Card Dance
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Of the five free plug-ins you get when you register your copy of
Adobe After Effects 5.0, perhaps the most bewildering is Card Dance.
In this clip from Total Training for Adobe After Effects 5,
instructor Brian Maffitt sheds some welcome light on this complex plug-in.
Brian focuses in particular on using a gradient layer for animation.
After a demonstration with a simple black and white gradient, Brian then uses the
Card Dance layer's own luminance to animate the cards.
Adobe’s® new After Effects® 6, the essential tool for motion graphics and visual effects, offers its Professional version to include all of its powerful and enhanced animation and effects features. This includes After Effects 6’s core 2D and 3D compositing, animation, and visual effects tools, as well as advanced features such as motion tracking and stabilization, enhanced keying and warping tools, over 30 specialized visual effects, a particle system, render automation and network rendering, 16-bit-per-channel color, 3D channel effects, and state-of-the-art audio effects.
To offer the most comprehensive training available for the After Effects 6 Professional version, Total Training has developed a 4-set series of video training on DVD, led by industry experts Brian Maffitt and Steve Holmes.
The Total Training for Adobe After Effects 6 Professional series includes: 1) The Fundamentals; 2) Animation & Special Effects; 3) 3D, Expressions, Text & Design; and 4) Compositing & Advanced Effects.