本视频教程是由Digital-Tutors机构出品的AECC快速入门视频教程第二季，Digital-Tutors Quick Start to After Effects Volume 2，时长：1小时40分，大小：1.24 GB，格式：FLV高清视频，附工程源文件，教程使用软件：After Effects CC v. 12.0.0.404，作者：Laura Smith，官方发布时间：2013年8月，共15个章节，语言：英语。
After Effects是Adobe公司推出的一款图形视频处理软件，适用于从事设计和视频特技的机构，包括电视台、动画制作公司、个人后期制作工作室以及多媒体工作室。而在新兴的用户群，如网页设计师和图形设计师中，也开始有越来越多的人在使用After Effects。属于层类型后期软件。
AE全称After Effect是adobe公司开发的一个视频剪辑及设计软件。After Effects ，用于高端视频特效系统的专业特效合成软件，隶属美国Adobe公司。它借鉴了许多优秀软件的的成功之处，将视频特效合成上升到了新的高度：Photoshop中层的引入 ，使AE可以对多层的合成图像进行控制，制作出天衣无缝的合成效果； 关键帧、路径的引入，使我们对控制高级的二维动画游刃有余；高效的视频处理系统，确保了高质量视频的输出；令人眼花缭乱的特技系统使AE能实现使用者的一切创意；AE同样保留有Adobe优秀的软件相互兼容性。
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CC版新功能：
1.GPU和多处理器性能加强。
2.集成3D摄像机追踪器（Camera Tracker），扑捉动态/静态对象时效果更佳。
3.集成实时的3D Pipeline，支持CINEMA 4D对象和场景。
4.Warp Stabilizer VFX 支持从场景中选择稳定对象。
5.增强的像素级动态模糊功能（Pixel Motion Blur）。
Digital-Tutors Quick Start to After Effects Volume 2
Welcome to Volume 2 of the Quick Start to After Effects, a series of specially constructed courses meant to be followed in sequence and interspersed with valuable exercises to reinforce learned concepts.
In this volume, we’ll build on the concepts covered in Volume 1. We start out by learning how to import our assets as a composition that can be used with more flexibility than a regularly imported file. From there, we move on to learning how to set up our first animation keyframes. After we get the basics of animation, we start to learn more abstract concepts about animation like spatial and temporal interpolation.
We also learn how we can use vector files in After Effects and maintain crisp quality, no matter how large the scale with proper use of the Continuously Rasterize and Collapse Transformation switch. We learn how to speed up animation with things like parenting and a basic expression. There are many other techniques we cover throughout this course that are essential to your workflow as an animator in After Effects.
By the end of this course, you will be able to create a simple motion graphic using the transformation effects and you will understand how to create animation using the timeline. These courses are designed to be taken in sequence so we really encourage you to start with Volume 1 before continuing with this section. We also encourage you to take advantage of the assignments that follow each volume. These assignments will allow you to take what you’ve learned and apply those tools and techniques to your own projects.