After Effects 6.5 for Windows and Macintosh : Visual QuickPro Guide

by Bolante, Antony

• ISBN13: 9780321199577
• ISBN10: 032119957X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Pr

Summary

Tough motion-graphics and effects production challenges require bold solutions, and Adobe's completely overhauled After Effects 6.0 ($699, Standard Edition; $999, Professional Edition) has a bushel of them! Here to get you up to speed on it--perhaps in time to meet your next deadline!--is everyone's favorite task-based guide. Employing the same concise instructions and visual approach as Peachpit's popular Visual QuickStart Guides but geared toward more advanced users, this Visual QuickPro Guide covers all the improvements that make this version of Adobe's motion-graphics and effects program such a boon to video pros of all stripes: a revolutionary text engine, support for OpenGL (which greatly accelerates 2D and 3D graphics rendering), new vector paint tools (which allow painting on layers), a faster and more accurate motion tracker, advanced keying tools, and more. Through step-by-step instructions, enhanced by plenty of tips and sidebars, veteran video editor Antony Bolante will have you effectively and efficiently importing and managing footage, viewing and editing layers, applying effects, animating type, and more in no time.

Table of Contents

For Windows and Macintosh Visual QuickPro Guide

The Big Picture

Importing Footage into a Project

Managing Footage

Compositions

Layer Basics

Layer Editing

Properties and Keyframes

Playback, Previews, and RAM

Mask Essentials

Effects Fundamentals

Standard Effects in Action

Creating and Animating Text

Painting on a Layer

More Layer techniques

Keyframe Interpolation

3D Layers

Complex Projects

Output

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