769
USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Index
Last updated 12/21/2009
S
safe zones
208
sample rate
audio
720
sampleImage (expression element)
671
Satin layer style
178
saturation
adjusting a specific color range
123
Save Animation Preset
388
Save Frame As command
714
Save RAM Preview command
197
scale
exponential
244
paths and points
326
tracking
267
scale (expression element)
671
scaling
layers
164
movies
734, 735
scan lines
92
Scatter effect
592
Scribble effect
500
scripts
643
scrolling
18
scrubbing. See previews
search region
263
seedRandom (expression element)
663
segment settings
731
selecting
layers
143
selectors
adding
359
Expression
370, 371
Range
358, 366, 369
Wiggly
358, 367, 370
selflink
635
separating fields
93
Sequence Layers keyframe assistant
151
sequence markers, conversion in After
Effects
90
sequences of still images
103, 713
services
4
Set Channels effect
451
Set First Vertex command
329
Set Matte effect
452
setting up projects
33
shadow clipping
280
Shadow Map Resolution
194
Shadow/Highlight effect
468
shadowDarkness (expression element)
676
shadowDiffusion (expression element)
676
shadows (3D)
185, 190
shaky footage, stabilizing
267
shape groups
310
shape layers
309, 314
shapes
adding attributes
333
creating
315, 316, 318, 319
duplicating
322
modifying
327
replicating
339
selecting
324
strokes and fills
333
Sharpen effect
445
Shatter effect
574
Shift Channels effect
452
shininess (expression element)
673
shortcuts, keyboard. See keyboard shortcuts
Show Layer Controls
182
showing and hiding
axes (layer controls)
182
expressions
651
layers
155
safe zones and grids
208
shutterAngle (expression element)
668
shutterPhase (expression element)
668
shy layers
157
sidecar files
134, 135, 625
silhouette blending modes
172
Simple Choker effect
517
Simulation effects
Card Dance effect
555
Caustics effect
557
Foam effect
559
Particle Playground effect
563
Shatter effect
575
Wave World effect
581
single frame, rendering and exporting
714
Single-line Composer
354
slip edit
149
slow motion. See time-stretching and
Timewarp
Smart Blur effect
445
Smart Mask Interpolation
329
Smear effect
482
smooth (expression element)
678
smooth points
307, 328
Smoother, The
229
smoothing motion
244
SMPTE timecode
52
snapshots
202
software
downloads
4
Solid Composite effect
453
solid-color layers
141
solo layers
156
Soundbooth. See Adobe Soundbooth
source (expression element)
669
source footage
See also individual formats.
supported formats for import
68
Source Text property
341, 651
spacebar play
197
spatial interpolation and motion paths
232
spatial properties
160
specular (expression element)
673
speed
easing
243
gradual starts and stops
242
graphs
240
motion paths
237
speed (expression element)
677
Speed property, conversion in After
Effects
90
speedAtTime (expression element)
677
Spherize effect
483
Spill Suppressor effect
515, 516
splitting layers
152
Spread (Brainstorm)
168
spreading mattes
517
spreadsheets
219
square pixels
79
stabilizing motion
267
stacking order
64, 144
standard preview
197
Starch controls, Puppet
260
startTime (expression element)
670
stencil blending modes
172
Stereo Mixer effect
439
Stereo Mixer effect, conversion in Adobe
Premiere Pro
89
still images
changing duration
148
formats for export
690
optimizing for export
722
preparing and importing
102
stopwatch
211
storage
632
straight channels
73, 75
stretching a layer in time
245
