After Effects Apprentice (DV Expert Series)
by Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer
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Author: Chris Meyer, Trish MeyerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-20
ISBN: 0240809386
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Focal Press
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Book Review: Apprentice to Alchemy
Summary: 5 Stars
With Rich Media leading the wave in Internet development these days, how's a busy Web Designer supposed to keep up ? Well, if you want to add After Effects to your toolbox, reading this book by Chris and Trish Meyer is a great 'ramp up' .
At WebForU2 we focus on small business and giving our clients an edge. A smarter, friendlier Website, that comes alive is critical.
The 'Apprentice' After Effects Apprentice (DV Expert Series)takes you through the basics of AE but it has a wonderful blend of practical, illustrative exercises that highlight the lesson's focus while leading you into the next. Products like AE are notorious for having so many bells and whistles, infinite possibilities yet lot's of things can be missing when your results aren't just right. Chris and Trish point out all the 'gothchas' creating close up views of the 'exact' steps and detail, the 'holding your mouth right' subtleties that make the difference in adding the new step or effect successfully.
Perhaps the icing on this cake is their genuine enthusiasm for the product and the practice. They have been using After Effects since it first appeared in 1993 and give testimony to how After Effects (and others products like it) have brought Hollywood within the reach of the personal computer creating a new culture of Artists and creativity.
Rock On !
Summary of After Effects Apprentice (DV Expert Series)
If you're new to After Effects and want to get up to speed quickly, After Effects Apprentice was created just for you. With 11 core lessons plus a fun final project, you'll quickly get into the program and learn how to tap its potential - whether you want to create motion graphics for a network program, your company's video, or your own independent production.In this book, you'll get a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to learn to use this program effectively. You'll learn to creatively edit and combine layers, animate eye-catching titles, replace a screen on a computer monitor, place a studio shot in anew environment, manipulate 3D space, and use effects to generate excitement or enhance the realism of a scene. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions take you through each technique, including projects that encourage you to express it in your own way. You'll learn more than just the tools; you'll learn skills that you can immediately put to work in your own projects.
Topics include how to:
* Animate, layer, and composite images and text.
* Manipulate keyframes to create more refined animations.
* Use masks, mattes, stencils and modes to add depth.
* Manage layers to make them easier to coordinate.
* Add 3D to your animations.
* Use tracking and keying to create special effects.
* Includes new CS3 features; Shape layers, the Puppet tool, Brainstorm, and Per-Character 3D Text.
DVD contains: All exercise source material and projects in AE7 and CS3, video guided tours, and movies of the finished projects.
* Full color presentation of professional workflows
* Core motion graphic techniques in 12 engaging lessons
* Companion DVD features QuickTime movies and lesson media
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