Adobe After Effects CS6 Visual Effects and Compositing: Studio Techniques

Mark Christiansen

ISBN 10: 0321834593 / ISBN 13: 9780321834591

Published by Adobe Press, 2012

About this Item

Unangenehmer Geruch; Leichte Risse; Farbveränderung durch Alter/Sonne. This book serves as a comprehensive resource dedicated to the creation of visual effects using After Effects, presented in a friendly and accessible manner by veteran author Mark Christiansen. It offers in-depth explanations that clarify the intricacies of visual effects creation. The guide covers essential concepts, features, and techniques crucial for producing seamless, movie-quality visual effects. For those already familiar with After Effects, it provides a helpful review of fundamentals such as managing footage, editing layers, and animating text, enabling users to enhance their efficiency. Readers at all skill levels will gain insights into core compositing techniques, including color matching, keying, rotoscoping, motion tracking, and using expressions, with contributions from expert Dan Ebberts. The book also explores creative projects that inspire readers to recreate professional effects. Additionally, it includes comprehensive updates on new features in CS6, such as variable mask feathering, Rolling Shutter Repair, Camera Tracker, and a ray-traced 3D rendering engine for designing in 3D space. Accompanying the text are sample clips and projects, including HD footage from Pixel Corps and Artbeats, along with plug-in demos for hands-on experimentation with effects.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adobe After Effects CS6 Visual Effects and Compositing: Studio Techniques
• Publisher: Adobe Press
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321834593
• ISBN 13: 9780321834591
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Computers & Internet

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Synopsis

This is the only book to focus exclusively on the creation of visual effects for After Effects, and is a one-stop resource for anyone who wants in-depth explanations that demystify the realm of visual effects and how they were created, thanks to veteran author Mark Christiansen's friendly and accessible style. A thoroughly packed, informative read, this masterful guide focuses on explaining the essential concepts, features, and techniques that are key to creating seamless movie-quality visual effects. Users who are comfortable with After Effects will find a helpful review of the fundamentals—managing footage, viewing and editing layers, animating type, and more—so they can learn how to work smarter and more efficiently. Readers of all levels will learn core techniques for effects compositing including color matching, keying, rotoscoping, motion tracking, emulating the camera, and concluding with using expressions in After Effects, written by contributor and expert Dan Ebberts. The final section of the book delves into creative explorations, demonstrating professional effects that readers might want to re-create.
 
Readers will also find comprehensive coverage of all that's new in CS6, including variable mask feathering, Rolling Shutter Repair, Camera Tracker, and the new ray-traced 3D rendering engine which allows users to quickly design in 3D space.
 
Included with the book are files used for many of the techniques in the book: Sample clips and projects include HD footage from Pixel Corps and Artbeats, as well as demos of plug-ins that you can use to experiment with in your own effects.

About the Author

Mark Christiansen (christiansen.com) is a visual effects supervisor and creative director with a studio in San Francisco. He has worked with visual effects companies such as ILM, The Orphanage, and Evil Eye Pictures on Hollywood feature and independent films, and has served as a director, producer, designer, and compositor/animator on commercials, music videos, live events, and television documentary productions. Mark has done work directly for the Adobe After Effects development and marketing teams, is a founder at provideocoalition.com, and has taught courses at fxphd.com and Academy of Art University. He has been a guest host of popular podcasts such as “The VFX Show” and has written all editions of this book and coauthored After Effects 5.5 Magic.