After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2 Integration

Designed to teach you the most efficient methods for using Photoshop content in an After Effects animation.After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2 Integration is a series of video-based tutorials designed to teach you the most efficient methods for using content from Photoshop in your After Effects animation. You'll learn how to best prepare Photoshop layers for translation into After Effects, how to create 3-D layers from Photoshop layers, how to apply lighting and special effects, how to work with displacement maps and mattes, and how to animate still images. Exercise files accompany the training videos, allowing you to follow along and learn at your own pace. Topics include: Turning layers into frames Applying depth and realism to animations Working with displacement maps Creating and working with 3-D layers Rotoscoping with Photoshop Working with mattes and keylights Static and motion matte painting Making movies from stills Adding special effects, including video noise, TV noise, clouds, and titles