Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 3
by Bryce Button, Damian Allen, Mark Spencer, Tony Huet
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Author: Bryce Button, Damian Allen, Mark Spencer, Tony HuetEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-09-09
ISBN: 0321509102
Number of pages: 552
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Book Reviews of Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 3
Book Review: an acceptable introduction, needs proof reading
Summary: 3 Stars
I struggled with whether to give this a 2 or 3 star rating...
Motion is a big beast with lots of complexity and I wasn't expecting for an introductory book to give me a complete view. This book did do a good job of surveying Motion. The examples/samples are generally pretty interesting.
However, I have similar comments to the other reviewers here...
1. The binding is bad. I am very careful with my books. I went through the book once and on opening it within a few days to refer to a section, the back half detached from the cover.
2. There are many errors in the book. When this happened, I would assume I had missed something and would then go back, restart the example and carefully follow ALL of the instructions. The bulk of the time, the error was in missing steps or in reversed steps. I think I remember a good half a dozen errors like this. (To the authors' credit, they have put in some helpful tips like 'if BLAH happens, remember to do BLAH' or 'don't forget to BLAH'.)
The other PeachPit Press Apple Pro Training books that I have gone through are very good - excellent really. When I got through those, I really felt prepared and able to use the tool. This one does not live up to those standards - book physical quality and proof reading and preparation for use of the tool. Again, beyond those issues, I would have liked a more detailed book giving me a deeper understanding to Motion but I understand the difficulty of that.
The book works acceptably as a survey of the tool, just don't get too frustrated by the errors.
Summary of Apple Pro Training Series: Motion 3
In this guide to Apple?s revolutionary motion graphics software, commercial artists Damian Allen, Bryce Button, and Mark Spencer teach you to create cutting-edge animations, show opens, promos, logos, and effects while you learn Motion 3. As with the other titles in the Apple Pro Training Series, each chapter represents a complete lesson with a commercial-quality project to work through as you learn. The authors begin with generators and quickly move on to Motion?s behavior-based animations, particles, filters, effects, replicator, tracking, and matchmoving. The best-selling book is fully revised to take advantage of the software?s new features: you?ll create sophisticated 3D environments, design painterly elements using customizable brushes and strokes, automatically create motion paths from moving images without tedious frame-by-frame keyframing, remove camera shake, and animate text with 3D effects. Includes companion DVD with project and media files.MacOS Books
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