INDEX 658
aerender 622
aeselflink 40
After Effects. See Adobe After Effects
aligning
layers 140
text 283, 294
alpha channels
about 252
copying channels to 386
creating masks from 256
interpretation methods 52
matted and unmatted 253
matted with color 385
premultiplied and straight 253
track mattes and 263
viewing 129
Alpha Levels effect 381
alpha matte 440
ambient (expression element) 573
analog film 68
analog video 68
Anamorphic 2:1 setting 57
anchor points
layer 154
text layers 292
anchorPoint (expression
element) 571
angles, conversion 566
animated GIF 36
animating
3D rotation 173
about 183
anchor point 154
deformation 226
with expressions 547
paint strokes 310
paths 325
scale 155
text 285
text, examples 295, 296, 297, 298,
299, 300, 301
animation presets
about 347
expressions 548
saving 353
text 285
animator groups, text 286
anti-aliasing 151
aperture (expression element) 575
aperture, camera setting 178
Arithmetic effect 381
arrays (expressions) 556
Asian text. See CJK text
aspect ratio 55
frame 55
pixel 55, 57
attach point 335
attributes (expressions) 556
Audiences encoding settings 616
audio
changing pitch 224
conforming 67
displaying spectrum 421
editing in Adobe Audition 76
editing in Adobe Soundbooth 76
layers 157
output options 601
previewing 122
reversing 371
Audio effects
Backwards effect 371
Bass & Treble effect 372
Delay effect 372
Flange & Chorus effect 372
High-Low Pass effect 373
Modulator effect 373
Parametric EQ effect 374
Reverb effect 374
Stereo Mixer effect 375
Tone effect 375
Audio Spectrum effect 421
audio tracks
conversion in After Effects 67
audio transitions
conversion in After Effects 67
audio volume 157
conversion in Adobe Premiere
Pro 66
Audio Waveform effect 423
audioActive (expression
element) 571
audioLevels (expression
element) 571
Audition. See Adobe Audition
Auto Bezier interpolation 207
Auto Color effect 388
Auto Contrast effect 388
Auto Levels effect 389
automation
post-render actions 602
rendering 622
scripts 45
Auto-Orient options 146
Auto-trace command 256
Avid formats
output 622
AVR codec options 622
B
background color 111
Backwards effect 371
baking Maya data 79
baseline 274
baseline shift 281
Basic 3D effect 483
Basic Fill effect. See Paint Bucket
effect
Basic Text effect 524
Bass & Treble effect 372
batch scripts 622
Beam effect 423
behaviors 347, 548
Best layer quality 150
Bevel Alpha effect 484
Bevel And Emboss layer style 169
Bevel Edges effect 484
Bezier paths 321
Bezier Warp effect 404
bgColor (expression element) 568
bit depth, color 234
bit rate 614, 619
bitmap images 312
bits per channel (bpc) 234
Blend effect 382
blending modes
about 163
Calculations effect 383
Checkerboard effect 426
Circle effect and 426
Color Link effect 393
with Eyedropper Fill effect 426
4-Color Gradient effect 419
Fractal Noise 463
Lightning effect 431
Magnify effect and 409
for overlapping text 282
Paint Bucket effect and 432
