [1]
footage items [1]
footage items with alpha channel [1]
layers from Adobe Illustrator 5.0 and later [1]
masks from Adobe Illustrator [1]
masks from Adobe Photoshop [1]
multiple footage items [1]
preparing footage for [1]
still images [1] [2]
still-image sequences [1]

In Original (Composite Paint) [1]

In Original Alpha Only (Composite Paint) [1]

In panel [1]

positioning a layer in time [1]

In point [1]

changing [1]
defined [1]

In Realtime (paint option) [1]

Include Composited Image with Layered Files (Adobe Photoshop) [1]

Individual Stroke Seeds (paint option) [1]

Info palette [1] [2]

changing RGBA display [1]
channel information [1]
viewing layer name [1]
X/Y coordinates [1]

Inner Glow effect [1]

Inner Shadow effect [1]

Intel Indeo compressor [1]

intense peak, simulating with Speed graph [1]

Intensity light setting [1]

Interface Options, painting [1]

interlaced and noninterlaced footage [1]

interlaced video [1] [2]

and motion tracking [1]

Internet. See World Wide Web [1]

interpolation [1]

acceleration and [1]
Bezier [1]
changing [1]
choosing a method [1]
Continuous Bezier [1]
deceleration and [1]
frames for smooth motion [1]
Hold [1]
Linear [1]
mixing methods [1]
none [1] [2]
spatial [1]
temporal [1]
types [1]

interpolation methods [1]

keying [1]
mixing [1]

Interpret Footage command [1]

Interpret Footage settings

copying [1]
field order [1]
interpretation rules [1]
looping [1]
Motion Detect option [1]
Separate Fields options [1]

Interpret Unlabeled Alpha As [1]

interpretation

field order [1]
rules [1]

Intersect mask mode [1]

intersecting layers [1]

intranet playback [1]

Inverse option (Vector Paint contextual menu) [1]

Invert effect [1]

Iris Wipe effect [1]

isolating layers [1] [2]

J

JavaScript language [1]

K

key color

defined [1]
removing traces of [1]

keyboard shortcuts

Mac OS [1]
Windows [1]

keyboard shortcuts, Vector Paint [1]

keyframe assistants

Easy Ease [1]
Time-Reverse Keyframes [1]

keyframe icon [1]

Keyframe Interpolation command [1] [2]

keyframe navigator [1]

Keyframe Velocity command [1]

keyframes

adding [1] [2]
adding to Value graph [1]
Anchor Point [1]
and duration bar [1]
and precomposing [1]
and Value graph [1]
changing interpolation [1]
controlling speed between [1]
copying and pasting [1]
creating for Motion Math [1]
deleting [1]
excess [1]
fine-tuning speed between [1]
freezing [1]
influence [1]
mask shapes and feathers [1]
modifying [1]
modifying in Value graph [1]
motion path [1]
motion path display preference [1]
moving [1]
opacity [1]
Position [1]
reversing [1]
Rotation [1]
roving [1]
Scale [1]
selecting [1]
setting [1] [2]
values [1]

keying

binary keys [1]
combining keys [1]
defined [1]
for a single frame [1]
interpolation methods [1]
linear keys [1]
matte tools [1]
removing color spill [1]
static background [1]
using a background color [1]

keying effects [1]

Keying effects category [1]

Keys panel [1]

L

language element menus [1] [2]

Last Painted option (Vector Paint contextual menu) [1]

Layer Audio script [1]

layer duration bar [1] [2]

layer effects from Adobe Photoshop [1]

Layer Exploder

controls [1]
dissolving a layer [1]

Layer Handles command [1]

layer map

animating [1]
creating [1]
modifying particle properties [1] [2]
options [1]
setting up in a composition [1]
using RGB channels [1]
using the alpha channel [1] [2]

layer masks from Adobe Photoshop [1]

layer modes

applying [1]
defined [1]
options [1]
specifying [1]

layer outline, expanding or collapsing [1]

Layer Paths command [1]

layer properties

about [1]
Anchor Point [1]
and precomposing [1]
changing values [1]
Effects [1]
keyframes for [1] [2]
Masks [1]
Opacity [1]
rendering order [1]
Rotation [1]
Scale [1]
viewing [1]

layer space

and expressions [1]
transform methods [1]

layer styles from Adobe Photoshop [1]

Layer Switches panel [1]

Layer Tangents command [1]

