alpha channel [1] [2]
continuously rasterizing files [1]
importing files from [1]
importing masks from [1]
importing paths as masks [1]
layers [1]
preparing files for import [1]
rasterizing [1]

Adobe InDesign, text layers and [1]

Adobe LiveMotion

exporting as [1]
text layers and [1]

Adobe Photoshop

adjustment layers [1]
alpha channel [1] [2]
exporting with layers [1]
importing files [1] [2]
importing masks from [1]
layer effects [1]
layer styles [1]
preparing and importing layered files [1]
text layers [1]
transparent areas and layer masks [1]
using layer effects from [1]

Adobe Premiere, importing projects [1]

Advanced 3D renderer [1]

Align palette [1]

aligning

axes on a 3D layer [1]
layers [1]
layers using guides and rulers [1]
text [1] [2]
using Align palette [1]
using markers [1]
using the clone stamp tool [1]

Alpha Add blend mode [1]

alpha channel

choosing an interpretation method [1]
converting to masks [1]
defined [1] [2]
editing considerations [1]
Filmstrip format and [1]
for a track matte [1]
from Adobe Illustrator [1]
importing footage containing [1]
interpreting [1]
matted with color [1]
premultiplied [1]
straight [1]
unmatted [1]
using with track matte [1]
viewing [1]
working with footage containing [1]

alpha channels

tracing [1]

Ambient 3D property [1]

Amount property (Range selector) [1]

AMX format.See Adobe LiveMotion [1]

analog film [1]

analog video [1]

Anamorphic 2:1 setting [1]

anchor point

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

anchor, setting for a composition [1] [2]

Angle Control effect [1]

angle control, using with effects [1]

Angle of View camera setting [1]

angle, setting [1]

Animate Text command [1]

animated GIF [1]

animating

3D rotation [1]
anchor point [1] [2]
bouncing [1]
expressions, using [1]
in the Timeline window [1]
layers [1]
mask properties [1]
mask shape or feather [1]
opacity [1] [2]
position [1] [2]
previewing [1] [2]
rotation [1] [2]
scale [1] [2]
text on a path [1]
text, examples [1]
using expressions for [1]

animator

about [1]
adding properties [1]

Aperture camera setting [1]

Apple QuickTime Player [1]

Apply Favorite command [1]

array

accessing values in [1]
defined [1]
dimensions of [1]

Asian text. See CJK text [1]

aspect ratio

anamorphic [1] [2]
D1 [1]
D4/D16 [1]
DV [1]
square pixels [1]

attaching a layer. See tracking motion to apply to a layer [1]

attribute, expressions and [1]

audio

adjusting levels [1]
clipping warning [1]
importing [1]
layers [1]
layers, time-remapping [1] [2]
preferences [1]
previewing [1]
remapping pitch [1]
removing clicks [1]
sample rate [1] [2]
setting levels [1]
using effects [1]
VU meter [1]

Audio command [1] [2]

Audio layer property [1]

Audio Output options [1]

Audio palette

options [1]
resizing [1]

Audio switch [1]

Audio/Video Features column [1]

Auto Bezier interpolation [1]

3D rotation and [1]
about [1]
option [1]

Auto-Orient command (3D) [1]

Auto-Orient Rotation command [1]

auto-orienting

changing settings (3D) [1]
motion path [1]

Auto-trace command [1]

Auto-Zoom When Resolution Changes option [1]

AVI. See Video for Windows [1]

axes modes, for cameras [1]

axes, 3D layers [1] [2]

B

background

color [1]
transparency grid [1]

backward previews [1]

baking, Maya files [1]

Based On property (Range selector) [1]

baseline [1]

baseline shift [1]

Best quality

defined [1]
subpixel accuracy [1]

Best Settings template [1]

Bezier interpolation

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

Bezier interpolation method [1]

Bezier mask

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

binary keys [1]

Blending Modes column [1] [2]

blending modes, for layers

3D layers [1]
applying [1]
defined [1] [2]
experimenting with [1]
options [1]
rendering order [1]
using with multiprocessors [1]

blending modes, for paint

applying [1]
defined [1]

blur

See alsofeather [1]
camera effect [1]
expression example [1]
masks and [1]
motion blur [1]
Motion Blur switch [1]
rendering motion blur [1]

Blur Level camera setting [1]

BMP format [1]

bounce

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

bounding box

Free Transform Points and [1]
masks [1]
text [1]

Bring Forward command [1]

Brush Dynamics, graphics tablets and [1]

brush strokes

animating [1]
color [1]
flow amount [1]
presets [1]

Brush Tips palette

about [1]
options [1]

brushes

about [1]
color [1]
customizing [1]
presets [1]
selecting [1]

C

Cache preferences [1]

caching [1]

camera

creating a wide-angle lens [1]

camera settings [1]

camera tools [1]

cameras

Active Camera [1] [2] [3]
axes modes [1]
blurring [1]
changing the view [1]
creating and using [1]
rendering [1]
settings [1]
shooting footage with handheld [1]
tools [1]
using Comp Camera effects [1]
using with effects [1]
views [1] [2]
workspaces [1] [2]

capital letters, assigning to text [1]

