Adobe CS5.5, Mac 65110281 User Manual
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Adobe After Effects CS5.5
What’s New
The Warp Stabilizer effect offers further refinements as well. You can raise or lower the default
amount of smoothness, which has a direct effect on the amount of automatic scaling. In the
advanced controls, you can control whether to create a smoother shot with more cropping, or
reduce the amount of both cropping
and scaling by reducing the overall
degree of smoothing.
amount of smoothness, which has a direct effect on the amount of automatic scaling. In the
advanced controls, you can control whether to create a smoother shot with more cropping, or
reduce the amount of both cropping
and scaling by reducing the overall
degree of smoothing.
You also have control over image
behavior at the borders. In some cases,
reducing the amount of cropping and
scaling will reveal blank space at the
edges of the frame where there is no
image data. When you choose the
method called Stabilize And Synthesize
Edges, the borders automatically are
filled in using information from
adjacent frames. In other cases you
may prefer to crop without scaling or
just to stabilize, leaving the gaps at the edge of frame in place.
behavior at the borders. In some cases,
reducing the amount of cropping and
scaling will reveal blank space at the
edges of the frame where there is no
image data. When you choose the
method called Stabilize And Synthesize
Edges, the borders automatically are
filled in using information from
adjacent frames. In other cases you
may prefer to crop without scaling or
just to stabilize, leaving the gaps at the edge of frame in place.
Create soft-focus effects with Camera Lens Blur
Camera lens blur re-creates in post-production the (often beautiful, even fascinating) abstract
characteristics that appear in the defocused areas of a camera image. With this effect, footage shot
in perfect focus can take on the elegant attributes of a soft focus image. This realistic blur can be
applied with the new Camera Lens Blur effect or generated automatically via Depth Of Field
controls in the After Effects camera.
In soft focus areas, Camera Lens Blur creates edge halos in the shape of the iris blades, just as a real,
defocused camera lens does. The iris shape (from triangle up to decagon, representing the number
of blades in the camera iris) determines the shape of a halo. Alongside this control are a number of
other options to specify the exact characteristics of the iris.
characteristics that appear in the defocused areas of a camera image. With this effect, footage shot
in perfect focus can take on the elegant attributes of a soft focus image. This realistic blur can be
applied with the new Camera Lens Blur effect or generated automatically via Depth Of Field
controls in the After Effects camera.
In soft focus areas, Camera Lens Blur creates edge halos in the shape of the iris blades, just as a real,
defocused camera lens does. The iris shape (from triangle up to decagon, representing the number
of blades in the camera iris) determines the shape of a halo. Alongside this control are a number of
other options to specify the exact characteristics of the iris.
You can also create bokeh effects when overbright highlights are present in 32 bpc mode. These
occur in After Effects when you raise the intensity of 3D lights, or even more simply when you
change the highlight gain, threshold, and saturation controls. These are useful to create realistic
highlights, should you be working with source material without true over-range values.
If you use the After Effects camera depth-of-field settings with 3D layers, then the Depth of Field,
Focus Distance, and Aperture settings work together just as in previous versions to allow full
control over rack focus effects in actual 3D space. New options in the Camera section of the Layer
menu allow you to link the Point Of Interest and Zoom Distance, to focus on a selected layer, or
even to follow focus on an animated layer. The result of these changes is that the behavior—and
therefore, the look—of shallow depth of field from the After Effects camera now more closely
resembles those produced by a real camera.
With the Camera Lens Blur effect, a separate layer can serve as a map to create depth-of-field
effects in a 2D scene. The effect can also be used without a map to defocus the entire scene
equally. You can create rack focus effects by adjusting the focal distance setting, converting
occur in After Effects when you raise the intensity of 3D lights, or even more simply when you
change the highlight gain, threshold, and saturation controls. These are useful to create realistic
highlights, should you be working with source material without true over-range values.
If you use the After Effects camera depth-of-field settings with 3D layers, then the Depth of Field,
Focus Distance, and Aperture settings work together just as in previous versions to allow full
control over rack focus effects in actual 3D space. New options in the Camera section of the Layer
menu allow you to link the Point Of Interest and Zoom Distance, to focus on a selected layer, or
even to follow focus on an animated layer. The result of these changes is that the behavior—and
therefore, the look—of shallow depth of field from the After Effects camera now more closely
resembles those produced by a real camera.
With the Camera Lens Blur effect, a separate layer can serve as a map to create depth-of-field
effects in a 2D scene. The effect can also be used without a map to defocus the entire scene
equally. You can create rack focus effects by adjusting the focal distance setting, converting
Warp Stabilizer displays progress (during analysis) and then control
over the result.
What is parallax?
Parallax is the phenomenon
which causes objects closer
to a camera to move more,
relative to the frame, than
to a camera to move more,
relative to the frame, than
do items further away. It
can also lead objects in
can also lead objects in
frame to move in opposite
directions; for example,
if the camera revolves
around a mid-ground
subject, the foreground and
background will move in
opposite directions
subject, the foreground and
background will move in
opposite directions
.
Enabling depth-of-field blur with
the After Effects camera activates
camera blur controls, including Iris
Shape. The amount of blur is
determined by the focus distance
and aperture settings.
What is bokeh?
Bokeh is a term originally coined
in Japan for the qualities of defo-
Bokeh is a term originally coined
in Japan for the qualities of defo-
cused light areas as seen through
a lens. Points of light become
circles of confusion—bright
disks that take on the shape of
a lens. Points of light become
circles of confusion—bright
disks that take on the shape of
the camera iris—as seen in many
cinematic night shots. Although
occasionally regarded as a flaw,
occasionally regarded as a flaw,
bokeh more often is viewed as
a lovely and dvesirable way to
introduce visual interest using
shallow depth of field.