Editing Effects

==Description==

An effect is a procress which affects a layer in which the [[layer]] is altered or enhanced. Although an effect can be used on a variety of different types layers, an [[adjustment layer]] will apply the affect to all layers below it in the [[composition]]. Adobe provides a large amount of effects that come free with After Effects. There are a number of third party effects that can by applied via [[script]], [[expression]] or [[plug-in]].

===[[3D Channel Effects | 3D Channel]]===

* [[3D Channel Extract]]

* [[Depth Matte]]

* [[Depth of Field]]

* [[EXtractoR]]

* [[Fog 3D]]

* [[ID Matte]]

* [[IDentifier]]

===Audio===

* [[Backwards]]

* [[Bass & Treble]]

* [[Delay]]

* [[Flange & Chorus]]

* [[High-Low Pass]]

* [[Modulator]]

* [[Parametric EQ]]

* [[Reverb]]

* [[Stereo Mixer]]

* [[Tone]]

===Blur & Sharpen===

* [[Bilateral Blur]]

* [[Box Blur]]

* [[CC Radial Blur]]

* [[CC Radial Fast Blur]]

* [[CC Vector Blur]]

* [[Channel Blur]]

* [[Compound Blur]]

* [[Directional Blur]]

* [[Fast Blur]]

* [[Gaussian Blur]]

* [[Lens Blur]]

* [[Radial Blur]]

* [[Reduce Interlace Flicker]]

* [[Sharpen]]

* [[Smart Blur]]

* [[Unsharp Mask]]

===Channel===

*[[Alpha Levels]]

*[[Arithmetic]]

*[[Blend]]

*[[Calculations]]

* [[CC Composite]]

*[[Channel Combiner]]

*[[Compound Arithmetic]]

*[[Invert]]

*[[Minimax]]

*[[Remove Color Matting]]

*[[Set Channels]]

*[[Set Matte]]

*[[Shift Channels]]

*[[Solid Composite]]

===Color Correction===

* [[Auto Color]]

* [[Auto Contrast]]

* [[Auto Levels]]

* [[Brightness & Contrast]]

* [[Broadcast Colors]]

* [[CC Color Offset]]

* [[CC Toner]]

* [[Change Color]]

* [[Change To Color]]

* [[Channel Mixer]]

* [[Color Balance]]

* [[Color Balance (HLS)]]

* [[Color Link]]

* [[Color Stabilizer]]

* [[Colorama]]

* [[Curves]]

* [[Equalize]]

* [[Exposure]]

* [[Gamma/Pedestal/Gain]]

* [[Hue/Saturation]]

* [[Leave Color]]

* [[Levels]]

* [[Levels (Individual Controls)]]

* [[Photo Filter]]

* [[PS Arbitrary Map]]

* [[Shadow/Highlight]]

* [[Tint]]

* [[Tritone]]

===Distort===

* [[Bezier Warp]]

* [[Bulge]]

* [[CC Bent It]]

* [[CC Bender]]

* [[CC Blobbylize]]

* [[CC Flo Motion]]

* [[CC Griddler]]

* [[CC Lens]]

* [[CC Page Turn]]

* [[CC Power Pin]]

* [[CC Ripple Pulse]]

* [[CC Slant]]

* [[CC Smear]]

* [[CC Split]]

* [[CC Split 2]]

* [[CC Tiler]]

* [[Corner Pin]]

* [[Displacement Map]]

* [[Liquify]]

* [[Magnify]]

* [[Mesh Warp]]

* [[Mirror]]

* [[Offset]]

* [[Optics Compensation]]

* [[Polar Coordinates]]

* [[Puppet]]

* [[Reshape]]

* [[Ripple]]

* [[Smear]]

* [[Spherize]]

* [[Transform]]

* [[Turbulent Displace]]

* [[Twirl]]

* [[Warp]]

* [[Wave Warp]]

===Expression Controls===

* [[Angle Control]]

* [[Checkbox Control]]

* [[Color Control]]

* [[Layer Control]]

* [[Point Control]]

* [[Slider Control]]

* [[CC ]]

===Generate===

* [[4-Color Gradient]]

* [[Advanced Lightning]]

* [[Audio Spectrum]]

* [[Audio Waveform]]

* [[Beam]]

* [[CC Glue Gun]]

* [[CC Light Burst 2.5]]

* [[CC Rays]]