Caps Lock command [1]

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

Casts Shadows 3D property [1]

Casts Shadows light setting [1]

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

CD-ROM

best compressor for [1]
planning for [1]

channels [1]

D

D1 footage

about [1]
pixel aspect ratio [1]
using with square footage [1]

D1/DV NTSC

setting [1]
Widescreen [1]

D1/DV PAL

setting pixel aspect ratio [1]
Widescreen [1]

D4/D16

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

Dancing Dissolve blending mode [1]

Darken blending mode, layer [1] [2]

Darken blending mode, paint [1]

data rate [1]

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

deceleration

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

default

interpolation [1]
preferences [1]
settings [1]

Default Drag Import As preference [1]

Default Height of Timeline Graphs command [1]

degrading previews [1]

delete vertex tool [1]

deleting

excess keyframes [1]
guides [1]
keyframes [1]
project elements from Flowchart View [1]
unused files [1]

Difference blending mode, layer [1]

Difference blending mode, paint [1]

Difference mask mode [1]

Diffuse property [1]

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

Digital Picture Exchange file (DPX) [1]

digital video, defined [1]

direction handles

adjusting [1]
defined [1]

direction lines, defined [1]

Disable Dynamic Preview button [1]

displaying

rulers and guides [1]
time [1]

Dissolve blend mode [1]

Dissolve mode [1]

distributing layers [1]

documentation overview [1]

double-byte type. See CJK type [1]

downloading video [1]

Draft 3D mode [1] [2]

Draft quality [1]

dragging

audio [1]
current-time indicator [1]

drawing

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

drift, correcting in tracking [1]

drop shadow and rotation [1]

drop-frame timecode display [1]

duration

bar [1]
bar, repositioning [1]
defined [1]
render settings and [1]
setting [1]
time-stretching [1]

Duration column [1]

DV footage

aspect ratio [1] [2]
digital video defined [1]
exporting [1]
exporting as DV NTSC [1]
importing [1]
using [1]

DVD video frame rate [1]

Dynamic Preview

disabling [1] [2]
using [1] [2]

Dynamic Preview button [1]

E

ease handles

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

Ease High property (Range selector) [1]

Ease Low property (Range selector) [1]

Easy Ease keyframe assistant [1] [2]

Edit Original command [1]

editing footage. See trimming [1]

editing mode [1]

Effect Controls window

about [1]
changing settings [1]
using [1] [2] [3]

effect points

interpolation [1]
setting visually [1]

Effect property, animating [1]

Effect switch [1]

effects

16 bpc [1]
about [1]
applying [1]
applying multiple [1]
applying to a mask [1]
audio [1]
changing order [1]
changing over time [1] [2]
changing rendering order [1]
changing settings [1]
changing values [1]
Comp Camera effects [1]
copying [1]
disabled when nesting [1]
disabled with collapsed transformations [1]
Expression Controls [1]
expressions and [1]
favorites [1]
free effects [1]
in Flowchart View [1]
learning about [1]
positioning on layers [1]
Professional edition [1]
removing [1]
render settings and [1]
rendering order [1]
setting a tint value [1]
setting an angle [1]
showing and hiding [1]
Standard edition [1]
turning off and on [1]
using with lights and cameras [1]

Effects palette [1]

elapsed time [1]

ElectricImage (EIZ) files [1] [2]

ElectricImage (EIZ) files,importing [1]

elements guide, key to expressions [1]

ellipse tool [1]

Enable Depth of Field camera setting [1]

Enable Frame Blending button [1]

Enable Motion Blur button [1]

Enable Time Remapping command

audio [1]
video [1]

End property (Range selector) [1]

EPS files, importing [1]

eraser tool [1]

errors. See log file [1]

Every-line Composer [1]

examples

expressions [1]
pick-whip expressions [1]
text animations [1]

Exclusion blending mode, layer [1]

Exclusion blending mode, paint [1]

Expanding and collapsing Timeline window columns [1]

Exponential Scale [1]

Export command [1] [2] [3]

exporting

See also individual file formats [1]
filmstrip for Adobe Photoshop [1]
proxies [1]
supported file formats [1]
using QuickTime components [1]

expression attributes and methods

camera [1]
color conversion [1]
comp [1]
effect [1]
footage [1]
global [1]
guide to [1]
hasParent() [1]
interpolation [1]
key [1]
keyframe looping [1]
layer 3D [1]
layer general [1]
layer properties [1]
layer space transform [1] [2]
layer sub-objects [1]
light [1]
mask [1]
name [1]
other math [1]
property [1]
random number [1]
vector math [1]

Expression Controls effects [1]

expression elements guide [1]

Expression language menu [1]

expression language, understanding [1]

expressions

about [1]
accessing properties [1]
adding comments [1]
constructing [1]
converting to keyframes [1]
creating [1]
dimensions or arrays [1]
editing [1]
effects for [1]
elements guide key [1]
graph overlay [1]
guidelines for writing [1]
JavaScript [1]
masks, using with [1]
math operations [1]
pick whip [1]
pick whip examples [1]
preferences [1]
resizing field [1]
saving [1] [2]
selecting values with pick whip [1]
sharing across languages [1]
time [1]
turning off [1]
viewing all in layers [1]
world space [1]
writing, example of [1]

extensions, filename [1]

eyedropper tool [1]

