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Our Sessions at Post|Production World 2012

Adobe has announced a new version of their Creative Suite at the last three NAB shows in a row. Unfortunately, they usually don’t announce it until late Sunday night before the show opens, meaning we’ve not been able to reveal in advance what we’ll be talking about at the associated Post|Production World conference (requires separate registration and fee), resorting to generic titles and descriptions instead.

This year, with Adobe tipping their hand several days before the show (here’s our preview of AE CS6), we have a chance to give you a better heads-up about what we’ll be demonstrating, in case you want to take a break from the show floor and sit in a couple of sessions:

In-Depth After Effects: Which Tracker When?

with Chris Meyer and David Simons

Monday, April 16, 10 AM to 1 PM

This talk is billed in the conference program as a comparison between the traditional tracker and stabilizer that has long been built into After Effects, the Warp Stabilizer introduced in CS 5.5, and mocha AE - and we will indeed cover all that. But the first portion of this talk will focus on the new 3D Camera Tracker introduced in AE CS6, plus Adobe’s new Rolling Shutter Repair effect. David Simons - Principal Scientist of Adobe’s Dynamic Media Advanced Product Development Group plus one of the original software engineers for After Effects - will be joining Chris to help explain what’s going on underneath the hood plus sharing operational tips.

Parallel Worlds: Managing the Different Rendering Engines Inside After Effects

with Trish Meyer

Monday, April 16, 2 PM to 3:15 PM

This talk is described as “Avoid frustration when mixing 2D and 3D layers in an After Effects composition by understanding how the internal rendering order works, including issues such as shadows and intersections, as well as how collapsing transformations can be useful when nesting 3D comps. This session also covers the limitations you’ll encounter combining third-party 3D plug-ins with After Effects 3D layers.” Additional subjects will include the new ray-traced 3D rendering engine in After Effects CS6, as well as dropped support for Photoshop Live 3D Layers.

Should I Upgrade my After Effects?

with Chris Meyer

Monday, April 16, 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM

Described as a generic review of the major new features in recent releases, in reality this session is “What’s New in After Effects CS6.” Chris will be covering much of the same ground as in our After Effects CS6 here’s our preview of AE CS6 (Pre)Review here on PVC and our After Effects CS6 New Features course on lynda.com.

We then will both be at the IMUG Media Motion Ball Monday night. Tickets are already sold out; we hope you got yours, as it’s a great chance to hang out with your peers, feast on a giant buffet, and win a ton of prizes.

Typesetting Secrets for Motion Graphics

with Trish Meyer

Tuesday, April 17, 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

This is primarily a type fundamentals course for editors as well as motion graphics artists, including selecting fonts and making your titles look polished and professional. This will expand upon the “Typesetting Tips” sidebar at the end of our video course After Effects Apprentice 06: Type and Music. Trish will also touch on issues when beveling and extruding text (a new feature of After Effects CS6).

Blending Modes: The Secret Sauce for Effectively Combining Footage

with Chris Meyer

Tuesday, April 17, 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM

No new CS6 features; just an “idea” workshop appropriate for After Effects, Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion, and Boris Continuum Complete for Avid users alike on compelling ways to combine footage. Chris will explain how the different modes work, and demonstrate their uses for enhancing boring footage, adding high-end production value to existing clips, and as effective alternatives for luma keying, white balancing, and tinting footage.

Options for 3D Text in After Effects

with Trish & Chris Meyer

Wednesday, April 18, 2:00 PM to 3:15 PM

Billed as exploring the 3D text animation options available to an After Effects artist, this session will cover the new extrusion and beveling functions in After Effects CS6. We’ll also cover importing an Illustrator logo, converting it to a Shape layer, where it can be extruded and beveled just like a text layer. While the new Ray-Traced 3D Renderer in After Effects is quite cool and useful, it certainly is not a complete replacement for mature third-party tools, so we’ll also compare and contrast CS6 with using Zaxwerks Pro Animator as well as the 3D type effects included in Boris Continuum Complete.

Shape Layers in After Effects

with Chris Meyer

Wednesday, April 18, 3:30 PM to 4:45 PM

The first two-thirds of this session will contain an exploration of Shape Layers, including fancy lines, gradients, animation, and repeated shapes. Then Chris will shift to showing how to extrude and bevel these shapes in After Effects CS6, including using Shape Operators to animate the final 3D objects. Chris will also touch on the new Convert Vectors to Shapes feature in CS6.

Hopefully this will give you a good head start on using After Effects CS6 when it is released. See you Vegas!

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