Layer window [1] [2]

menu [1]
outputting from [1]
specifying a layer mask [1] [2]
tabs [1]
Target menu [1]

layeraud.mm/layeraud.mov script [1]

layered Adobe Photoshop files, importing [1]

layers

3D [1] [2]
adding to composition [1]
adjustment layers [1]
aligning and distributing [1]
alpha channel [1]
anchor point [1] [2]
animating [1] [2]
applying an effect to [1]
applying motion blur [1]
arranging [1]
attributes and methods [1]
audio [1]
bringing closer or farther [1]
cameras [1]
changing into adjustment layers [1]
changing stacking order [1]
child [1]
creating [1] [2] [3]
creating a new solid [1]
creating from a footage item [1]
creating parent [1]
creating simple cuts between [1]
defined [1] [2]
distributing [1]
dragging [1]
duplicating [1]
duration [1]
effect [1]
exploding [1]
flipping [1]
frame blending [1]
hiding and showing [1]
hiding in Composition window [1]
In point [1]
including and excluding audio [1]
isolating [1] [2]
label colors [1]
layer-time markers [1]
lights [1]
locking and unlocking [1]
making transparent [1]
memory requirements for [1]
missing [1]
motion blur [1] [2]
moving [1]
moving in space [1]
moving in time [1]
naming [1]
numbers [1]
order [1]
Out point [1]
painting [1]
parent [1]
placing an effect on [1]
position [1]
positioning effects on [1]
positioning in time [1]
properties of [1]
property functions [1]
quality [1]
rearranging [1]
renaming [1]
replacing dots with a layer [1]
reversing playback [1]
rotating [1]
rotating along a motion path [1]
scaling [1]
sequencing [1]
setting [1]
solid-color [1]
soloing [1] [2]
source name [1]
splitting [1]
stacking order [1]
time-remapping [1]
time-stretching [1]
transitions between [1]
trimming [1]
updating [1]
viewing name in Info palette [1]
viewing source or layer name [1]

layer-time markers [1] [2]

Leave All Attributes In option [1]

Leave Color effect [1]

Length of Composition, import preferences [1]

Levels effect [1]

Light attributes and methods [1]

Light Type light setting [1]

Lighten layer mode [1]

Lighten mask mode [1]

Lightning effect [1]

lights

auto-orient off [1]
auto-oriented toward motion path [1]
auto-oriented toward point of interest [1]
creating [1]
defined [1]
effects and [1]
settings [1]
Transform properties [1]
using for effects [1]

Linear Color Key [1]

preserving color [1]

Linear interpolation [1]

changing from spatial [1]
defined [1]
mixing with Bezier [1]
option [1]

linear keys [1]

Linear Wipe effect [1]

lines. See visible lines [1]

links

chapter [1]
Web [1]

load-sharing on multiple systems [1]

Local Axes mode tool [1]

location of an effect point [1]

Lock Aspect Ratio option [1]

Lock switch [1]

locking a guide [1]

log file

overflow and [1]
rendering [1] [2]

Loop button, direction [1]

loop, Motion Math [1] [2]

looping footage [1]

lower field ordered [1] [2]

low-resolution compositions [1]

low-resolution movies for testing motion [1]

low-resolution proxy [1]

Luma Key [1]

Luma Matte option [1]

luminance value for a track matte [1]

Luminescent Premul layer mode [1]

Luminosity layer mode [1]

M

Mac OS file types [1]

magnification [1]

Main command (for Interpret Footage) [1] [2]

Make Movie command [1] [2] [3] [4]

manual preview [1] [2]

mapping particles to a multiframe layer [1]

margins [1]

margins, paint strokes. See Feather [1]

markers

chapter link [1]
composition-time [1]
converting from composition to layer [1]
current-time [1] [2]
layer-time [1]
synchronizing [1]
tracking motion [1]

marquee [1]

Mask attributes and methods [1]

Mask Expansion property, adjusting [1]

Mask Feather command [1]

disabled when nesting [1]
with continuous rasterization [1]

Mask Feather property, animating [1]

mask modes, applying [1]

Mask Opacity property, adjusting [1]

mask paths [1]

Mask property [1]

mask shape

and pan behind tool [1]
animating [1]
speed [1]
storing and reusing [1]

Mask Shape command, disabled when nesting [1]

masks [1]

adding a control point to [1]
adjusting opacity of [1]
adjusting the edges of [1]
animating [1]
applying effects to [1]
Bezier [1]
changing the shape of [1]
color [1]
converting motion paths to [1]
creating [1]
creating lines from [1]
defined [1]
deleting [1]
editing [1]
feathering [1]
first vertex [1]
inverting [1]
memory requirements for [1]
modes [1]
modifying multiple masks [1]
moving [1] [2]
outline [1]
oval [1]
panning [1]
rectangle [1]
removing [1]
rendering order [1]
replacing [1]
resetting [1]
resizing [1]
reusing [1]
rotating [1]
saving [1]
scaling [1]
selecting [1] [2]
setting interactions [1]
specifying inside and outside [1]
specifying with Target menu [1] [2]
types [1]
using rectangular for speed [1]

material options for 3D layers [1]

material properties for 3D layers [1]

Matte Choker effect [1] [2]

matte options (Vector Paint) [1]

Matte Tools effects category [1]

matte view, defined [1]

matted alpha channel [1]

mattes

choking [1]
defined [1]
refining [1]
removing [1]
spreading [1]
tools [1]
track [1]
traveling [1]

Maximum Memory Usage preference [1]

Measure Film Size camera setting [1]

measuring time [1]

media [1] [2]

Median effect [1]

memory

allocating more to After Effects [1]
reducing requirement for [1]
using effectively [1]

