Index
A
- Adobe Character Animator / Adobe Character Animator
- After Effects
- rulers / Rulers and guides
- guides / Rulers and guides
- scene, compositing in / Compositing our scene in After Effects
- C4D layer, creating in / Creating a C4D layer in After Effects
- C4D project, rendering from / Rendering a C4D project from After Effects
- animated background shape
- creating / Creating an animated background shape
- animated slideshow
- creating / Creating an animated slideshow
- animated text / Animated text
- animation
- about / Animations, nulls, text, and rendering
- principles / Animation principles
- animation timeline / Animation timeline
- audio
B
- background graphics
- creating, shape layers used / Using shape layers to create transitions and background graphics
- importing / Importing audio, text animation presets, and background graphics
- bevel emboss
- used, for creating 3D-looking text / Creating 3D-looking text with bevel emboss
C
- C4D
- interface / C4D interface
- Illustrator files, importing into / Importing Illustrator files into C4D
- text, creating in / Creating text in C4D
- materials / C4D materials
- lighting / C4D lighting
- camera, creating in / Creating a camera in C4D
- C4D layer
- creating, in After Effects / Creating a C4D layer in After Effects
- C4D Lite 3D logo project / C4D Lite 3D logo project
- C4D project
- rendering, from After Effects / Rendering a C4D project from After Effects
- camera
- animating / Animating the camera
- creating, in C4D / Creating a camera in C4D
- character
- adding, to infographic project / Adding the character to an infographic project
- character animation
- types / Character animation types
- Puppet Warp animation / Puppet Warp animation
- jointed animation / Jointed animation
- Adobe Character Animator / Adobe Character Animator
- Illustrator files, altering / Altering Illustrator files
- performance, recording / Recording your performance
- character properties, adjusting / Adjusting character properties
- blending takes / Blending takes
- recording, starting / Starting recording
- project settings / Project settings
- exporting / Exporting your animation
- Character Animator interface / Character Animator interface
- color correction
- about / Color correction and adjusting masks
- colors, adjusting / Adjusting colors
- composition markers
- creating, on timeline / Creating composition markers on your timeline
- creating / Importing audio and creating composition markers
- composition window / Tool panel
- compostion (comp) / Editing masks and using precomps
- creating a wipe transition / Creating a transition shape
- current time indicator icon / Current time indicator
D
- 2.5D camera
- about / 2.5D camera fly-through
- 3D camera
- about / 3D camera
- 3D cameral
- about / 3D camera
- 3D environments
- creating / Creating 3D environments
- 3D layers
- about / 3D layers
- dark blue solid layer
- creating / Creating a dark blue solid layer
E
- Easy Ease / Animating a monitor
- easy easing key frames
- Eyedropper tool
- using / The Eyedropper tool
F
- film title
- creating / Creating a film title
- project, setting up / Setting up your project
- 3D-looking text, creating with bevel emboss / Creating 3D-looking text with bevel emboss
- light animation / Light animation
- track mattes, using / Using track mattes
- Lens Flares / Lens flares
- fonts / Text
- footage panel
- about / The footage panel
G
- graph editor
- using / Using the graph editor
I
- Illustrator
- layer, creating in / Creating a new layer in Illustrator
- Illustrator files
- editing / Editing and importing Illustrator files
- importing / Editing and importing Illustrator files
- altering / Altering Illustrator files
- importing, into C4D / Importing Illustrator files into C4D
- infographic project
- character, adding to / Adding the character to an infographic project
- infographics
- about / Infographics
- text / Text
- text, creating on path / Creating text on a path
- animated text / Animated text
- Illustrator files, importing / Editing and importing Illustrator files
- Illustrator files, editing / Editing and importing Illustrator files
- layer, creating in Illustrator / Creating a new layer in Illustrator
- Eyedropper tool, using / The Eyedropper tool
- animation principles / Animation principles
- monitor, animating / Animating a monitor
- completing / Completing your infographic
- interface
- exploring / Exploring the interface
- layout, resetting / Resetting the layout
- project, saving / Saving your project
- project panel / The project panel
- images, importing / Importing images
- Autosave, setting up / Preferences – Autosave
- compositions, creating / Creating compositions
- timelines / The timelines and the toolbar
- toolbar / The timelines and the toolbar
J
- jointed animation / Jointed animation
- jointed character
- animating / Jointed animation
K
- kinetic typography
- about / Text animators
L
- layer panel / Layer panel
- layer panel, switches
- eyeball switch / Layer panel
- solo switch / Layer panel
- lock switch / Layer panel
- shy switch / Layer panel
- motion blur switch / Layer panel
- layer properties
- about / Introducing layer properties
- layer panel / Layer panel
- footage panel / The footage panel
- layers
- bringing, into composition / Bringing layers into your composition
- tool panel / Tool panel
- preview panel / Preview panel
- composition window / Composition window
- effects panel / Effects panel
- trimming / Trimming layers
- scale, animating / Animating scale
- duplicating / Duplicating layers
- identifying / Identifying and turning off your layers
