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Cover of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects
Adobe's After Effects is the standard software for desktop motion graphics production. This book leads beginning users to more advanced skills for creating professional motion graphics -- high-impact, multielement imagery for film and video. The authors describe how the program works internally, how various features relate to actual program demands, and how to use After Effects tools to solve creative challenges.

Cover of After Effects Apprentice,

Whether you’re new to After Effects and want to get up to speed quickly, or already a user who needs to become familiar with the new features, After Effects Apprentice was created for you. With 11 core lessons plus a final project that pulls it all together, you’ll learn how to tap this program’s vast potential – whether you create motion graphics for network television, corporate communications, or your own projects.

Fully updated to cover the major new features introduced in After Effects CS6, CS5.5, and CS5, this edition of the book presents a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to master in order to use After Effects effectively. You’ll learn to creatively combine layers, animate eye-catching titles, manipulate 3D space, track or rotoscope existing footage to add new elements, color key and stabilize a shot to place it in a new environment, and use effects to generate excitement or enhance the realism of a scene. Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions guide you through the features, with explanations of the "why" instead of just the "how" behind each technique. You’ll learn more than just the tools; you’ll learn skills that you can immediately put to work expressing your own ideas in your productions.

Topics include how to:

  • Animate, edit, layer, and composite video and still images.

  • Manipulate keyframes and the way they interpolate to create more refined animations.

  • Use masks, mattes, stencils and blending modes to add sophistication to your imagery.

  • Create and animate text and shape layers

  • Place your layers in 3D space.

  • Use tracking and keying to create special effects, such as replacing screen displays.

DVD contains: All exercise source material and project files for After Effects CS6, CS5.5, and CS5, plus 90 minutes of video tutorials.

Cover of After Effects in Production
A companion volume to "Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects". It teaches motion graphics skills with working examples in the form of tutorials, case studies and studio profiles. Students and advanced users alike learn the secrets that make the authors and the contributing project artists the best in the business. Hands-on tutorial projects demonstrate an array of techniques, and analyses of case studies provide a comprehensive review of related technical details and artistic decisions. Finally, a selection of studio profiles provides insight into how other working artists have used After Effects to achieve extraordinary results.

Cover of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects: Volume 1, the Essentials

Cover of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 1 (3rd Ed., Version 6.5)
Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects reveals expert techniques for producing compelling motion graphics. Adobe After Effects is a software application used for making motion graphics ranging from animating digital images to creating film-style title sequences, sophisticated special effects, and network logos. Step-by-step tutorials demonstrate the concepts, processes, and technical details of the latest version of After Effects. A new lesson has been added to serve as an introduction and tour of the program for new users, and the book has been updated to cover the new features in the latest version of After Effects. The companion CD includes all materials needed to complete the tutorial assignments and projects, as well as a trial version of the After Effects application.

Cover of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol.2, (3rd Ed., Version 6.5)