F

fast motion [1]

favorite effects [1]

feathering mask edges [1]

Feet + Frames time display [1] [2]

field order

about [1]
determining original [1]
interpreting [1]
lower field first [1]
reversing [1]
testing [1]
upper field first [1]

field rendering [1] [2]

Field Rendering option [1]

fields

interlaced [1]
interlaced and noninterlaced [1]
separating [1]

file formats

See also footage [1]
supported formats for export [1] [2]
supported formats for import [1]
supporting alpha channels [1]

file types, Mac OS [1]

filenames

conventions [1]
extensions [1]

filenames, compositions [1]

files. See footage [1]

Fill Color property (animator) [1]

fill layer [1]

film scanner [1]

Film Size camera setting [1]

film, planning for [1]

Filmstrip format [1]

filters. See effects [1]

fine-tuning

animation [1]
speed [1]

First Margin property [1]

first vertex [1]

Flash (.swf) files [1] [2] [3]

Flash (SWF) files [1]

flipping layers [1]

Flowchart View

about [1]
buttons [1]
customizing [1]

Focal Length camera setting [1]

Focus Distance camera setting [1]

folders

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

font size [1]

fonts, selecting [1]

footage

See also footage items [1]
importing alpha channel [1]
interlaced and noninterlaced [1]
interpreting automatically [1]
pixel aspect ratio [1]
replacing and substituting [1]
replacing throughout a project [1]
separating fields [1]
setting the frame rate for [1]

footage items

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

Footage window

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

Force Alignment text property [1]

4-point tracking [1]

four-point tracking [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

changing before importing [1]
default for a sequence [1]
defined [1] [2]
film [1]
footage versus composition [1]
setting for footage [1]

Frame Rate option

composition settings [1]
render settings [1]

frame size [1] [2]

frames

blending [1]
starting number [1]
time-display options [1]
viewing [1]

Frames option [1]

Free Transform Points [1]

freeze frame

simulating [1]

F-stop camera setting [1]

G

garbage matte [1]

geometrics. See Transform properties [1]

Go to Time command [1]

graphics tablet

paint tools and [1]
specifying Brush Dynamics for [1]

grids

proportional [1]
using [1]

Group Tab with Comps command [1]

Guess import option for alpha channel [1]

guide, for expressions [1]

guides

safe zones and [1]
using [1]

H

handheld camera [1]

handles. See direction handles, ease handles [1]

hanging punctuation [1]

Hard Light blending mode, layer [1]

Hard Light blending mode, paint [1]

hasParent function, using [1]

Help

See also Effects online Help [1]
Help map [1]
task based help [1]

Hide Layer Controls command [1]

Hide Other Video command [1]

Hide Shy Layers button [1]

hierarchy, project [1] [2]

Hold interpolation [1]

hold-out matte [1]

horizontal scale of text, adjusting [1]

Hue blending mode, layer [1]

Hue blending mode, paint [1]

Hue mode [1]

I

Illustrator. See Adobe Illustrator [1]

image area [1]

image cache [1]

Image Cache Size preference [1]

Imax frames [1]

Import command [1]

imported footage, working with [1]

importing

3D-image files [1]
See also individual file formats [1]
After Effects projects [1]
audio files [1]
DDR-based footage [1]
ElectricImage files [1]
files into projects [1]
files with depth information [1]
footage items [1]
footage items containing alpha channel [1]
items by dragging [1]
multiple footage items [1]
preparing footage for [1]
sequence of still images [1]
supported file formats [1]
supported formats [1]

In column

defined [1]
positioning a layer in time [1]
using to time-stretch [1]

In point

changing [1]
defined [1]

indenting paragraphs [1]

indexing, arrays and vectors [1]

Info palette

about [1]
changing RGBA display [1]
channel information [1]
using with effects [1]
viewing layer name [1]
X/Y coordinates [1]

Inner Outer Key [1]

Intel Indeo compressor [1]

intense peak, simulating with Speed graph [1]

Intensity light setting [1]

interlaced and noninterlaced footage [1]

interlaced video [1] [2]

Internet. See World Wide Web [1]

interpolation

acceleration and [1]
and keyframe icons [1]
Auto Bezier [1]
Bezier [1]
changing [1]
choosing a method [1]
comparing methods [1]
Continuous Bezier [1]
deceleration and [1]
frames for smooth motion [1]
Hold [1]
keying and [1]
Linear [1]
mixing methods [1]
none [1]
Smart Mask (Pro only) [1]
spatial [1]
temporal [1]

Interpret Footage command [1] [2]

Interpret Footage settings

applying to several footage items [1]
copying [1]
field order [1]
interpretation rules [1]
Motion Detect option [1]
Separate Fields options [1]

Interpret Unlabeled Alpha As settings [1]

interpretation

field order [1]
specifying rules [1]

