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Contents 1 Create Backgrounds and Textures 2 Film, Video and Camera Effects 3 Special Effects 4 Natural Phenomena and Organic Effects 5 Working with video 6 Technical Issues and workflow 7 Working with Color 8 And.... what you really want

Create Backgrounds and Textures

• Texture, including Rock, Brick, Granite and Steel
• Pattern
• Glass
• Hair or Fur

Film, Video and Camera Effects

• Camera Simulation - Add the look of different lenses and lense filters to your video.
• Film - Make your video look like film, match stock or add some film damage. Also film restoration tools.
• Video Effects - Distortion, feedback, scanlines

Special Effects

• Cartoon - Give footage a cartoon effect, or anything related to cartoons
• Hair or Fur - Make your video grow hair or be fuzzy.
• Explosions and Shatter
• Newsprint - Convert images into constituent dots patterns that are characteristic of *printed material.

Natural Phenomena and Organic Effects

• Earthquake - Shakes and tremors
• Light Effects and Glow Effects
• Rain and Snow
• Water
• Wind and Tornado - from a light breeze to a category 4 tornado!
• Smoke, Fire and Fog
• Sky elements includes clouds, stars, sun and comets
• Textures like Rock, Brick, Granite and Steel

Working with video

• Motion Tracking - The art of extracting motion information from actual footage
• Rotoscoping - Need to "cut-out" images in your video?
• Edges and Mattes - Make dynamic edges and borders. Check out Matte Tools while you're there.
• Up Res (SD to HD conversion Choices)

Technical Issues and workflow

• Workflow - Products to streamline workflow in AE
  • Network Rendering or Render Farms
  • Reference Tools - Software waveform monitors and audio level monitors for After Effects, as well as color palettes, for lack of a better place to put them.
• Fix Video Issues - Field issues, color correction tools, drop out
  • Dust Removal - Dust bust your footage
  • Motion Stabilization - Have shaky or hand-held video you need to smooth out?
  • Reduce Artifacting - Get rid of jaggies and noise on DV, green or blue screen, alphas, etc.
  • Wire Removal - Erase wires, boom mics and other on-set elements.
• Export - codecs and such
• Import - Import items into AE
• Hardware Support - previewing and importing
• Plug-in Adapter - Uses AE plug-ins in other programs
• Up Res (SD to HD conversion Choices)

Working with Color

• Ramp - otherwise known as a gradient
• Color effects, such as tinting, filling and making your video psychedelic, man.
• Reference Tools - Color palettes and more

And.... what you really want

• Free Plug-ins - Plug-ins that you don't have to pay for.