Adobe After Effects CS5 Digital Classroom, (Book and Video Training) - Softcover

Smith, Jerron; AGI Creative Team

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470595248 ISBN 13: 9780470595244

Publisher: Wiley, 2010

Synopsis

This video and full-color book combo has quite an effect for learning After Effects CS5!

Adobe After Effects is a leading motion graphics and visual effects program that allows you to create and deliver compelling motion graphics and visual effects. This full-color book-and-video training package gets you quickly up to speed using the capabilities of the newest release of After Effects and deciphers even the most complex After Effects tasks. Sixteen self-paced lessons explain how to edit and apply effects for stellar visual and special effects. The supplementary video lessons included with the book are each approximately five minutes long and demonstrate the concepts and features covered in the lesson.

• Escorts you through the basics of editing and applying motion graphics and visual effects with Adobe After Effects CS5
• Deciphers even the most advanced After Effects tasks and makes them less intimidating
• Features full-color book and video tutorials with step-by-step training that complement the topics covered in each lesson of the book
• Encourages you to absorb each lesson at your own pace

Jam-packed with information, this book with videos and lesson files is just like having your own personal instructor guiding you through each unique lesson.

Note: DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file. These materials are available for download upon purchase.

About this title

From the Back Cover

You have a personal tutor in the Digital Classroom

If you want expert instruction that fits into your schedule, the Digital Classroom series delivers. Adobe Certified Experts guide you through 10 lessons, helping you learn essential After Effects CS5 skills at your own speed. Full-color, step-by-step instructions in the book are enhanced with video tutorials on the DVD. With this Digital Classroom training package, you have your own private instructor showing you the easiest way to learn After Effects CS5.

• Import Photoshop and Illustrator files to create stunning motion graphics

• Use Masks and Track Mattes to create animated title sequences

• Apply and create animation and effects presets to optimize workflow

• Create and animate text, images and video for the Web, TV, and digital displays

• Use green screen footage to create video composites that extend visual possibilities

• Animate in 3D to create immersive graphics that inform, entertain, and engage

A Complete Training Package!

• Full-color, step-by-step instructional book

• Video training from Adobe Certified Experts

Tutorials and lesson files on companion DVD

About the Author

Jerron Smith is an animator, editor, and educator. He has worked with Adobe technologies for more than a decade. He teaches Web, interactive, and new media classes at American Graphics Institute.

The AGI Creative Team develops and delivers training programs for creative, marketing, and communications professionals through the American Graphics Institute.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0470595248
• ISBN 13: 9780470595244
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384