Interpretation Rules text file [1]

Intersect mask mode [1]

intranet playback [1]

inverting masks. See masks [1]

Isolating a layer. See soloing layers [1]

J

JavaScript, for expressions [1] [2]

JavaScript. See scripts and expressions [1]

justifying text [1]

K

kerning text [1]

key color [1]

keyframe assistants

Convert Audio to keyframes [1]
Easy Ease [1] [2]
Time-Reverse Keyframes [1]

keyframe icon [1]

Keyframe Interpolation command [1] [2]

keyframe navigator [1]

Keyframe Velocity command [1]

keyframe-looping methods [1]

keyframes

accessing [1]
adding [1] [2]
adding to Value graph [1]
Anchor Point [1]
and duration bar [1]
and Value graph [1]
changing interpolation [1]
controlling speed between [1]
copying and pasting [1]
deleting [1]
editing values [1]
excess [1]
expressions, using instead of [1]
fine-tuning speed between [1]
freezing [1]
icons [1]
interpolation [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] [2]
setting [1] [2]
smoothing [1]
stretching [1]
values [1]

keying [1]

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

keying effects [1]

Keys column [1]

kumimoji [1]

L

Last Margin text property [1]

Layer Control effect [1]

layer duration bar [1] [2]

layer handles [1] [2]

Layer modes. See blending modes [1]

layer outline, expanding or collapsing [1]

layer properties

about [1]
Anchor Point [1]
changing values [1]
Effects [1]
keyframes for [1] [2]
Masks [1]
Opacity [1]
Position [1]
Rotation [1]
Scale [1]
viewing [1]

layer space transform methods [1]

layer styles from Adobe Photoshop [1]

Layer Switches column [1]

Layer window

defined [1]
menu [1]
outputting from [1]
specifying a layer mask [1]
Target menu [1]
using [1]

Layer Wireframes button [1]

layers

3D layer order [1]
3D layers [1]
adding to composition [1]
adjustment layers [1]
aligning and distributing [1]
alpha channel in [1]
anchor point [1]
animating [1]
animating text layers [1]
applying an effect to [1]
applying motion blur [1]
arranging [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 parent [1]
creating simple cuts between [1]
defined [1]
distributing [1]
dragging [1]
duration [1]
expression attributes and methods for [1]
flipping [1]
frame blending [1]
hiding and showing in Timeline window [1]
hiding in Composition window [1]
In point [1]
including and excluding audio [1]
label colors [1]
layer-time markers [1]
lights [1]
locking [1]
locking and unlocking [1]
making transparent [1]
memory requirements for [1]
missing in Adobe Photoshop files [1]
motion blur [1]
moving in space [1]
moving in time [1]
naming in Adobe Photoshop [1]
numbers [1]
order and start time [1]
Out point [1]
parent [1] [2]
placing an effect on [1]
position [1]
positioning effects on [1]
properties of [1]
quality [1]
rearranging [1]
renaming [1]
rendering 2D and 3D layers [1]
reversing playback [1]
rotating [1]
scaling [1]
sequencing [1]
solid-color [1]
soloing [1] [2]
source [1]
source name [1]
stacking order [1]
text [1]
time-remapping [1]
time-stretching [1]
transitions between [1]
trimming [1]
unlocking [1]
updating [1]
viewing source or layer name [1]

layer-time markers [1] [2]

leading [1]

leading, for CJK text [1]

Leave All Attributes In option [1]

Length of Composition option [1]

light rays, creating parallel [1]

Light Transmission 3D property [1]

Light Type light setting [1]

Lighten blending mode, layer [1]

Lighten blending mode, paint [1]

Lighten mask mode [1]

lights

about [1]
creating [1]
effects and [1]
point of interest and [1]
settings [1]
using with effects [1]

Line Anchor property (animator) [1]

Line Spacing property (animator) [1]

Linear Burn blending mode, layer [1]

Linear Burn blending mode, paint [1]

Linear Dodge blending mode, layer [1]

Linear Dodge blending mode, paint [1]

Linear interpolation

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

linear keys [1]

Linear Light blending mode, layer [1]

Linear Light mode [1]

lines. See visible lines [1]

links

chapter [1]
Web [1]

LiveMotion (AMX)

exporting to [1]
importing text [1]

Local Axis mode [1]

Lock Aspect Ratio option [1]

Lock Dimensions property (Wiggly selector) [1]

Lock switch [1]

locking a guide [1]

locking a layer [1]

log file

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

Loop button, direction [1] [2]

looping

footage [1]
keyframes in expressions [1]

lower field ordered [1]

lower-field first video system [1]

low-resolution

compositions [1]
movies for testing motion [1]
proxy [1]

luminance value for a track matte [1]

Luminescent Premul blending mode, layer [1]

Luminosity blending mode, layer [1]

Luminosity blending mode, paint [1]

M

Mac OS file types [1]

Macromedia Flash (SWF), exporting [1] [2]

magnification [1]

Magnification ratio pop-up menu [1]

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

manual preview [1] [2]

margins [1]

markers

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

marquee [1]

