After Effects Guru: Advanced Photoshop Integration

Introduction

• What you’ll learn in this course
• Who this course is ideal for
• Exercise files

1. Preparing Photoshop Files for Transfer

• Layer naming strategies
• Aligning and distributing layers
• Organizing with groups and Smart Objects
• Color coding for future edits
• File format options for animation

2. Working with Raw Images

• Raw format overviews
• Converting to DNG files
• Developing with Adobe Camera Raw
• Managing sidecar files
• Embedding raw images inside Smart Objects

3. Advanced Typographic Controls

• Layout options with point vs. paragraph text
• Using advanced alignment controls
• Controlling line breaks with Every-line Composer options
• Choosing the right aliasing method
• Checking spelling in Photoshop

4. Designing with Layer Styles

• The role of layer styles
• Creating depth and perspective with layer styles
• Creating custom textures and overlays
• Exporting layer styles for animation in After Effects
• Saving style libraries

5. Correcting Lens Issues and Artifacts

• Fixing perspective and keystoning with Upright
• Removing lens distortion
• Removing wide-angle distortion
• Removing chromatic aberration
• Exporting corrected video

6. Creating Perspective with Vanishing Point Exchange

• Cloning with Vanishing Point
• Drawing perspective planes
• Exporting 3D objects
• Animating with Vanishing Point

7. Creating LUTs with Photoshop

• The role of LUTs
• Creating and saving a LUT in Photoshop
• Loading a LUT in After Effects

8. Creating Realistic Focus Effects for Backdrops and Keying

• Creating depth with the Camera Lens Blur effect
• Creating depth with the Blur Gallery
• Converting a blur effect to a depth matte
• Animating depth blurs in After Effects

9. Mastering Content-Aware Tools Photoshop

• Cleaning up a background plate
• Extending a background
• Reshaping an Image

Conclusion

• Goodbye