ABSTRACT

Covers CS4
This cookbook contains recipe after recipe that allow you to harness the full power of the native plug-in effects in the After Effects application. In a step-by-step manner, author Chad Perkins guides you through the creation and application of each and every native plug-in effect available for use in the AE toolset. The book also shows you how each can be used optimally in your media project, when and why it makes sense to use each, and also how to combine multiple effects.

From 3D Channel Effects to Audio Effects to Expression Controls Effects and all in between, this book puts the full power of the AE plug-in effects in your hands. It shows you how to create, among others:
- the shatter effect
- the matte choker effect
- the fractal noise effect
- the radial shadow effect
- the timecode effect
- the venetian blinds effect

A DVD that contains tutorial project files is included with the book, allowing you to work hand-in-hand with the lessons in the book.

chapter 1|3 pages

BECOMING AN ILLUSIONIST

chapter |2 pages

Applying Effects

chapter |9 pages

Using Effect Presets

chapter 2|12 pages

THE 3D CHANNEL EFFECTS

chapter 27|6 pages

The EXtractoR Effect

chapter 33|2 pages

The IDentifier Effect

chapter 3|2 pages

THE AUDIO EFFECTS

chapter 37|3 pages

The Delay Effect

chapter |3 pages

The Reverb Effect

chapter 4|5 pages

THE BLUR & SHARPEN EFFECTS

chapter |18 pages

The Box Blur Effect

chapter |6 pages

The Fast Blur Effect

chapter |13 pages

The Lens Blur Effect

chapter 5|5 pages

THE CHANNEL EFFECTS

chapter |8 pages

The Arithmetic Effect

chapter |5 pages

The Channel Combiner Effect

chapter 103|3 pages

The Compound Arithmetic Effect

chapter |7 pages

The Minimax Effect

chapter 113|16 pages

The Remove Color Matting Effect

chapter 6|1 pages

THE COLOR CORRECTION EFFECTS

chapter |7 pages

What’s in This Chapter

chapter 137|5 pages

The Broadcast Colors Effect

chapter |31 pages

The Change to Color Effect

chapter 173|10 pages

Curves’ Two Export File Types

chapter 183|15 pages

The Hue/Saturation Effect

chapter |9 pages

The Shadow/Highlight Effect

chapter 7|4 pages

THE DISTORT EFFECTS

chapter 211|13 pages

The Bulge Effect

chapter |13 pages

G rayscale Effects as Maps

The Liquify Effect

chapter 237|11 pages

W hich D istortion Effect Should I Use?

chapter |23 pages

U sing M ultiple Effects

chapter 271|4 pages

The Wave Warp Effect

chapter 8|6 pages

THE EXPRESSION CONTROLS EFFECTS

chapter 9|11 pages

THE GENERATE EFFECTS

chapter |8 pages

Audio Spectrum and Adobe Flash

chapter |1 pages

What Good is a Seamless Loop?

chapter 301|5 pages

The Checkerboard Effect

chapter |3 pages

The Grid Effect

chapter 309|3 pages

The Paint Bucket Effect

chapter |3 pages

Radio Waves and Water Simulation

chapter 315|12 pages

The Ramp Effect

chapter 10|5 pages

THE KEYING EFFECTS

chapter |5 pages

The Color Difference Key Effect

chapter 337|14 pages

The Color Key Effect

chapter 11|6 pages

THE MATTE EFFECTS

chapter 12|1 pages

THE NOISE & GRAIN EFFECTS

chapter |17 pages

The Powerful Pattern Generators

chapter 375|5 pages

Transforming the Sub Layers

chapter |21 pages

Included Animation Presets

chapter 13|10 pages

THE OBSOLETE EFFECTS

chapter 14|4 pages

THE PAINT EFFECTS

chapter 15|4 pages

THE PERSPECTIVE EFFECTS

chapter 419|2 pages

Tricks with Beveled Layers

chapter 421|4 pages

Differences Between Layer Styles and Effects

chapter 16|18 pages

THE SIMULATION EFFECTS

chapter 443|34 pages

The Foam Effect

chapter 17|46 pages

THE STYLIZE EFFECTS

chapter 18|2 pages

THE TEXT EFFECTS

chapter 525|6 pages

Comparing Numbers to the Timecode Effect

chapter 19|3 pages

THE TIME EFFECTS

chapter |1 pages

Creating a Video “Smear”

chapter 535|10 pages

The Posterize Time Effect

chapter 20|15 pages

THE TRANSITION EFFECTS

chapter |5 pages

Transitions that Don’t Transition

chapter 21|2 pages

THE UTILITY EFFECTS

chapter 567|6 pages

T he H istory of CIN

chapter 22|6 pages

USING MULTIPLE EFFECTS TOGETHER

chapter 23|4 pages

ENHANCING THE ILLUSION WITH MAPS

chapter 24|6 pages

WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?