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USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Index
Last updated 12/21/2009
Extras
4
Eyedropper Fill effect
493
eyedropper tool
277, 506
F
F4V
exporting
41
rendering and exporting
705, 712
Fast Blur effect
443
fast motion. See time-stretching
Fast Previews
200
favorites. See animation presets
feathering mask edges
379
feature region
263
Feet + Frames time display
52
field order
93, 736
field rendering
93, 699
field separation
93
fields
in interlaced frames
92
order of
721
file formats. See formats
filenames
conventions
37
for output
696
Fill effect
494
fill layers
380
fill rules
336
fills
333
film size, camera setting
188
filmstrip
See Export As Sequence
720
Filmstrip (FLM) format
715
filters. See effects
Find Edges effect
588
first vertex
329
Flange & Chorus effect
436
Flash. See Adobe Flash
flipping layers
164
floating windows
11
Flowchart panel
51
FLV
cue points
621
exporting
41
rendering and exporting
705, 712
Foam effect
558
focal length, camera setting
188
focal plane, specifying
433
focus distance, camera setting
188
focusDistance (expression element)
675
Fog 3D effect
434
folders
project hierarchy
36
Project panel
80
font size
347
footage
editing source in original application
82
preparing before importing
67
footage (expression element)
660, 668
footage items
about
67
Adobe Photoshop files
142
importing and interpreting
71
looping
86
managing
80
placeholders
83
proxies
83
replacing
67
Footage panel
82
formats
See also individual formats
for export
690
for import
68
formatting text
characters
347
paragraphs
352
Fractal effect
494
Fractal Noise effect
527
frame aspect ratio
77
frame blending
253
Frame Hold, conversion in After Effects
90
Frame Mix
253
frame rate
75, 105
for exporting
721
frameDuration (expression element)
668,
669
frames
in interlaced video
92
framesToTime (expression element)
661
frameTarget (expression element)
682
Free Transform Points command
326
freeze frame
235, 249
fromComp (expression element)
673
fromCompToSurface (expression
element)
674
fromCompVec (expression element)
674
fromWorld (expression element)
674
fromWorldVec (expression element)
674
f-stops, camera setting
188
G
gamma
about
282
Gamma/Pedestal/Gain effect
463
garbage mattes
385
Gaussian Blur effect
443
gaussRandom (expression element)
664
Generate effects
Advanced Lightning effect
487
Audio Spectrum effect
488
Audio Waveform effect
489
Beam effect
491
Cell Pattern effect
491
Checkerboard effect
492
Circle effect
493
Ellipse effect
493
Eyedropper Fill effect
493
Fill effect
494
4-Color Gradient effect
486
Fractal effect
494
Grid effect
496
Lens Flare effect
496
Paint Bucket effect
497
Radio Waves effect
498
Ramp effect
500
Scribble effect
501
Stroke effect
502
Vegas effect
503
Write-on effect
504
GIF, animated
719
global expression objects
660
Glow effect
589
GPU
703
Gradient Overlay layer style
178
Gradient Wipe effect
605
gradients
creating with Ramp effect
500
editing
276
gradients (shape layers)
333
grain
518
Graph Editor
211
graphics tablets and paint tools
299
grayscale images
colorizing
124
converting to black and white
593
creating
457
greenscreen. See keying
Grid effect
496
grids
208
grouping shapes
310
