Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects: Essential and Advanced Techniques
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Trish and Chris Meyer share fifteen years of real-world film and video production experience inside the critically acclaimed Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. More than a step-by-step review of the features in After Effects, you will learn how the program thinks so that you can realize your own visions more quickly and efficiently. This full-color book is jammed full of tips, gotchas, and sage advice that will help you survive whatever your next project throws at you.

Creating Motion Graphics 4th Edition has been heavily revised, reuniting the previous two volumes plus adding detailed coverage of new features introduced in After Effects 7 and CS3 Professional to form one massive, essential reference. The enclosed DVD-ROM contains source footage and project files for the numerous exercises which help reinforce each concept. The DVD also includes over 180 pages of additional information, including lengthy Bonus Chapters on

Synopsis:
This new edition combines two volumes into one to present a comprehensive guide to motion graphics artistry that covers it all, from core concepts to advanced integration processes and the pro-bundle tools. Step-by-step tutorials demonstrate the concepts, processes, and technical details of After Effects CS3.
Synopsis:
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. This new edition of the best-selling After Effects book combines two volumes into one to present one comprehensive guide to motion graphics artistry. Renowned authors Trish and Chris Meyer cover it all, from core concepts to advanced integration processes and the pro-bundle tools. Step-by-step tutorials demonstrate the concepts, processes, and technical details of After Effects CS3.

Contents:
Creating a Composition
Basic Animation
The Anchor Point
Advanced Animation
The Layer Essentials
Trimming
Motion Blur
Blending Modes
All About Masking
All About Track Mattes
Stencils and the 'T'
3D Space
Cameras
Lighting in 3D
Parenting Skills
Nesting Compositions
Precomposing
Collapsing Transformations
Textacy
Applying and Using Effects
Effects Roundup
Compound Effects
Presets & Variations
Color Management
Keying
Frame Rate Manipulation
Motion Stabilization
Motion Tracking
Paint and Clone
Vector Paint
Working with Audio
Express Yourself
Import and Interpret
Integration 101
Integration with 3D Applications
Video Issues
Rendering Queue
Advanced Rendering
Prerendering and Proxies