After Effects Guru: Advanced Photoshop Techniques

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Free Online Course: After Effects Guru: Advanced Photoshop Techniques provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. After Effects Guru: Advanced Photoshop Techniques is taught by Ian Robinson.

Overview
  • Integrate Photoshop into your everyday video and animation workflows to save time, correct common video issues, and generate custom textures.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Retouching and Color Correcting Video
    • Creating and extending still back plates
    • Correcting video with Camera Raw
    • Color correcting video in Photoshop
    • Loading and editing preset styles with lookup tables (LUTs)
    • Creating and saving custom LUTs
    • Wide-angle lens correction for better tracking
    • Correcting lens distortion
    • Correcting chromatic aberration
    • Extending video backgrounds
    2. Animation Techniques for Still Images
    • Preparing still images for 3D camera moves
    • Lighting and animating still images
    • Creating the 3D animation
    3. Working with Environment Maps
    • Creating environment maps to match graphics into scenes
    • Applying environment maps in After Effects
    • Applying environment maps in CINEMA 4D Lite
    4. Creating and Editing Textures, Materials, and 3D Models
    • Creating custom textures for 3D from photographs
    • Creating bump maps for custom textures
    • Creating normal maps for detailed 3D modeling
    • Loading bump maps into CINEMA 4D Lite
    • Applying normal maps in CINEMA 4D Lite
    • Modifying CINEMA 4D textures in Photoshop
    • Creating basic 3D models