Mesh Warp effect [1]

Microsoft

RLE compressor [1]
Video compressor [1]

Millions of Colors for MJPEG cards [1]

Millions of Colors+, effect on background color [1]

Minimax effect [1]

Minimum Diskspace before overflowing option [1]

Mirror effect [1]

missing source footage [1]

mistakes, correcting and undoing [1]

mixing audio [1]

MJPEG compression [1]

Mode preferences (caching) [1]

Modes panel [1]

modes. See layer modes and mask modes [1]

Monochrome option [1]

Mosaic effect [1]

motion

randomizing [1]
sketching [1]
smoothing [1]
testing [1]
tracking [1]

motion blur [1] [2]

Motion Blur render setting [1]

Motion Blur switch [1] [2]

Motion Detect option [1]

motion footage

changing frame rate [1]
preparing for final output [1]
preparing to import [1] [2]
separating fields [1]
time-remapping [1]

Motion Math

assignments and operators [1]
built-in loop [1]
comments [1]
constants [1]
creating keyframes [1]
defined [1]
functions [1]
If statements [1]
language element menus [1]
language reference [1] [2]
layer property functions [1]
learning more [1]
loops [1]
math functions [1]
numbers [1]
running a script [1]
specifying layers and properties [1]
substitution menus, in scripts [1]
testing scripts [1]
using vectors [1]
variables [1]
vector indexing [1]
vector operations [1]
vectors as variables [1]
writing scripts [1]

Motion Math window [1]

motion path [1] [2] [3]

changing keyframe interpolation [1]
changing keyframe number [1]
changing speed numerically [1]
Composition window and [1]
controlling speed [1]
controls [1]
creating [1]
creating with mask [1]
defined [1]
direction handles and [1]
display preferences [1]
Easy Ease keyframe assistant [1]
editing [1]
editing with pen tool [1]
keyframes [1]
modifying [1]
moving all points in [1]
rotating a layer along [1] [2]
spatial interpolation and [1]
speed [1]

motion picture film [1]

Motion Sketch [1]

Motion Tile effect [1]

Move All Attributes into The New Composition option [1]

movies

building [1]
changing the frame rate for [1]
opening in the Footage window [1]
preparing for import [1]
rendering [1]
resizing [1]
viewing [1]

MP plug-in [1]

MP3 format [1]

multiframe source layers

randomizing [1]
using sequential frames [1]

multilayered Adobe Photoshop files, importing [1]

multiple systems

load-sharing [1]
rendering on [1]

Multiply layer mode [1]

multiprocessors and After Effects [1]

N

Name camera setting [1]

naming

composition [1]
conventions for files [1]
layers [1]

National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) [1] [2]

field order [1]
frame rate [1]
interlacing and [1]

navigator, keyframe [1]

nesting [1]

changing rendering order [1]
collapsing transformations [1] [2]
common uses for [1]
definition [1]
opacity and [1]
options [1]
prerendering and [1]

network performance on multiple systems [1]

New Adjustment Layer command [1]

New Composition command [1]

New Solid command [1]

Noise effect [1]

non-drop-frame timecode display [1]

None mask mode [1]

None option (Vector Paint contextual menu) [1]

noninterlaced video [1]

nonlight [1]

Normal layer mode [1]

NTSC. See National Television Standards Committee (NTSC) [1]

NTSC-Safe colors [1]

null objects

creating [1]
defined [1]

Numbers effect [1]

O

Offset effect [1]

offset motion [1]

offsetting in unison [1]

one-third resolution [1]

Onion Skin (paint Playback Mode) [1]

Only option (Composite Paint) [1]

opacity

building up [1]
increasing [1]
nesting and [1]
paint [1]
speed [1]
stylus pressure [1]
stylus settings [1]

Opacity property

animating [1]
setting [1]

Open Project command [1]

opening footage in original application [1]

Optics Compensation effect [1]

Options, effect [1]

Orbit Camera tool [1]

orbit view tool [1]

order of effects, changing [1]

organization chart. See Flowchart View [1]

organizing

footage [1]
projects [1]

Orient Toward Camera option [1]

orientation [1]

orthogonal views [1]

Out panel [1]

positioning a layer in time [1]

Out point [1]

changing [1]

Outer Glow effect [1]

Output Module

adding [1]
creating and saving [1]
definition [1]

Output Module Templates command [1]

Oval Mask tool [1]

oval masks, drawing [1]

oval tool [1] [2]

Over Original (Composite Paint) [1]

overflow

log file [1]
types of [1]

Overlay layer mode [1]

overscan [1]

P

paint

color selection [1]
color swatch [1]
eyedropper tool [1]
opacity [1]
selection tool [1]
Undo button [1]

paint color [1]

Paint effects category [1]

paint strokes

changing [1]
selecting [1]

paint tools [1] [2]

changing shape of [1]

painting [1]

applying Vector Paint effect [1]
brush shape [1]
deactivating [1]
eraser tool [1]
how to [1]
on footage [1]
toolbar [1]

