After Effects Apprentice : Real-World Skills for the Aspiring Motion Graphics Artist

by Meyer

• ISBN13: 9780240809380
• ISBN10: 0240809386
• Edition: DVD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-04-06
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

If you are new to After Effects and want to get up to speed quickly, After Effects Apprentice was created just for you. With 11 core lessons plus a fun final project, youll quickly get into the program and learn how to tap its potential whether you want to create motion graphics for a network program, your companys video, or your own independent production. In this book, youll get a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to learn to use this program effectively. Youll learn to creatively edit and combine layers, animate eye-catching titles, replace a screen on a computer monitor, place a studio shot in anew environment, manipulate 3D space, and use effects to generate excitement or enhance the realism of a scene. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions take you through each technique, including projects that encourage you to express it in your own way. Youll learn more than just the tools; youll learn skills that you can immediately put to work in your own projects. Topics include how to: * Animate, layer, and composite images and text. * Manipulate keyframes to create more refined animations. * Use masks, mattes, stencils and modes to add depth. * Manage layers to make them easier to coordinate. * Add 3D to your animations. * Use tracking and keying to create special effects. DVD contains: All exercise source material and projects, video guided tours, and movies of the finished projects. Trish and Chris Meyer are principals in CyberMotion, an award-winning motion graphic design studio in Los Angeles. The Meyers are authors of Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects and After Effects in Production and co-author the Motion Graphics column for DV magazine. * Full color presentation of professional workflows * Core motion graphic techniques in 12 engaging lessons * Companion DVD features QuickTime movies and lesson media

Table of Contents

Pre-Roll

Basic Animation

Advanced Animation

Layer Control

Creating Transparency

Type and Music

Parenting and Nesting

Expressions and Time Games

3D Space

Track and Key

Paint and Clone

New Features in CS3

Final Project

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