Veteran After Effects user Chris Meyer shares real-world production and workflow advice as he demonstrates the newest features in Adobe After Effects CC. Chris reviews the streamlined connection to MAXON CINEMA 4D and the Refine Edge tool for creating mattes around hair and other partially transparent areas and reveals how to get more accurate tracks and stabilizations with Reverse Stabilization and ground planes. He also reviews the upgraded Warp Stabilizer and 3D Camera Tracker and important new usability features such as layer snapping.
In January 2014 Chris added two new chapters covering updates to After Effects CC. Chapter 5 covers the new Rigid Mask Tracker and footage scaling capabilities and Chapter 6 covers the ability to convert parametric shape layers to Bezier paths and Bezier paths into shape layers. Smaller yet still important new and enhanced features in each release are also touched on throughout the course.
Topics include:Integrating with CINEMA 4D
Using the Refine Edge tool to fine-tune mattes
Applying Reverse Stabilization
Preserving scale while stabilizing
Working with layer snapping
Finding missing footage fonts and effects