Lesson 1: Using 3D Features (2.5D)

  • Understanding 3D
  • Cameras, lights, and points of interest
  • Using 3D Views
  • Adding 3D Lights
  • Adding a camera
  • Repositioning layers
  • Rotate or orient a 3D layer
  • Axis modes
  • 3D layer interactions, render order, and collapsed transformations
  • Working with Shadows
  • Working with a Null Object
  • Working with Text in 3D
  • Animating objects
  • Animating lights
  • Animating cameras with point of interest
  • Animating cameras with auto orient
  • Animating aperture

Lesson 2: Advanced 3D

  • 3D Camera Tracker
  • Classic 3D vs Ray-traced 3D
  • Using the Ray-Traced 3D Engine
  • Environmental Layers

Lesson 3: Photoshop and After Effects

  • Using Vanishing Point VPE
  • Adding dimension to stills

Lesson 4: Cinema 4D in AE

  • Working with Cinema 4D Lite
  • Creating 3D Text in Cinema 4D

Lesson 5: Particles

  • Using Particles for compound control layers
  • Understanding Particles
  • Particle Playground
  • Other Simulation Effects

Lesson 6: Paint Effects

  • Stroke
  • Scribble
  • Write-on
  • Paint

Lesson 7: Performing Color Correction

  • Adjusting color balance
  • Replacing the background
  • Correcting a range of colors
  • Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect