Adobe 65008009 - After Effects CS4 Using Manual page 775

Last updated 12/21/2009
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safe zones 208
sample rate
audio 720
sampleImage (expression element) 671
Satin layer style 178
saturation
adjusting a specific color range 123
Save Animation Preset 388
Save Frame As command 714
Save RAM Preview command 197
scale
exponential 244
paths and points 326
tracking 267
scale (expression element) 671
scaling
layers 164
movies 734, 735
scan lines 92
Scatter effect 592
Scribble effect 500
scripts 643
scrolling 18
scrubbing. See previews
search region 263
seedRandom (expression element) 663
segment settings 731
selecting
layers 143
selectors
adding 359
Expression 370, 371
Range 358, 366, 369
Wiggly 358, 367, 370
selflink 635
separating fields 93
Sequence Layers keyframe assistant 151
sequence markers, conversion in After
Effects 90
sequences of still images 103, 713
services 4
Set Channels effect 451
Set First Vertex command 329
Set Matte effect 452
setting up projects 33
shadow clipping 280
Shadow Map Resolution 194
Shadow/Highlight effect 468
shadowDarkness (expression element) 676
shadowDiffusion (expression element) 676
shadows (3D) 185, 190
shaky footage, stabilizing 267
shape groups 310
shape layers 309, 314
shapes
adding attributes 333
creating 315, 316, 318, 319
duplicating 322
modifying 327
replicating 339
selecting 324
strokes and fills 333
Sharpen effect 445
Shatter effect 574
Shift Channels effect 452
shininess (expression element) 673
shortcuts, keyboard. See keyboard shortcuts
Show Layer Controls 182
showing and hiding
axes (layer controls) 182
expressions 651
layers 155
safe zones and grids 208
shutterAngle (expression element) 668
shutterPhase (expression element) 668
shy layers 157
sidecar files 134, 135, 625
silhouette blending modes 172
Simple Choker effect 517
Simulation effects
Card Dance effect 555
Caustics effect 557
Foam effect 559
Particle Playground effect 563
Shatter effect 575
Wave World effect 581
single frame, rendering and exporting 714
Single-line Composer 354
slip edit 149
slow motion. See time-stretching and
Timewarp
Smart Blur effect 445
Smart Mask Interpolation 329
Smear effect 482
smooth (expression element) 678
smooth points 307, 328
Smoother, The 229
smoothing motion 244
SMPTE timecode 52
USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
snapshots 202
software
downloads 4
Solid Composite effect 453
solid-color layers 141
solo layers 156
Soundbooth. See Adobe Soundbooth
source (expression element) 669
source footage
See also individual formats.
supported formats for import 68
Source Text property 341, 651
spacebar play 197
spatial interpolation and motion paths 232
spatial properties 160
specular (expression element) 673
speed
easing 243
gradual starts and stops 242
graphs 240
motion paths 237
speed (expression element) 677
Speed property, conversion in After
Effects 90
speedAtTime (expression element) 677
Spherize effect 483
Spill Suppressor effect 515, 516
splitting layers 152
Spread (Brainstorm) 168
spreading mattes 517
spreadsheets 219
square pixels 79
stabilizing motion 267
stacking order 64, 144
standard preview 197
Starch controls, Puppet 260
startTime (expression element) 670
stencil blending modes 172
Stereo Mixer effect 439
Stereo Mixer effect, conversion in Adobe
Premiere Pro 89
still images
changing duration 148
formats for export 690
optimizing for export 722
preparing and importing 102
stopwatch 211
storage 632
straight channels 73, 75
stretching a layer in time 245
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