After Effects Guru: Advanced Photoshop Techniques
2h 13mAdvanced2015-01-28
Authors
Ian Robinson
Motion Graphics Designer and Educator
Course details
Integrate Photoshop into your everyday video and animation workflows to save time, correct common video issues, and generate custom textures. After Effects guru Ian Robinson starts with the essentials: retouching, correcting color, and fixing distortion with Photoshop. Then he takes things further and shows how to prep still images in Photoshop for animation in After Effects. Next, learn how to use Photoshop to create environment maps that accurately reflect graphics when applied in After Effects or CINEMA 4D (C4D) Lite. In the last chapter you'll explore integrating Photoshop into a 3D production pipeline, making custom textures in Photoshop, and applying them via bump maps and normal maps in C4D Lite.
Learning objectives
Retouching video with the Healing Brush
Color correcting video
Saving time with preset lookup tables (LUTs)
Creating custom LUTs
Preparing still images for 3D camera moves
Creating 3D animation
Building environment maps to match graphics in footage
Creating custom bump maps and textures for 3D models
Learning objectives
Retouching video with the Healing Brush
Color correcting video
Saving time with preset lookup tables (LUTs)
Creating custom LUTs
Preparing still images for 3D camera moves
Creating 3D animation
Building environment maps to match graphics in footage
Creating custom bump maps and textures for 3D models
Skills covered
Image EditingAfter EffectsPhotoshopPhotographyAdobeDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Welcome
- 02 - What you should know before watching this course
- 03 - Using the exercise files
1. Retouching and Color Correcting Video
- 04 - Creating and extending still back plates
- 05 - Correcting video with Camera Raw
- 06 - Color correcting video in Photoshop
- 07 - Loading and editing preset styles with lookup tables (LUTs)
- 08 - Creating and saving custom LUTs
- 09 - Wide-angle lens correction for better tracking
- 10 - Correcting lens distortion
- 11 - Correcting chromatic aberration
- 12 - Extending video backgrounds
2. Animation Techniques for Still Images
- 13 - Preparing still images for 3D camera moves
- 14 - Lighting and animating still images
- 15 - Creating the 3D animation
3. Working with Environment Maps
- 16 - Creating environment maps to match graphics into scenes
- 17 - Applying environment maps in After Effects
- 18 - Applying environment maps in CINEMA 4D Lite
4. Creating and Editing Textures, Materials, and 3D Models
- 19 - Creating custom textures for 3D from photographs
- 20 - Creating bump maps for custom textures
- 21 - Creating normal maps for detailed 3D modeling
- 22 - Loading bump maps into CINEMA 4D Lite
- 23 - Applying normal maps in CINEMA 4D Lite
- 24 - Modifying CINEMA 4D textures in Photoshop
- 25 - Creating basic 3D models