Mask Expansion property, adjusting [1]

Mask Feather command

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

Mask Feather property, animating [1]

mask feather, speed [1]

mask modes, applying [1]

Mask Opacity property, adjusting [1]

mask paths [1]

Mask property [1]

mask shape

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

Mask Shape command, disabled when nesting [1]

masks

3D layers [1]
adding a control point to [1]
adjusting in Flowchart View [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 alpha channels to [1]
converting motion paths to [1]
creating [1]
creating from text [1]
creating lines from [1]
defined [1]
deleting [1]
drawing [1]
duplicating [1]
editing [1]
elliptical [1]
expressions [1] [2]
feathering [1]
first vertex [1]
inverting [1]
memory requirements for [1]
modifying multiple masks [1]
moving [1] [2]
outline [1]
panning [1]
paths [1]
rectangle [1]
rendering order [1]
replacing [1]
resetting [1]
resizing [1]
reusing [1]
rotating [1]
saving [1]
scaling [1]
selecting [1]
setting interactions [1]
specifying inside and outside [1]
specifying with Target menu [1] [2]
text layers [1]
types [1]

material options, for 3D layers [1]

math operations, expressions and [1]

matte view, defined [1]

matted alpha channel [1]

mattes

See also alpha channel [1]
defined [1]
refining [1]
tools [1]
track [1]
traveling [1]

Max Amount property (Wiggly selector) [1]

Maximum Memory Usage preference [1]

Maya files, importing [1]

Measure Film Size camera setting [1]

measuring time [1]

media, importing [1]

memory

performance [1]
previews [1] [2]
reducing requirement for [1]
using effectively [1]

method, and expressions [1]

Metrics text option [1]

Microsoft

RLE compressor [1]
Video compressor [1]

Millions of Colors and effect on background color [1]

Millions of Colors for MJPEG cards [1]

Min Amount property (Wiggly selector) [1]

mirror, creating appearance of in 3D [1]

missing source footage [1]

mistakes, correcting and undoing [1]

MJPEG compression [1]

Mode property

Range selector [1]
Wiggly selector [1]

Modes column [1]

motion

sketching [1]
smoothing [1]
testing [1]

motion blur [1]

Motion Blur render setting [1]

Motion Blur switch [1]

Motion Detect option [1]

motion footage

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

motion path

changing keyframe number [1]
changing speed numerically [1]
controlling speed [1]
controls [1]
creating [1] [2]
creating with mask [1]
defined [1]
direction handles and [1]
display preferences [1]
Easy Ease keyframe assistant [1]
editing [1]
modifying [1] [2]
Motion Sketch [1]
moving all points in [1]
rotating a layer along [1]
smoothing [1]
spatial interpolation and [1]
speed [1]
temporal interpolation [1]

motion picture film [1]

Motion Sketch [1]

motion, randomizing [1]

Move All Attributes into The New Composition option [1]

movies

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

MP plug-in [1]

MP3 format [1]

multiple systems, rendering on [1]

Multiply blending mode, layer [1]

Multiply blending mode, paint [1]

multiprocessors and After Effects [1]

N

name attribute, using [1]

naming

conventions for files [1]
layers [1]
output filenames [1]

National Television Standards Committee (NTSC)

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

Navigator view [1]

navigator, keyframe [1]

negative light, creating appearance of [1]

nesting

a composition [1]
changing rendering order [1]
collapsing transformations [1]
common uses for [1]
creating layers by [1]
definition [1]
expression time and [1]
opacity and [1]
options [1] [2]

network performance on multiple systems [1]

New Adjustment Layer command [1]

New Composition command [1]

New Solid command [1]

NLE. See nonlinear editing [1]

Noise effects category. See online Help [1]

non-drop-frame timecode display [1]

None mask mode [1]

noninterlaced video [1]

nonlight, creating appearance of [1]

nonlinear editing

creating output modules for [1]

Normal blending mode, layer [1]

Normal blending mode, paint [1]

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

NTSC-Safe colors [1]

null layer, expressions and [1]

null objects

creating [1]
defined [1]

O

offset motion [1]

Offset property (Range selector) [1]

online Help [1]

opacity

animating [1]
expression example [1]
nesting and [1]
painting and editing tools [1]
property [1]
specifying for a layer [1]
speed [1]

Open Project command [1]

OpenGL interactive preview [1]

opening footage in original application [1]

OpenType fonts [1]

Options, effect [1]

orbit camera tool [1]

order of effects, changing [1]

organization chart. See Flowchart View [1]

organizing

footage [1]
projects [1]

orientation, and 3D layers [1]

orthogonal views [1]

Out column

defined [1]
positioning a layer in time [1]
using [1]

Out point

changing [1]
defined [1]

Output Module

adding [1]
creating and saving [1]
definition [1]
details in Render Queue window [1]

Output Module Templates command [1] [2] [3]

oval tool. See ellipse mask tool [1]

overflow log file [1]

overflow volumns [1]

Overlay blending mode, layer [1]

Overlay blending mode, paint [1]

overscan [1]

P

Paint on Transparent option [1] [2]

