The project-based lessons in this book show students step-by-step the key techniques for working in After Effects and how to work efficiently and deliver in the widest possible range of media types. In addition to learning the key elements of the After Effects interface, this revised edition covers new features and techniques (details to come).
Some of what you'll learn: Learn how to create, manipulate, and optimize motion graphics for film, video, DVD, the web, and mobile devices. Gain hands-on experience animating text and images, customizing a wide range of effects, tracking and syncing content, rotoscoping, and correcting color. Learn to create 3D content with both After Effects and Maxon Cinema 4D Lite (included with the software). All buyers of the book get full access to the Web Edition: a Web version of the eBook enhanced by embedded videos and multiple-choice quizzes.
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Lisa Fridsma has long loved the process of teaching others to use Adobe products. She has produced and illustrated over thirty books in the Classroom in a Book series over the last two decades (including books on Photoshop and After Effects), starting with her time on-staff at Adobe. She is currently the owner of Darlington Hill Productions (informational illustrations and publishing). Lisa lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her family which includes a tortoise and an above-average dog.
Brie Gyncild aims to make technical information accessible to those who need it. Brie has written and co-written dozens of books about Adobe applications, including numerous editions of the Classroom in a Book series on Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, and Acrobat; and several editions of the How to Wow series. Brie lives in Seattle with cats and an overgrown garden.
GETTING STARTED
1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORKFLOW
2 CREATING A BASIC ANIMATION USING EFFECTS AND PRESETS
3 ANIMATING TEXT
4 WORKING WITH SHAPE LAYERS
5 ANIMATING A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
6 ANIMATING LAYERS
7 WORKING WITH MASKS
8 DISTORTING OBJECTS WITH THE PUPPET TOOLS
9 USING THE ROTO BRUSH TOOL
10 PERFORMING COLOR CORRECTION
11 CREATING MOTION GRAPHICS TEMPLATES
12 USING 3D FEATURES
13 WORKING WITH THE 3D CAMERA TRACKER
14 ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES
15 RENDERING AND OUTPUTTING
APPENDIX: GENERAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
APPENDIX: CUSTOMIZING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
