After Effects for Photography

On May 15, 2019

Release date:2019

Duration:01 h 33 m

Author:Chris Converse

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

A lot can happen to your photographs after you hit the shutter. While color and exposure corrections are something photographers do every day, creating new and special effects offers a whole new world of possibilities for your photos. You might not know it, but After Effects works hand in hand with Photoshop—and it can help you achieve effects that could not be created with Photoshop alone. In this course, join Chris Converse as he demonstrates how to work with this versatile application to add interest to your photos. Learn how to add a sunset to a photo, create a double exposure effect, make dramatic color changes using the Channel Mixer effect, create repeating patterns with the Motion Tile effect, and more.

Table of Contents

1. Using After Effects for Photography 1:02
2. About the exercise files 0:40
3. A brief intro to After Effects 1:48
4. Getting comfortable with the After Effects interface 6:52
5. Importing Photoshop files 4:40
6. Importing Camera RAW files 3:04
7. Exporting Photoshop, JPG and PNG files 5:25
8. Adding a sunset 6:05
9. Keying (removing) a background color 5:37
10. Add a burst of light 7:01
11. Adding a rippled reflection — Part 1 7:11
12. Adding a rippled reflection — Part 2 3:34
13. Double exposure portrait 6:49
14. Creating a duotone, a tritone, and a pentone 6:04
15. Mixing channels with the Channel Mixer 6:30
16. Changing colors with Colorama 3:43
17. Repeating patterns with MotionTile 4:06
18. Blending patterns with RepeTile 4:25
19. Texturizing patterns with Ball Action 4:21
20. Edging textures with Roughen Edges 3:57
21. Where to go from here 0:26