Lesson 1: Parenting

  • Understanding Parenting
  • Simple Pickwhipping
  • Parenting to a null
  • Using Parenting for positioning
  • Using Parenting in Special Effects

Lesson 2: Other Effects

  • Time remapping
  • Understanding Compound Effects
  • Gradient Wipe
  • Displacement Map

Lesson 3: Transfer Controls

  • Understanding Layer Blending Modes and how to change those using shortcuts
  • Using Track Mattes
  • Understanding precomposing and nesting
  • Stencil and Silhouette
  • Preserve Transparency

Lesson 4: Tracking/Stabilizing

  • Understanding tracking
  • Using the tracker
  • Warp Stabilizer
  • Track Motion
  • Using single-point motion tracking
  • Using multipoint tracking
  • Stabalize Motion
  • Mocha overview
  • Tips for better tracking

Lesson 5: Expressions

  • Introduction to Expressions
  • Simple Pickwhipping
  • Using expressions to animate to the rhythm of music
  • Adjusting the expression direction
  • Adjusting the expression parameters
  • Adjusting the rate of change
  • Adjusting the final value
  • Creating a loop using expressions
  • The wiggle expression

Lesson 6: Keying

  • Understanding Keying
  • Shooting Techniques for easier Keying
  • Using Garbage Mattes for easier Keying
  • Using Keylight
  • Refining the Matte

Lesson 7: Using the Roto Brush Tool

  • About rotoscoping
  • Getting started
  • Creating a segmentation boundary
  • Fine-tuning the matte
  • Freezing your Roto Brush tool results
  • Changing the background
  • Adding animated text
  • Outputting your project