PAL video [1] [2] [3]

palette and window positions, restoring [1]

palettes

Info [1]

pan behind tool [1] [2] [3]

moving the anchor point [1]

panning

audio [1]
mask [1]

parallax.mm/parallax.mov script [1]

Parametric EQ effect [1]

Parent column, showing or hiding [1]

parent layers

creating [1]
defined [1]
removing [1]

Parent panel [1]

particle behavior

adjusting after creation [1]
attracting particles [1]
containing particles [1]
repelling particles [1]
rotating along trajectories [1]
using gravity [1]

particle behavior. See also particles [1]

particle effects [1] [2]

particle exploders

controls [1]
dissolving a particle [1]

Particle Playground [1] [2] [3]

overview [1]
particle generators [1]
properties [1]

particle properties

displayed [1]
modifying with a layer map [1]
modifying with RGB channels [1]
specifying which ones are affected [1] [2]

particle source layer, defined [1]

particles

adjusting behavior [1] [2]
attracting [1]
Cannon and [1]
controlling direction [1]
controlling velocity [1]
default [1]
dissolving [1]
exploding [1]
generating a continuous stream [1]
gravity and [1]
grid of [1]
layer maps and [1]
lifespan of [1]
offsetting from a different source [1]
offsetting from the same frame [1]
pulling [1]
repelling [1]
replacing default [1] [2]
replacing dots with a layer [1]
replacing dots with text [1]
specifying [1]
types of [1]
walling [1]

Past Strokes

Playback Mode [1]
Playback Speed [1]

Paste command [1]

pasteboard color [1]

patches, defined [1]

Path Text effect [1]

pen tool [1] [2] [3] [4]

Add Control Point [1]
adding keyframes with [1]
Convert Control Point [1]
Delete Control Point [1]
drawing a Bezier mask with [1]
drawing curves [1]
drawing straight lines [1]
editing a motion path [1]
mask shape and [1]
Value graph and [1]

persistent property change, defined [1]

perspective corner pin tracking [1]

Perspective effects category [1]

Phase Alternate Line (PAL) See PAL [1]

Photoshop Layers command [1]

pick whip [1]

using with expressions [1]

pitch, changing [1]

pixel aspect ratio [1] [2]

defined [1]
option [1]
setting [1]

pixels

color values [1] [2] [3]
displacing [1] [2] [3]

Placeholder command [1]

placeholders, substituting for footage [1]

planning a project [1]

platforms and importing [1]

playback

adjusting with Re-timer [1]
reversing direction [1]
speed [1]

Playback Mode (painting) [1]

Playback Speed

adjusting [1]
Re-timer, compared to [1]

playback speed (paint) [1]

Playground. See Particle Playground [1]

playing backward or forward [1]

plug-ins

adding [1]
effects [1]
folder [1]
rendering over a network [1]

Point At script [1]

point of interest

camera [1]
lights [1]
moving camera point of interest [1]
moving light point of interest [1]

pointat.mm/pointat.mov script [1]

Polar Coordinates effect [1]

position and rotation tracking [1]

position keyframes [1]

Position property

animating [1]
nudging layer values [1]
pan behind tool and [1]
setting [1]

position tracking [1]

positioning effects on layers [1]

posterize [1]

Posterize effect [1]

Posterize Time effect [1]

Pre-compose command [1]

precomposing

changing rendering order [1]
description [1]
options [1]

Preference

deleting [1]

Preferences

action-safe [1]
alpha channel interpretation [1]
Default Drag Import As [1]
dialog box [1]
Display [1]
display options [1]
for stylus (Vector Paint) [1]
Grids and Guides [1]
image cache [1]
Import [1]
interpolation [1]
Interpret Unlabeled Alpha As [1]
Labels [1]
motion-path keyframe display [1]
Output [1]
Overflow Volumes [1]
shutter angle [1]
still footage duration [1]
synchronizing window times [1]
Time [1]
title-safe [1]
Video Preview preferences [1]
Wireframe Interactions [1]

Premiere. See Adobe Premiere [1]

Premultiplied (Matted with Black) import option [1]

Premultiplied (Matted with White) import option [1]

premultiplied alpha channel [1]

prerendering [1]

Preserve Frame Rate When Nested option [1]

Preserve Resolution When Nested option [1] [2]

Preserve Underlying Transparency option [1]

Preset camera setting [1]

presets, composition

deleting [1]
reusing [1]
saving [1]

Pressure Detail (paint option) [1]

pressure settings (paint) [1]

Pressure Variation (paint option) [1]

preview, playing [1]

previewing

3D layers [1]
alpha channels [1]
animation [1]
audio [1]
backward or forward [1]
color [1]
frames [1]
manual [1]
on external monitor [1]
options [1]
preferences [1]
RAM [1]
region of interest [1]
saving RAM preview [1]
setting [1]
Shift+RAM [1]
standard [1]
stopping [1]
Video Preview preferences [1]
wireframe [1] [2]
Wireframe Interactions [1] [2]

Production Bundle, Vector Paint [1]

progressive scan [1]

project

creating new [1]
opening [1]

Project Flowchart View command [1]

Project window [1] [2]

creating a folder [1]
managing footage items in [1]
using [1]

projects

building [1]
choosing media [1]
closing [1]
creating [1]
cross-platform [1]
defined [1]
finished [1]
hierarchy [1]
importing one into another [1]
opening [1]
organizing [1]
planning [1] [2]
reducing [1] [2]
removing footage from [1]
reverting [1]
saving [1]
setting up [1]
starting [1]

properties

layer [1]
setting particle [1]

Property attributes and methods [1]

Property Mapper

defined [1]
Ephemeral [1]
options [1]
Persistent [1] [2]

property mapping

controlling output ranges [1]
property output [1]
property persistence [1]

property persistence [1]

proportional grids [1] [2]

proxies [1]

compared to placeholders [1]
identifying [1]
rendering with [1]
stopping use of [1]
switching with original [1]

PS Arbitrary Map effect [1]

PS+Extrude effect [1]

PS+Lens Flare effect [1]

PS+Pinch effect [1]

PS+Ripple effect [1]

PS+Spherize effect [1]

PS+Tiles effect [1]

PS+Twirl effect [1]

PS+Wave effect [1]

PS+Zig Zag effect [1]

pulldown, 3:2. See 3:2 pulldown [1]

Q

Quality option in Render Settings dialog box [1]

Quality switch [1]

quality, adjusting [1]

quarter resolution [1]

question mark symbol (Vector Paint) [1]

question mark, in Brush Settings [1]

Queue status [1]

quick menus [1]

Quick Reference, keyboard shortcuts for Vector Paint only [1]

QuickPaint [1]

QuickTime

alpha channel [1]
compression settings [1]
compressors [1]
exporting through [1]
output format [1]

R

Radial Blur effect [1]

Radial Wipe effect [1]

Radio Waves effect [1]

radius (paint brush), editing [1]

Radius (paint setting) [1]

radius, stylus settings [1]

RAM (random access memory)

allocating more [1]
RAM preview [1]
using effectively [1]
utilities [1]
virtual memory [1]

RAM (random access memory) preview [1]

playing back [1]
setting Preferences [1]
Shift+RAM preview [1]

Ramp effect [1]

random number methods [1]

randomizing motion [1]

rasterizing continuously with Adobe Illustrator files [1]

Recent Favorites command [1]

Rectangle Mask tool [1]

rectangle tool [1] [2]

rectangular pixels [1]

red outline [1]

Reduce Interlace Flicker effect [1]

Reduce Project command [1] [2]

reducing the size of a movie [1]

reference link [1]

refining mattes [1]

Region of Interest option [1] [2]

Relative Corner to Absolute Corner script [1]

relative radius values (paint brushes) [1]

relinking footage [1]

Reload Footage command [1]

reloading an edited file [1]

remap-time marker [1]

Remove Color Matting effect [1]

Remove Unused (footage) command [1]

removing

3:2 pulldown [1]
excess keyframes [1]
footage from a project [1]
guides [1]

Render effects category [1]

render farm [1]

Render Queue window

defined [1]
status line [1]

render settings [1]

Render Settings Templates command [1]

rendered images, previewing [1]

rendering

3D layers [1]
and frame blending [1]
and memory requirements [1] [2]
audio options [1]
changing order using adjustment layer [1]
changing settings [1]
compositions with 2D and 3D layers [1]
cross-platform movies [1]
elapsed time [1]
fields [1] [2]
frame blending [1]
increasing speed [1]
log file [1]
making a smaller movie [1]
on multiple systems [1]
order [1] [2] [3]
over a network [1]
overview [1]
pausing [1]
prerendering [1]
render farm [1]
render plug-in [1]
render queue information [1]
rerendering [1]
sequences [1]
status [1]
templates [1] [2]
watch folders [1]

Rendering Plug-In option [1] [2]

Repel options [1]

repelling particles [1]

Replace Footage command [1] [2]

replacing default particles

with a layer [1]
with text [1]

replacing dots with a layer [1]

precomposing a layer [1]
stopping [1]
using a layer's original state [1]

replacing dots with text [1]

replacing footage throughout a project [1]

repositioning a guide [1]

Reset Palette Locations command [1]

Reshape effect [1]

reshaping images [1]

resizing

layer [1]
movie [1]

resolution

and importing [1]
and importing still footage [1]
half [1]
one quarter [1]
one third [1]
options [1]
preserving [1]
proxies [1]
setting [1]
using maximum [1]

Resolution option

in Composition Settings dialog box [1]
in Render Settings dialog box [1]

resources [1]

Re-timer (paint) [1]

Reverb effect [1]

reversing audio [1]

reversing keyframes [1]

Revert command [1]

revolving a layer. See rotation [1]

RGBA display, changing [1]

Ripple effect [1]

rla files [1]

rotation

along a motion path [1]
selected masks [1]
speed [1]
tracking [1]
with motion blur applied [1]
X Rotation [1]
Y Rotation [1]
Z Rotation [1]

