After Effects Guru Mastering Cameras & Lights

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Course File
  Welcome
Mastering lights and cameras when animating effects in Adobe After Effects
What you should know before watching this course
  1 The Basics of Cameras
Making layers 3D
Depth without cameras (multi-planning)
A quick camera primer
One node vs two node cameras
Choosing different lenses
Working with orthographic views
Adjusting custom views and framing layers
Tips for moving cameras
Creating an orbit null with scripts
Basic tips for camera animation
Adjusting camera motion paths
Working with depth of field
Using depth of field commands
  2 The Basics of Lighting
Working with ambient and point lights
Working with parallel and spot lights
Creating a 3 point lighting setup
Creating shadows
Playing with a Layers Material Options
Using lighting in the C4D renderer
  3 Intermediate and Advanced Camera and Lighting Techniques
Cutting between multiple cameras
Animating a camera between multiple scenes
Photo projection mapping
Cameras and 3D photos
Helpful expressions for cameras
Helpful expressions for lights
Volumetric lighting
Mimicking camera movement from the real world
Useful plugins for camera animation
Using cameras with C4D Lite
Using After Effects cameras in VR production
  Conclusion
Next steps
By default, a camera rotates around its own body based on the anchor point. What can you do so that it rotates around the point of interest or the main focus in the scene? Instructor Nick Harauz looks at a built in menu option in Adobe After Effects called orbit null to set up a basic camera rig to control rotation around the center of our world.

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