Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book

by Adobe Creative Team

• ISBN13: 9780321704498
• ISBN10: 0321704495
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-06-08
• Publisher: Adobe Press

Summary

Those creative professionals seeking the fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe After Effects CS5 choose Adobe After Effects CS5 Classroom in a Book from the Adobe Creative Team at Adobe Press. The 14 project-based lessons in this book show readers step-by-step the key techniques for working in After Effects CS5 and how to work efficiently and deliver in the widest possible range of media types. In addition to learning the key elements of the After Effects interface, this completely revised CS5 edition covers 64-bit performance; new Mocha, Color Finesse 3, and Digieffects FreeForm plug-ins; Roto Brush; AVC-Intra and expanded RED camera support; and more.

Author Biography

The Adobe Creative Team of designers, writers, and editors has extensive, real world knowledge of Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams and Adobe's Instructional Communications team to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.

Table of Contents

GETTING STARTED

1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORKFLOW

2 CREATING A BASIC ANIMATION USING EFFECTS AND PRESETS

3 ANIMATING TEXT

4 WORKING WITH SHAPE LAYERS

5 ANIMATING A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

6 ANIMATING LAYERS

7 WORKING WITH MASKS

8 DISTORTING OBJECTS WITH THE PUPPET TOOLS

9 ROTOSCOPING

10 PERFORMING COLOR CORRECTION

11 BUILDING 3D OBJECTS

12 USING 3D FEATURES

13 ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES

14 RENDERING AND OUTPUTTING

Appendix: Color Management in After Effects CS5

Index.