Rotation property

animating [1] [2]
nudging layer values [1]
setting [1]

rotation tool [1]

rotoscoping [1]

roving keyframes [1]

rulers [1]

defined [1]
displaying [1]
hiding [1]
setting the zero point [1]
time. See time ruler [1]
zero point [1]

S

safe zones [1] [2]

margins [1]
viewing [1]

sample rate [1] [2]

Saturation layer mode [1]

Save A Copy command [1]

Save As command [1]

Save command [1]

Save Favorite command [1]

Save Frame As command [1]

Save RAM Preview command [1]

saving

project [1]
single frame of a movie [1]

Scale All Layers script [1]

Scale Layers by Comp Size script [1]

Scale property

about [1]
animating [1]
for a layer [1]
keyframes [1]
nudging layer values [1]

scale, exponential [1]

scaleall.mm/scaleall.mov script [1]

scaleby.mm/scaleby.mov script [1]

scaling masks and points [1]

Scatter effect [1]

Screen layer mode [1]

scripts for Motion Math

saving [1]
testing [1]
writing your own [1]

scrubbing. See dragging [1]

search region [1]

SECAM [1]

segment, as part of a mask

See also curve segment [1]
drawing [1]

Select All command [1]

Select Label Group [1]

selecting

all objects [1]
keyframes [1]
masks [1]
paint strokes [1] [2]
paint strokes (shortcuts) [1]

selection marquee [1]

selection tool [1] [2]

paint strokes [1]

selection tool (Vector Paint) [1]

Send Backward command [1]

Send to Back command [1]

separating

fields [1]
video fields [1]

sepia-tone images [1]

Sequence Footage [1]

Sequence Layers command [1]

sequences

frame blending [1]
importing [1]
rendering still images [1]

Set Channels effect [1]

set first vertex [1]

Set Matte effect [1]

Set Max Error value (paint) [1]

Set Proxy command [1]

setting

background color of a composition [1]
current time [1]
duration [1]
frame rate [1]
frame rate for footage [1]
frame size for a composition [1]
keyframes [1] [2]
particle properties [1]
pixel aspect ratio [1]
preferences [1]
preview options [1]
time-display preferences [1]
zero-point in rulers [1]

setting and animating

layer position [1]
opacity [1]
rotation [1]

setting up

project [1]
work area [1]

settings

camera [1]
changing composition [1]
lights [1]

Shadow Darkness light setting [1]

Shadow Diffusion light setting [1]

shadows [1]

shapes

adjusting a curve segment [1]
brush types (painting) [1]
changing mask [1]
creating from masks [1]

shaping a layer to a grid [1]

Sharpen effect [1]

sharpening images [1]

Shatter effect [1]

Shift Channels effect [1]

Shift-Paint Records [1]

Shininess 3D layer material option [1]

shortcuts

Mac OS [1]
Windows [1]

shortcuts, Vector Paint. [1]

Show Actual Brush Size option [1]

Show All Video command [1]

Show Effects (Flowchart View) [1]

Show Tool Tips option [1]

Show Toolbar paint option [1]

shutter angle in Render Settings dialog box [1]

Shutter Angle option [1]

Shutter Phase option [1]

Shy switch [1]

Silhouette Alpha option [1]

Silhouette layer mode [1]

Silhouette Luma option [1]

Similar option (Vector Paint contextual menu) [1]

Simple Choker effect [1]

simple cuts [1]

simplifying stroke paths [1]

simulating a zoom lens [1]

Simulation effects category [1]

single frame, saving [1]

single-frame sequence [1]

size, of a layer [1]

sketching a motion path [1]

Skin Opacity (paint option) [1]

Skip Existing Files option, in Render Settings dialog box [1]

slip edit [1]

slow motion. See time-remapping and time-stretching [1]

Smear effect [1]

smoke, simulating with effects [1]

smooth points [1]

Smoother [1]

Smoother command (Vector Paint) [1]

smoothing

motion [1]
paint strokes [1]

smudges, simulating with effects [1]

Snap to Grid command [1]

snapshots [1]

multiple [1]
purging [1]
taking [1]
viewing [1]

Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) [1]

Soft Light layer mode [1]

solid layer [1]

solid shapes, creating from masks [1]

Solo command [1]

soloing layers [1]

sound effects. See audio [1]

source footage

importing [1]
missing [1]

spacing, changing grid [1]

Span script [1]

span.mm/span.mov script [1]

spatial curve, defined [1]

spatial interpolation [1]

setting default [1]

Specular 3D layer material option [1]

speed

and the motion path [1]
changing [1]
controlling along a motion path [1]
easing [1]
expressions, and [1]
factors affecting [1]
fine-tuning [1]

Speed graph

about [1]
interpolation type [1]
time difference [1]
value difference [1]

Spherize effect [1]

Spill Suppressor effect [1] [2]

split-field frames [1]

splitting layers [1]

spreading mattes [1]

Spring script [1]

spring.mm/spring.mov script [1]

square brush tool [1]

square pixels [1] [2] [3] [4]