- turning off / Identifying and turning off your layers
- soloying / Solo layers
- tagging / Tagging your layers
- transform properties / Looking at transform properties
- layers, tool panel
- selection Tool (V) / Tool panel
- hand tool (H) / Tool panel
- zoom tool (Z) / Tool panel
- rotate tool (W) / Tool panel
- pan behind tool (Y) / Tool panel
- masking tool / Tool panel
- pen tool (G) / Tool panel
- type tool / Tool panel
- brush tool / Tool panel
- stamp tool / Tool panel
- Lens Flares / Lens flares
- lights
- about / Lights
- logo star
- modeling / Modeling a logo star
M
- Magnification ratio popup / Tool panel
- masking tools
- used, for editing solid layers / Solid layers and masking
- masks
- editing / Editing masks, Editing masks
- adjusting / Color correction and adjusting masks, Adjusting masks
- mask shape
- editing / Editing your mask shape
- monitor
- animating / Animating a monitor
N
- null animations
- parenting / Parenting null animations
- null object
- about / Animations, nulls, text, and rendering
- animations / Parenting and Null object animations
- parenting / Parenting and Null object animations
- null objects
- used, for animating television lower third / Animating a television lower third with precomps and null objects
P
- parenting
- about / Parenting
- lower third, positioning / Positioning a lower third
- dark blue solid layer, creating / Creating a dark blue solid layer
- triangle pick whip / The triangle pick whip
- path
- text, creating on / Creating text on a path
- PNG sequences
- importing / Importing PNG sequences
- polystar shape layer
- creating / Creating a new polystar shape layer
- precomps
- used, for animating television lower third / Animating a television lower third with precomps and null objects
- primitives / C4D interface
- project panel / The project panel
- property
- animating / Animating a property
- Puppet Warp animation / Puppet Warp animation
R
- radial wipe / Creating a transition shape
- rendering
- about / Animations, nulls, text, and rendering
- creating / Creating text, easy easing key frames, and rendering
- options / Rendering options
- rendering area / The workspace area
- ribbon
- modeling, with sweep nurbs / Modeling a ribbon with sweep nurbs
S
- shape layers
- used, for creating transitions / Using shape layers to create transitions and background graphics
- used, for creating background graphics / Using shape layers to create transitions and background graphics
- creating / Creating shape 1
- solid layers
- about / Solid layers and masking
- sports motion graphics
- creating / Creating sports motion graphics
- project, setting up / Setting up your project
- environment, creating / Creating an environment
- custom light effects, using / Using custom light effects
- flashing lights, animating / Animating flashing lights
- logo, animating / Animating your sports logo
- reflection, adding / Adding a reflection
- camera movement, creating / Creating camera movement
- light shape, creating / Creating another light shape
- light glint, animating / Animating the light glint
- vignette, adding to composition / Add a vignette to the comp
- video, tracking with camera / Camera tracking a video
- logo, compositing in tracked footage / Compositing a logo in tracked footage
- combining / Bringing it all together
- subtract-masking feature
- sweep nurbs
- ribbon, modeling / Modeling a ribbon with sweep nurbs
- eye, creating / Creating an eye with sweep nurbs
T
- take / Adjusting character properties
- television lower third
- animating, with precomps / Animating a television lower third with precomps and null objects
- animating, with null objects / Animating a television lower third with precomps and null objects
- precomps, nesting / Nesting precomps and using the pen tool
- pen tool, using / Nesting precomps and using the pen tool
- television lower thirds
- designing, with storyboards / Designing with storyboards
- reference / Designing with storyboards
- masks, editing / Editing masks and using precomps
- precomps, using / Editing masks and using precomps
- text
- about / Animations, nulls, text, and rendering, Text
- creating / Creating text, easy easing key frames, and rendering
- adjusting / Adjusting the text
- creating, on path / Creating text on a path
- creating, in C4D / Creating text in C4D
- text animation presets
- text animators / Text animators
- text preset key frames
- editing / Editing your text preset key frames
- timeline
- lifespan / The timeline lifespan
- zooming into / Zooming into the timeline
- navigating / Navigating in the timeline
- current time indicator icon / Current time indicator
- workspace area / The workspace area
- composition markers, creating / Creating composition markers on your timeline
- timeline panel / The timelines and the toolbar
- about / The timeline panel
- tool bar / Tool panel
- tool panel / Tool panel
- transitions
- creating, shape layers used / Using shape layers to create transitions and background graphics
- transition shape
- creating / Creating a transition shape
- type fill
- about / The type fill
- type tool
- about / The type tool
V
- VFX shot
- creating / Creating a VFX shot
- footage, analyzing / Analyze footage
- 3D camera tracker, using / How to use the 3D camera tracker
- images, selecting / Selecting and cutting out images
- images, cutting / Selecting and cutting out images
- quick Selection tool / Quick Selection tool
- scene, compositing in After Effects / Compositing our scene in After Effects
- vignette
- adding, to composition / Add a vignette to the comp
W
- workspace area / The workspace area