* [[CC Sweep]]

* [[Cell Pattern]]

* [[Checkerboard]]

* [[Circle]]

* [[Ellipse]]

* [[Eyedropper Fill]]

* [[Fill]]

* [[Fractal]]

* [[Grid]]

* [[Lens Flare]]

* [[Paint Bucket]]

* [[Radio Waves]]

* [[Ramp]]

* [[Scribble]]

* [[Stroke]]

* [[Vegas]]

* [[Write-on]]

===Keying===

* [[CC Simple Wire Removal]]

* [[Color Difference Key]]

* [[Color Key]]

* [[Color Range]]

* [[Difference Matte]]

* [[Extract]]

* [[Inner/Outer Key]]

* [[Linear Color Key]]

* [[Luma Key]]

* [[Spill Suppressor]]

===Matte===

* [[Matte Choker]]

* [[Simple Choker]]

===Noise & Grain===

*[[Add Grain]]

*[[Dust & Scratches]]

*[[Fractal Noise]]

*[[Match Grain]]

*[[Median]]

*[[Noise]]

*[[Noise Alpha]]

*[[Noise HLS]]

*[[Noise HLS Auto]]

*[[Remove Grain]]

*[[Turbulent Noise]]

===Obsolete===

* [[Basic 3D]]

* [[Basic Text]]

* [[Lightning]]

* [[Path Text]]

===Paint===

* [[Paint]]

* [[Vector Paint]]

===Perspective===

* [[3D Glasses]]

* [[Bevel Alpha]]

* [[Bevel Edges]]

* [[CC Cylinder]]

* [[CC Sphere]]

* [[CC Spotlight]]

* [[Drop Shadow]]

* [[Radial Shadow]]

===Simulation===

* [[Card Dance]]

* [[Caustics]]

* [[CC Ball Action]]

* [[CC Bubbles]]

* [[CC Drizzle]]

* [[CC Hair]]

* [[CC Mr. Mercury]]

* [[CC Particle Systems II]]

* [[CC Particle World]]

* [[CC Pixel Poly]]

* [[CC Rain]]

* [[CC Scatterize]]

* [[CC Snow]]

* [[CC Star Burst]]

* [[Foam]]

* [[Particle Playground]]

* [[Shatter]]

* [[Wave World]]

===Stylize===

* [[Brush Strokes]]

* [[Cartoon]]

* [[CC Burn Film]]

* [[CC Glass]]

* [[CC Kaleida]]

* [[CC Mr. Smoothie]]

* [[CC RepeTile]]

* [[CC Threshold]]

* [[CC Threshold RGB]]

* [[Color Emboss]]

* [[Emboss]]

* [[Find Edges]]

* [[Glow]]

* [[Mosaic]]

* [[Motion Tile]]

* [[Posterize]]

* [[Roughen Edges]]

* [[Scatter]]

* [[Strobe Light]]

* [[Texturize]]

* [[Threshold]]

===Synthetic Aperature===

* [[SA Color Finesse 2]]

===Text===

* [[Numbers]]

* [[Timecode]]

===Time===

* [[CC Force Motion Blur]]

* [[CC Time Blend]]

* [[CC Time Blend FX]]

* [[CC Wide Time]]

* [[Echo]]

* [[Posterize Time]]

* [[Time Difference]]

* [[Time Displacement]]

* [[Timewarp]]

===Transition===

* [[Block Dissolve]]

* [[Card Wipe]]

* [[CC Glass Wipe]]

* [[CC Grid Wipe]]

* [[CC Image Wipe]]

* [[CC Jaws]]

* [[CC Light Wipe]]

* [[CC Radial Scale Wipe]]

* [[CC Scale Wipe]]

* [[CC Twister]]

* [[Gradient Wipe]]

* [[Iris Wipe]]

* [[Linear Wipe]]

* [[Radial Wipe]]

* [[Venetian Blinds]]

===Utility===

* [[Cineon Converter]]

* [[Color Profile Converter]]

* [[Grow Bounds]]

* [[HDR Compander]]

* [[HDR Highlight Compression]]

==Related Topics==

* [[Plug-ins]]

* [[Scripts]]

* [[Expressions]]

* [[Motion Graphic Libraries]]

* [http://www.jhlabs.com/ip/blurring.html Explaining Effects and methods through Java (not Javascript which is used by AE)]