Square Pixels setting [1]

stabilizing motion [1]

stacking order, changing the layer [1]

standard grid [1]

Standard preview [1] [2]

start frame [1]

Start Frame option in Composition Settings dialog box [1]

Start option in Render Settings dialog box [1]

start timecode [1]

Start Timecode option in Composition Settings dialog box [1]

starting

project [1]

status, rendering [1]

Stencil Alpha option [1]

Stencil layer modes [1]

Stencil Luma option [1]

Stereo Mixer effect [1]

Still Footage option [1]

still images

changing the frame rate for [1]
default duration [1]
duration [1]
exporting [1]
importing [1] [2]
rendering movie frames as [1]

stopping window updates [1]

Storage Overflow option in Render Settings dialog box [1]

Straight (Unmatted) import option [1]

straight alpha channel [1]

straight lines, drawing [1]

streaming video over the World Wide Web [1]

Stretch option in Output Module dialog box [1]

Stretch panel [1]

stretching

layer in time [1]
movie [1] [2]

Strobe Light effect [1]

Stroke effect [1]

stroke weight [1]

stroke widths, changing [1]

strokes (paint)

animation [1]
blending [1] [2]
closing [1]
editing [1]
selecting [1] [2]
selecting (shortcuts) [1]
smoothing [1]

styles (Adobe Photoshop) [1]

Stylize effects category [1]

stylus

and stroke weight [1]
configuring for Vector Paint [1]
eraser mode [1]
pressure and opacity [1]
settings [1]

Stylus Options, for painting [1]

Stylus Radius paint option [1]

Stylus Vendor (paint option) [1]

subpixel positioning [1]

substituting

low-resolution proxy for footage [1]
placeholder for footage [1]

substitution menus in scripts [1]

Subtract mask mode [1]

swf files [1]

switches [1]

Audio [1]
Audio/Video [1]
changing [1]
Collapse Transformations [1] [2]
Continuously Rasterize [1] [2]
defined [1]
Effect [1]
Frame Blending [1]
Lock [1]
Motion Blur [1] [2]
Quality [1]
rearranging panels [1]
Shy [1]
using [1] [2]
Video [1]

Switches/Modes button [1]

T

take-snapshot icon [1]

tangent, defined [1]

Target menu [1]

telecine transfer [1]

templates

for output module settings [1]
for render settings [1]

temporal curve, defined [1]

temporal interpolation [1]

testing

motion before rendering [1]
scripts [1]

text

adding to a layer [1]
as particles [1]
creating with alpha channels [1]

Text effects category [1]

Texturize effect [1]

TGA, alpha channel [1]

third-party files with depth information [1]

three-dimensional layers [1]

three-point tracking [1]

Threshold effect [1]

TIFF, alpha channel [1]

time

basics [1]
display style [1]
duration [1]
frame rate [1]
ruler [1]
synchronizing window display [1]

Time Controls palette, using to preview [1]

time difference, and the Speed graph [1]

Time Displacement effect [1]

Time effects category [1]

time graph [1]

defined [1]
defining the work area [1]
expanding [1]
magnifying [1]

Time Layout window

Effect switch in [1]
In and Out panels [1]

Time Marker and paint strokes [1]

Time Offset

Absolute [1]
Absolute Random [1]
Relative [1]
Relative Random [1]
uses of [1]

Time Span option in Render Settings dialog box [1]

Time Stretch command [1]

timecode

defined [1]
drop-frame [1]
non-drop-frame [1]
setting time display preferences [1]
time-display option [1]

Timecode effect [1]

Timecode option [1]

Timeline window [1]

adding footage items [1]
defined [1]
markers [1]
menu [1] [2]
opening [1]
overview [1]
panels [1]
tabs [1]
time graph [1]

time-remapping

audio [1]
audio pitch [1]
defined [1]
freeze frame [1]
graph [1]
marker [1]
removing audio clicks [1]
slow motion [1]
the Layer window [1] [2]
Value graph [1]
Velocity graph [1]

Time-Reverse Keyframes command [1]

time-stretching

defined [1]
from a specific time [1]
layers [1]

time-vary stopwatch [1]

Tint effect [1]

tint value, setting [1]

tinted images [1]

title-safe zones [1] [2]

To Current Frame (paint option) [1]

To Sequential Frames (paint option) [1]

toeffect.mm/toeffect.mov script [1]

Toggle Hold Keyframe command [1]

tonal levels, posterizing [1]

tonal range

adjusting [1]
remapping pixels in channel [1]

Tone effect [1]

toolbar, Vector Paint [1]

toolbox [1]

track matte

defined [1]
using an alpha channel [1]
using luma values [1]

Track Original Matte (Composite Paint) [1]

Track Original Matte Visible (Composite Paint) [1]

track point [1]

track xy camera tool [1] [2]

track z camera tool [1] [2]

tracked area, deleting [1]

