After Effects Apprentice (DV Expert Series) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Chris Meyer, Trish Meyer
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 6619
Media: Paperback
Pages: 320
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 8.3 x 1
ISBN: 0240809386
Dewey Decimal Number: 621
EAN: 9780240809380
Publication Date: April 6, 2007
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Product Description
If you're 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, you'll quickly get into the program and learn how to tap its potential - whether you want to create motion graphics for a network program, your company's video, or your own independent production.
In this book, you'll get a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to learn to use this program effectively. You'll 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. You'll learn more than just the tools; you'll 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.
* Includes new CS3 features; Shape layers, the Puppet tool, Brainstorm, and Per-Character 3D Text.
DVD contains: All exercise source material and projects in AE7 and CS3, video guided tours, and movies of the finished projects.
* Full color presentation of professional workflows
* Core motion graphic techniques in 12 engaging lessons
* Companion DVD features QuickTime movies and lesson media
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Great Book if you want good information mixed w/ solid tutorials October 23, 2007
S. Weirich (Melbourne, FL)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I am enrolled at a local community college and the teacher is using this book. I would highly recommend if you are (like me) new to after effects. It does a great job of providing you with side notes about the application and how to use it effectively. If you do the additional items at the end of each chapter you will really have a good grip on this program. A+
A GREAT BOOK! January 21, 2008
Michael A. Gruich (Iowa)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have bought over 32 books in the last year on various subjects related to After Effects and other video software tools. Out of these only 2-3 really stand out, and this book is one of them.
It covers quite a bit and it layed out quite well and easy to read. I was so impressed with it, I came back and bought the PDF version for the road. If you are looking for a good book on After Effects, do not pass this one up.
Not just for apprentices June 10, 2007
Frank Capria (Boston, MA)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
As advertised, this book is a great introduction to motion graphics design and After Effects. The Meyers are both great artists and great teachers. They really understand how to present both the theory and the practice of building compelling motion graphics.
I'll be using this book for my intro video post production class in the fall, but the name is a little misleading. After Effects users who consider themselves proficient, but aren't familiar with all the ins and outs of the application can benefit from the book as well. I've been using After Effects professionally since version 3, and I've learned a lot from this book.
A must Have! May 11, 2007
Ocie Maddox (Ardmore, AL)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is a must have! I purchased this book from amazon.com and I just can't put it down! I was told by Richard Harrington that this book will 1.) Give you more than the basics but will also... 2.)DELIVER! and I must say that it has!... After Effects Aprentice should be bought by everyone that is new to AE... and Adobe should jump on this band wagon quickly! The pages and diagrams are (in color! and ) easy to understand for the new AE novice. I am having a great time with Lesson 6 "Parenting and Nesting". I was afraid of AE but not anymore. This book should be your first purchase, then the other Trish & Chris Meyers books should follow. I must add that there are other books that should be bought as supplemental tools such as: "Broadcast Graphics on the Spot" By: Richard Harrington, Glen Stephens and Chris Vadnais. There are other amazon members that will post more than my suggested list but all in all many will agree with me that this book is truly a Home-Run! You will not regret it... that's my promise to you.
From newbie to awesome in one book. January 31, 2008
R. FYFFE (Dallas, TX USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Following the lessons in this book took my After Effects knowledge from *nothing* to *firm understanding*. I was interested in learning after effects so I bought this book. Being very reasonably priced, I was surprised to find the book was full of such amazing detail all throughout. The "tips," "factoids" & "gotcha" blurbs sprinkled around the margins instantly transform the lesson material to a real-world explanation of "what this means to me." Even the page layouts, with tons of clearly labeled screen shots, are quite inviting to learn from. (if you've ever tried to follow a boring book, full of boring text and no photos, you'll appreciate this one).
In short, get it or you won't "get it."
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