Paint palette [1]

paint strokes, animating [1]

paint tools

brush [1]
opacity [1]

painting

See also brush tool, Vector Paint [1]
blending options [1]
painting tools [1]

PAL. See Phase Alternating Line (PAL) [1]

palettes [1]

See also individual palette names [1]
Effects [1]
Info [1]

pan behind tool [1] [2]

panning

anchor point [1]
in 3D space [1]
mask [1]

Paragraph palette [1]

paragraph text. See text [1]

parallel corner pin tracking [1] [2]

Parent column

defined [1]
showing or hiding [1]

parent layers

creating [1]
defined [1] [2]
removing [1]

Paste command [1]

pasteboard color [1]

pasting text [1]

Path Options property [1]

paths, text layers and [1]

PDF files

importing [1]

pen tool

add vertex [1]
adding keyframes with [1]
changing curves to corners [1]
convert vertex [1]
delete vertex [1]
drawing a Bezier mask with [1]
drawing curves [1]
drawing straight lines [1]
editing a motion path [1]
mask shape and [1]
toggle with selection tool [1]
Value graph and [1]

performance. See RAM (random access memory) [1]

Perpendicular to Path text property [1]

perspective

in 3D layers [1]
simulating by tracking [1]

Phase Alternating Line (PAL)

aspect ratio [1]
considerations when using [1]
frame rate [1]
interlaced vs noninterlaced [1]

Photoshop Layers command [1]

Photoshop. See Adobe Photoshop [1]

pick whip

accessing values in expressions [1]
expression examples [1]
parent layers [1]
selecting value in expressions [1]
using with expressions [1]
using with parent layers [1]

PICT format [1]

pitch, changing [1]

pivot point, setting and animating [1]

pixel aspect ratio [1]

composition settings [1]
correction [1]
defined [1]
Maya files, and [1]
option [1]
setting [1]

pixels, color values [1] [2] [3]

Placeholder command [1]

placeholders

missing footage [1]
substituting for footage [1]

planning a project [1]

platforms and importing [1]

playback

See also previewing [1]
audio [1]
Motion Sketch speed [1]
reversing direction [1]

plug-ins

free effect plug-ins [1]
rendering over a network [1]

Point Control effect [1]

point of interest

about [1]
orienting toward [1]

point text. See text [1]

pop-up palettes

customizing list of items [1]

position

animating [1]
animating in 3D [1] [2]
expression example [1]
keyframes [1]
nudging layer values [1]
of effects on layers [1]
pan behind tool and [1]
setting values [1]

Pre-compose command [1]

precomposing

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

Preferences

action-safe [1]
alpha channel interpretation [1]
compact English [1]
Default Drag Import As [1]
dialog box [1]
Display [1]
Dynamic Preview [1]
expression language [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-display [1]
title-safe [1]
Video Preview preferences [1]

Premiere. See Adobe Premiere [1]

premultiplied alpha channel [1]

prerendering [1] [2]

Preserve Resolution When Nested option [1]

Preserve Underlying Transparency option [1]

preset brushes [1]

Preset camera setting [1]

presets, composition [1]

pressure setting [1]

previewing

3D layers [1]
Adaptive Resolution [1] [2]
alpha channels [1]
animation [1] [2]
audio [1]
backward or forward [1]
color [1]
Dynamic Preview [1] [2]
frames [1]
manual [1]
memory [1]
on external monitor [1]
OpenGL [1]
options [1]
Preview preferences [1] [2] [3]
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]

progressive scan [1]

Project Flowchart View command [1]

Project window

creating a folder [1]
defined [1]
importing and [1]
managing footage items in [1]
using [1]

projects

choosing media for [1]
closing [1] [2]
creating [1]
cross-platform [1]
hierarchy [1]
importing one into another [1]
opening [1]
organizing [1]
planning [1]
reducing [1] [2]
reverting [1]
saving [1]

properties

See also individual property names [1]
about [1]
animating [1]
expressions, in reference to [1]
layer [1]
setting keyframes [1]
smoothing [1]
stopwatch [1]
viewing [1]

proportional grids [1]

proxies

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

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

punctuation, hanging [1]

PXR format [1]

Q

quality

adjusting [1]
adjusting in Flowchart View [1]

Quality switch [1]

Queue status [1]

quick menus [1]

QuickTime

alpha channel [1]
aspect ratio [1]
compression settings [1]
compressors [1]
exporting through [1]

R

RAM (random access memory)

amount needed [1]
using effectively [1]

RAM preview

about [1]
saving as movie [1]
setting preferences [1]
Shift+RAM preview [1]
using [1]

randomizing motion [1]

Range selector [1]

rasterizing continuously with Adobe Illustrator files [1]

RealMedia format

exporting [1]

Recent Favorites command [1]

rectangle tool [1]

rectangular pixels [1]

red outline in window [1]

Reduce Project command [1] [2]

reference link [1]

refining mattes [1]

reflecting, 3D layers [1]

region of interest

changing [1]
crop composition to [1]
option [1]
rendering [1]

Region of Interest button [1]

relinking footage [1]