Tracker/Stabilizer controls [1] [2]

adjusting [1]

tracking backward [1]

tracking motion [1]

affine corner pinning [1]
applying an effect point [1]
attaching markers [1]
backward tracking [1]
blending feature information [1]
comparison method [1]
correcting drift [1] [2]
defining areas [1]
deleting a tracked area [1]
enhancing edges [1]
feature region [1]
frame rate [1]
grainy footage [1]
interlaced video [1]
markers [1]
matching pixels [1]
obscured objects [1]
position [1]
position and rotation [1]
rotation [1]
search region [1]
three-point tracking [1]
track point [1]

Transfer Modes panel [1] [2]

transfer modes, rendering order [1]

transferring between video and film [1]

Transform effect [1]

changing rendering order with [1]

Transform properties [1]

Anchor Point [1]
camera [1]
Opacity [1]
orientation [1]
point of interest [1]
postponing calculation [1]
rendering order [1]
Rotation [1] [2]
Scale [1]
X Rotation [1]
Y Rotation [1]
Z Rotation [1]
Z scale [1]

transform values [1]

transformations, adding [1]

Transition effects category [1]

transitions between layers [1]

transparency [1]

Adobe Photoshop and [1]
creating transparency [1]
preserving during compositing [1]
See also Opacity property [1]

traveling matte [1]

trimming

in Layer window [1]
in Time Layout window [1]
layers [1]
restoring trimmed footage [1]

turning effects on and off [1]

Twirl effect [1]

U

Under Original Alpha Only (Composite Paint) [1]

underlying transparency, preserving [1]

Undo button for paint strokes [1]

Undo command [1] [2]

undoing changes [1] [2]

Units camera setting [1]

unlocking all layers [1]

unmatted alpha [1]

Unqueued status [1]

Unsharp Mask effect [1]

updates, stopping [1]

Upper Field First option [1]

upper field ordered [1] [2]

Use High Res. Coordinates (paint option) [1]

User Stopped status [1]

V

value

changing layer property [1]
copying [1]
pixel [1]
Time Remap [1]

value difference, and the Speed graph [1]

Value graph

adding keyframes to [1]
Bezier temporal interpolation and [1]
changing keyframe interpolation [1]
changing layer property [1]
defined [1]
direction handles and [1]
Hold interpolation and [1]
increasing or decreasing property value [1]
pen tool [1]
time-remapping and [1]
using to change layer property [1]

variables, Motion Math [1]

Vector math methods [1]

Vector Paint [1]

applying [1]
blending strokes [1]
brush types [1]
contextual menu [1]
contextual menu commands [1]
eraser tool [1]
matte and alpha-channel options [1]
playback speed [1]
selection tool [1]
temporarily deactivating [1]
toolbar [1] [2]

vectors, Motion Math [1] [2]

Vegas effect [1]

velocity

easing [1]
expressions, and [1]
fine-tuning [1]
randomizing [1]

Velocity graph

border [1]
fine-tuning speed and [1]
interpolation type [1]
time difference [1]
value difference [1]

Velocity Time Remap [1]

Venetian Blinds effect [1]

Video effects category [1]

Video for Windows, compression [1]

video formats

analog [1]
digital [1]
DV [1]
film [1]
interlaced [1]
noninterlaced [1]

Video Preview preferences, setting [1]

video transferred from film, removing 3:2 pulldown [1]

videotape

downloading over the World Wide Web [1]
hiding and showing [1]
planning for [1] [2]

View Axes mode tool [1]

viewing

and setting the current time [1]
color [1]
frame, numerically [1]
frame, visually [1]
imported footage [1]
on external monitor [1]
source name of a layer [1]
specific frame [1]
window snapshot [1]

views

orthogonal [1]
using camera tools to change [1]

virtual memory [1]

visible lines, creating from masks [1]

Visible option (Vector Paint contextual menu) [1]

VU meter [1]

W

Wacom tablet and Vector Paint [1]

Watch Folder command [1]

watch folders [1]

watch-folder mode [1]

Wave Warp effect [1]

Wave World effect [1]

Web links [1] [2]

whole frames [1]

Wiggle Control [1]

Wiggler [1]

Wiggles/sec (paint option) [1]

wiggling in expressions [1]

window menu, displaying [1]

window updates, stopping [1]

window, snapshot [1]

windows

See also individual window names [1]
After Effects [1]
changing [1]
changing display [1]
comparing [1]
grouping [1]
resizing [1]
size and resolution [1]
stopping updates [1]
using [1]

wireframe interactions [1]

wireframe interactions, enabling and disabling [1]

Wireframe preview [1] [2]

Wireframe quality [1]

work area

defined [1]
markers, moving [1]
moving [1]
setting up [1]

workspace

customizing [1]
deleting [1]
saving [1]
selecting [1]

World Axes mode tool [1]

world space, and expressions [1]

World Wide Web [1]

Write-On effect [1]

X

X and Y coordinates [1]

Z

Z coordinate [1]

Z scale, understanding [1]

zero point [1]

Zoom camera setting [1]

zoom lens [1]

zoom tool [1]

zooming preview area [1]