Wish you could render After Effects comps in the background? Wish you could create a watch folder to batch convert media? Wish you had a 64-bit capable application to do all of these things? Well, Adobe Media Encoder is all of that and more. In this episode, Dennis delves into what he thinks are the hidden gems of this under-appreciated application.

In this Premiere Pro Basics series we'll cover these two useful and powerful features. Automate to sequence can help you get a jump start on framing out the story or timeline while applying an effect across multiple clips (like a cross dissolve) will speed the editing process along.

What is a J or L cut? Why do I need it? Join Dennis in Adobe Beginner Classes as he tackles the tough questions that face editors who are just starting out. In this Premiere Pro Basics episode, Dennis will discuss what these edits are and how they can be used in the story telling process to good effect.

Join Dennis as he discusses and shows a workflow that provides flexibility when using Dynamic Link and After Effects. After Effects plus Premiere Pro make for a unique and powerful combination for content creators. This workflow provides flexibility within Premiere Pro to allow users the ability to jump back or rebuild the effect if they find their first attempt wanting.

Photoshop is the most powerful image editing software in around so it stands to reason that it would be very useful in creating titles and graphics for a video production. Watch this inaugural episode of Premiere Pro Basics in Adobe Beginner Classes to get some of the essential skills necessary to become a productive editor.

Many times, I've seen great work that was somewhat spoiled by the fact that it employed a reflection as part of the design. Creating a reflection on any image is a fairly easy thing to do and in this episode we'll look at some techniques to make a convincing and realistic reflection within Adobe Photoshop.

Motion Graphics is tremendous fun and you never learn enough to satisfy you. But what if you're just getting started? This tutorial gives you some basic ideas on building a simple motion graphics composition - in this case a wedding type theme. Simple, easy and hopefully entertaining.

Picking up from the last time, watch Dennis as he takes the Photoshop file created from our picture and bring it into After Effects to give it life, movement and the pursuite of 3D. Learn some basics of animating a still inside of After Effects with this tutorial.

Many times, we've seen a photograph brought to life and given movement and depth. How do you do it? With Adobe CS5, some new tools have come around to make this process easier than ever before. Join Dennis as he takes you through the first of two parts in creating an animated clip from a single photograph

Picking up from the last episode, learn how to take your custom DVD menu designed in Adobe Photoshop into Adobe Encore to author it as part of a DVD. Then jump into Adobe After Effects to create an animated menu open that will make your final product pop.

Do you like Encore but have always used the included content for your DVD or Blu-ray menus? If you're ready to take the next step, join Dennis as he walks you how to build an Encore menu from scratch - right inside of Photoshop.

Discover how easy it is to harness After Effects to create compelling, deep motion graphics with very little thought. In this episode, Dennis walks through how a single element can be combined and reused to create a nice background element.

In this final part of our 'Day of Destruction', Dennis winds up his mock 2012 promo. In this episode, you'll see the finishing touches as well as get an insight into an innovative way to work with audio with Soundbooth for an After Effects project.

In this third installment, we start to put our 2012 end-of-the-world movie comp together. We'll see the Earth brown and die and our 2012 text suck the atmosphere from the Earth. Depressing yes, but fun inside of After Effects!

Looking for something dynamic and new for your After Effects work? In this second of a four part series, Dennis shows the essential techniques to have elements come together in smokey bits again with no third party effects.

Dennis is beginning another series of how to create motion graphics and visual effects inside of After Effects. In this first part, Dennis creates three useful building blocks for a later composition.

Adobe Beginner Classes takes you from nothing to a finished broadcast slate in 24 minutes? Yes. Along the way, you'll learn about compound blur, shape layers, repeaters and more. Sounds like fun right? Then come on down!

After making a 3D box and some mysterious fog in After Effects, ABC is finally making an effort to finish this project! Watch as Dennis brings the last couple of episodes together with a climatic finish.

In the murky past…. Makes you think of fog right? Join Dennis in this episode of Adobe Beginner Classes as he gives you a method for creating semi-realistic fog inside of After Effects with nothing but a Photoshop document!

In this relatively short episode, Dennis takes our grungy creation and shows you how to easily create a 3D box inside of After Effects with a little help from a free script.