Reload Footage command [1]

reloading an edited file [1]

remap-time marker [1]

Remove Unused (footage) command [1]

removing

excess keyframes [1]
guides [1]
keyframes [1]
unused files [1]

render farm [1]

Render Queue window

defined [1]
settings [1]
status line [1]

render settings [1]

Render Settings Templates command [1]

rendered images, previewing with audio [1]

rendering

3D layers [1]
Advanced 3D [1]
and frame blending [1]
and memory requirements [1] [2]
audio options [1]
cameras [1]
changing order using adjustment layer [1]
changing settings [1]
elapsed time [1]
field order [1]
fields [1]
frame blending [1]
increasing speed [1]
log file [1]
making a smaller movie [1]
Maya files [1]
on multiple systems [1]
order [1] [2]
over a network [1]
overview [1]
pausing [1]
prerendering [1] [2]
render farm [1]
render queue information [1]
rerendering [1]
sequences [1]
standard 3D renderer [1]
status [1]
templates [1] [2]
watch folders [1]

rendering plug-in

Advanced 3D [1]
Standard 3D [1] [2]

Rendering Plug-In option [1]

renmoji [1]

repeating, keyframes in expressions [1]

Replace Footage command [1] [2] [3]

Replace n command [1]

replacing footage throughout a project [1]

repositioning a guide [1]

Reset Palette Locations command [1]

resizing

layer [1]
movie [1]
text bounding box [1]

resolution

and importing [1]
and importing still footage [1]
and memory [1]
Custom [1]
Full [1]
Half [1]
options [1]
preserving [1]
Quarter [1]
setting for composition [1]
Third [1]
using maximum [1]

Resolution option

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

Resolution/Down Sample Factor pop-up menu [1]

Reverse Path text property [1]

reversing keyframes [1]

Revert command [1]

revolving a layer. See rotation [1]

RGBA display, changing [1]

RLA files, importing [1] [2] [3]

rotation

3D layers [1]
along a motion path [1]
animating [1] [2]
expression example [1] [2]
nudging layer values [1]
Property [1]
selected masks [1]
speed [1]
text characters [1]
with motion blur applied [1]
X, Y,and Z Rotation properties [1]

rotoscoping

Adobe Photoshop and [1]
paint tools and [1]

roving keyframes [1]

RPF Camera Import command [1]

RPF files, importing [1] [2]

rulers

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

S

safe zones

defined [1]
margins [1]
viewing [1] [2]

sample rate [1] [2]

Saturation blending mode, layer [1]

Saturation blending mode, paint [1]

Save commands [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

about [1]
animating [1]
exponential [1]
expression example [1]
keyframes [1]
masks and points [1]
nudging layer values [1]
property [1]

Screen blending mode, layer [1]

Screen blending mode, paint [1]

scripts, using [1] [2]

scrubbing. See dragging [1]

segment, as part of a mask [1]

T

tablet, digitizing. See graphics tablet [1]

Take Snapshot button [1] [2]

Target menu [1]

Tate-Chuu-Yoko command [1]

telecine transfer [1]

templates

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

temporal curve, defined [1]

temporal interpolation [1]

Temporal Phase property (Wiggly selector) [1]

testing motion before rendering [1]

text

animating masks [1]
animating source text [1]
animating with animtors [1]
bounding box [1]
case [1]
converting to masks [1]
creating [1]
editing [1]
examples [1]
formatting characters [1]
formatting paragraphs [1]
horizontal and vertical scale [1]
kerning [1]
offsetting characters [1]
paragraph text [1] [2]
Path Options property [1]
point text [1] [2]
selecting [1] [2]
selecting for animations [1]
tracking [1]

text animator. See animator [1]

text composition [1]

Text properties [1]

text selector. See selector [1]

TGA format [1]

30-fps drop-frame timecode [1]

3D View pop-up menu [1]

3D-image files [1]

rotation [1]
understanding [1]
views [1]

3D arrays [1]

3D layer attributes in expressions [1]

3D layers

auto-orientation [1]
blending modes and [1]
cameras [1] [2] [3]
combining with 2D layers [1]
creating [1]
layer order [1]
lights [1]
masks, and [1]
material options [1]
moving [1]
point of interest [1]
previewing [1]
rendering [1]
rendering with 2D layers [1]
track mattes and [1]

3-point tracking [1]

3:2 pulldown

removing [1]
introducing [1]
option [1]

TIFF format [1]

time

basics [1]
display style [1]
duration [1]
expression time in nested comps [1]
frame rate [1]
ruler [1]
synchronizing window display [1]
within expressions [1]

Time Controls palette, using to preview [1]

time graph

defined [1] [2]
defining the work area [1]
expanding [1]
magnifying [1]

Time Layout window.See Timeline window [1]

Time Navigator Start and End brackets [1]

Time Remap graph [1]

time ruler [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 option [1]

Timeline button [1]

Timeline window

adding footage items [1]
animating properties [1]
defined [1]
displaying optional columns [1]
Effect switch in [1]
expanding and collapsing columns [1]
In and Out columns [1]
markers [1]
menu [1]
opening [1]
overview [1]
tabs [1]
time graph [1]

