After Effects Apprentice

• Main Author: Meyer, Chris and Trish
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 10.09.2012; Taylor and Francis; Focal Press
• Subjects: CourseSmart Subject Description; Effect Controls Panel; Footage Item; Track Point; Project Panel; Animation Presets; Current Time Marker; Composit Ion; Comp Panels; Timeline Panel; FLV; Active Camera View; Nested Comp; Time Remap; Ram Preview; Merge Paths; Pick Whip; Time Remap Keyframe; Mot Ion; Shape Layer; Layer Panel; Vector Paint; Adjustment Layer; Alpha Channel; Played Back; Footage Courtesy Artbeats
• ISBN: 9780240809380; 0240809386
• DOI: 10.4324/9780080475790

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.