We're going back to Photoshop to teach people how fun and easy it is to create your own grungy textures! This is the first part of a series that will also use After Effects to create a compelling motion graphics animation.

Join host Dennis Radeke as he shows you how creative gradient wipe effects can be. Learn how to use them, but focus on how to create your own gradient wipes for use in Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.

Join the retro Adobe movement! With this episode, Dennis will show you how to quickly and easily create a colored eye with Adobe Photoshop. You'll be creating alternate Photoshop icons in no time.

Learn how to assemble a transitional motion graphic element that you can use in your productions. This simple and elegant After Effects project is sure to charm your clients. Learn how now with ABC!

In this episode, learn the basics on the ideas of cloning in After Effects: learn how to paint copies of objects on video or remove them.

Heard about the word 'rotoscoping' but not sure what it's about or what to use it for? Join Dennis as he explains the basic concepts on how and why to rotoscope in this Adobe After Effects CS4 tutorial.

In this tutorial, Dennis will teach you the ABC's of an easy way to use Adobe After Effects to create easy 3D elements with a camera.

Encore CS4 ships with several gigabytes of content to help you create dynamic menus for your DVDs with ease. But what if you want to take a button from one and a background from another?

In this Illustrator/After Effects tutorial, Dennis Radeke shows you how you can build your very own light show. It's easy and fun so come along and find out how!

Almost everyone who is a regular user of Photoshop knows and loves Layer Styles - but what if you're just coming to it! Join Dennis as he covers the basics of Layer Styles for creative titles and elements.

In this episode, Dennis recounts and demos an experience that was an eye-opener for him about the real power of Premiere Pro in the 21st century.

Join Dennis as he does the second part of a tutorial on creating exciting 3D text inside of After Effects with no 3rd party plugins. The final piece is something you'll want to see and learn so you can do the same!

After a hiatus, Adobe Beginner Classes is back! Join us as we cover a technique for removing silence in Audition 3.0 and the first of two parts on how to create 3D text inside of After Effects with no plugins.

Dennis explores the use of presets in After Effects to make an interesting element that can be used in a variety of situations. Besides, it’s just cool looking!

Join Dennis as he explains how the Media Browser panel can save you time and keep your projects tidy. Also learn about Equalize Volume within Soundbooth to make volume matching files easy.

Premiere Pro CS4 has gotten a HUGE number of improvements including some that you probably don’t know about. Join Dennis as he dives into his personal top 10 on this episode of Adobe Beginner Classes.

CS4 is out and ABC has taken a break from the format to dive into Dennis’ top 10 personal favorites of After Effects CS4.

Learn 3D text in Illustrator! Then use it in Premiere Pro or Photoshop and give it a "wiggle" inside of After Effects. All in one show!

Dennis builds on Episode 7 to show how to create a look similar to the TV show 24. In addition, Dennis shows a powerful integration feature between Premiere Pro and Soundbooth!

Learn how displacement maps can make your text or images appear on another surface. Join Dennis as he pastes text to a silky curtain video.

Join Dennis as he shows how to do a picture-in-picture inside of Premiere Pro CS3. Use this technique to start stacking your videos in a vertical fashion as well as opening new creative doors for your expression!

Join Dennis as he shows how to create volumetric light on text inside of After Effects, and teaches how to prevent DVD coasters in Encore.

Dive into the world of Audio with Dennis Radeke as he shows you how to make your audio sound better using Soundbooth and Audition. Also learn about Photoshop's time-saving Actions feature.

Get a few of Dennis' favorite shortcuts in Photoshop, an introduction to text animation presets in After Effects and some crucial tips on how to record a better voice over track. All this and more!

Get a few of Dennis' favorite shortcuts in Photoshop, an introduction to text animation presets in After Effect's and some crucial tips on how to record a better voice over track.

Join Dennis Radeke as he shows off the Levels command and Spot Healing brush in Photoshop, demonstrates basic animation properties in After Effects, and shows two nifty features in Soundbooth.

In his inaugural show, join Dennis Radeke as he reviews the interface of After Effects, teaches sound track creation in Soundbooth and the cool Automate to Timeline feature inside of Premiere Pro.