Timeline window buttons [1]

Timeline Window Options [1]

time-remapping

audio [1]
audio pitch [1]
defined [1]
freeze frame [1]
graph [1]
Layer window [1]
marker [1]
removing audio clicks [1]
slow motion [1]
the Layer window [1]
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 value, setting [1]

Title-Action Safe button [1]

title-safe zones [1]

Toggle Dynamic Previews button [1]

Toggle Hold Keyframe command [1]

Toggle Pixel Aspect Ratio Correction button [1]

Toggle Transparency Grid button [1]

tool tips [1]

Tools palette [1]

tracing alpha channel [1]

track matte

3D layers, and [1]
defined [1]
rendering order [1]
using an alpha channel [1]
using luma values [1]

track xy camera tool [1]

track z camera tool [1]

Tracker Controls palette [1]

tracking motion

about [1]
comparison method [1]
correcting drift [1] [2]
defining tracking options [1]
obscured objects [1]
parallel corner pinning [1] [2]
preparing region [1]
three-point tracking [1]
to apply to a layer [1]
Tracker Controls palette [1]

tracking options [1]

Tracking property (animator) [1]

tracking text [1]

tracking text example [1]

Transfer mode. See blending modes [1]

transferring between video and film [1]

Transform effect, rendering order and [1]

Transform properties

Anchor Point [1]
Auto-Orient [1]
Opacity [1]
Orientation, 3D [1]
Point of Interest [1]
Position [1]
rendering order [1]
Rotation [1]
Scale [1]
X, Y, Z Rotation [1]
Z Scale [1]

transformations, adding in Flowchart View [1]

transitions between layers [1]

transparency

See also Opacity property [1]
3D layers, and [1]
Adobe Photoshop and [1]
creating transparency [1]
defined for After Effects [1]
Paint on Transparent option [1]
preserving during compositing [1]

transparency grid [1]

traveling matte [1]

trimming

in Layer window [1]
in Timeline window [1]
layers [1]
restoring trimmed footage [1]

TrueType fonts [1]

Tsume option [1]

turning effects on and off [1]

tweening. See keyframes [1]

two-dimensional arrays [1]

Type 1 fonts [1]

U

underlying transparency, preserving [1]

Undo command [1] [2]

undoing changes [1]

unicode characters [1] [2]

Units camera setting [1]

Units property (Range selector) [1]

unlocking a layer [1]

unlocking all layers [1]

unmatted alpha channel [1]

Unqueued status [1]

unstable footage, stabilizing [1]

updates, stopping [1]

Upper Field First option [1]

upper field ordered [1]

upper-field first video system [1]

User Stopped status [1]

V

value

changing on Value graph [1]
copying [1] [2]
pixel [1]
Time Remap [1]

Value graph

Bezier temporal interpolation [1]
changing layer property [1]
direction handles [1]
editing keyframes on [1]
Hold interpolation [1]
increasing or decreasing property value [1]
time-remapping [1]

vector

accessing values [1]
indexing in expressions [1]

vector graphics, text and [1]

velocity

controlling [1]
direction handles [1]
easing [1]
fine-tuning [1]
randomizing [1]
time-remapping [1]

Velocity graph

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

vertex

adjusting for mask [1]
changing [1]
selecting [1]
Smart Masks [1]
specifying to animate masks [1]

vertical scale of text, adjusting [1]

video fields, separating [1]

Video for Windows

compression [1]
segmenting [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]

View Axis mode [1]

viewing

and setting the current time [1]
color [1]
frame, numerically [1]
frame, visually [1]
imported footage [1]
on external monitor [1]
safe zones [1] [2]
source name of a layer [1]
specific frame [1]
window snapshot [1]

views

3D [1]
cameras [1] [2]
orthogonal [1]
using camera tools [1]

visible lines, creating from masks [1]

Vivid Light mode [1]

VU meter [1]

W

Watch Folder command [1]

watch folders [1]

watch-folder mode [1]

WAV format, importing [1]

Web content [1]

Web links [1] [2]

Web movies

AMX format [1]
Windows Media [1]

whole frames. See 3:2 pulldown [1]

wide-angle lens, creating effect [1]

Wiggler, The [1]

Wiggles/Second property (Wiggly selector) [1]

Wiggly selector [1]

window snapshot [1]

windows

See also individual window names [1]
comparing [1]
grouping [1]
reorganizing [1]
restoring position [1]
size and resolution [1]
stopping updates [1]
using [1]

Windows Media, exporting [1]

wireframe preview [1] [2]

Wireframe quality [1]

work area [1]

work area markers [1]

workspace

cameras [1] [2]
customizing [1]
deleting [1]
saving [1]
selecting [1]

Workspace command [1]

World Axis mode [1]

world space, and expressions [1]

World Wide Web [1]

Write On, paint option [1]

X

X and Y coordinates [1]

Z

Z Scale, understanding [1]

z-axis [1] [2]

zero point [1]

0,0 (image area origin) [1]

Zoom camera setting [1]

zoom lens [1]

Zoom slider [1]

zooming preview area [1]