Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Volume 1: The Essentials (2nd Edition, Version 5.5) - Softcover

Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer

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9781578201143: Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Volume 1: The Essentials (2nd Edition, Version 5.5)

Synopsis

Master all the core concepts needed to use After Effects 5.5 on a daily basis, including transformations, keyframing animation, editing layers, masking, track mattes, stencils, nesting, precomposing, transfer modes, effects, adjustment layers, and rendering, plus the major new features Parenting, 3D Layers, Cameras, and Lights. In addition to the new topics, owners of the first edition of CMG will benefit from the updated coverage of such key features as transfer modes, masking, and collapsing transformations. Beginners and students will enjoy the new first chapter, which takes them on a tour through After Effects in the form of creating a mythical television show opening title sequence. The CD includes free plug-ins and keyframe assistants from Boris FX, Walker Effects, Digital Film Tools, The Foundry, Digital Anarchy, and DigiEffects plus inspirational footage from Artbeats, Digital Vision, and EyeWire to experiment with.

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About the Author

Foreword by Harry Marks, the former Vice President and Creative Director for On-Air Promotions for ABC and CBS as well as a consultant to NBC. Acknowledged by many as the father of modern broadcast motion graphics, Marks is an Apple Master and first recipient of the Broadcast Designers Association Lifetime Achievement Award. Trish and Chris Meyer are the creative forces behind CyberMotion, an award-winning motion graphics studio that has created imagery for NBC, ABC, HBO Fox, TLC, and New Line among others. Both teach at the American Film Institute in Hollywood, and write the Motion Graphics column in DV Magazine.

Review

Overall, these books are fantastic and as far as I’m concerned they should come in the box with After Effects. -- Adrian Thompson, CGFocus.com, on the Meyers' three After Effects titles

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9781578202492: Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 1: The Essentials (3rd Edition, Version 6.5)

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ISBN 10:  1578202493 ISBN 13:  9781578202492
Publisher: Focal Press, 2004
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