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This book/CD-ROM tutorial offers illustrated step-by-step instructions for creating motion picture graphics and special effects for film, video, and the Web with After Effects 5.0/5.5. The CD-ROM contains guided exercises and QuickTime movies. Weinman is an author, instructor, and designer who specializes in Web design, graphics, and animation. Newman has worked in the film industry for 23 years in art direction, visual effects, and production.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR


Book Description
Adobe After Effects gives Web developers and designers the tools to create sophisticated motion graphics and effects, but tools are worthless without expert guidance. If you work with After Effects--or would like to--you can now turn to one of the top pros in the field for her hard-won advice on how to get the most out of this powerful program, and how to do it quickly. After Effects 5.0/5.5 Hands-On Training brings classroom-tested lessons designed by Web guru Lynda Weinman and her coauthor, Craig Newman, right to your desktop.The projects in After Effects 5.0/5.5 HOT lead you through the basics of After Effects and beyond: Lynda and Craig designed the dozens of hands-on exercises around specific, real-world projects that teach core techniques such as managing footage, hierarchical layering, masking, creating effects, and rendering. Throughout the book, you'll find practical tips and discussions of the design principles that inform the projects. An accompanying CD includes the lesson files, as well QuickTime movies that illustrate key techniques.


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Adobe After Effects gives Web developers and designers the tools to create sophisticated motion graphics and effects, but tools are worthless without expert guidance. If you work with After Effects--or would like to--you can now turn to one of the top pros in the field for her hard-won advice on how to get the most out of this powerful program, and how to do it quickly. After Effects 5.0/5.5 Hands-On Training brings classroom-tested lessons designed by Web guru Lynda Weinman and her coauthor, Craig Newman, right to your desktop. The projects in After Effects 5.0/5.5 HOT lead you through the basics of After Effects and beyond: Lynda and Craig designed the dozens of hands-on exercises around specific, real-world projects that teach core techniques such as managing footage, hierarchical layering, masking, creating effects, and rendering. Throughout the book, you'll find practical tips and discussions of the design principles that inform the projects. An accompanying CD includes the lesson files, as well QuickTime movies that illustrate key techniques.


About the Author
Lynda Weinman is the creator of lynda.com, a leading force in Web design training. A digital arts educator since the late 1980s, she has been an instructor at Art Center College of Design, American Film Institute, San Francisco Multimedia Studies Program, and UCLA Extension. Her other Peachpit books include Dreamweaver 4 Hands-On Trainingand Photoshop 5.5/ImageReady 2.0 Hands-On Training.

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UntitledAdobe After Effects gives Web developers and designers the tools to createsophisticated motion graphics and effects, but tools are worthless withoutexpert guidance. If you work with After Effects—or would like to—you cannow turn to one of the top pros in the field for her hard-won advice on howto get the most out of this powerful program, and how to do it quickly.After Effects 5 Hands-On Training (HOT) brings classroom-testedlessons designed by Web guru Lynda Weinman and her coauthor, Craig Newman,right to your desktop.

The projects in After Effects 5 HOTlead you through the basics ofAfter Effects and beyond: Lynda and Craig designed the dozens of hands-onexercises around specific, real-world projects that teach core techniquessuch as managing footage, hierarchical layering, masking, creating effects,and rendering. Throughout the book, you'll find practical tips anddiscussions of the design principles that inform the projects. Anaccompanying CD includes the lesson files, as well QuickTime movies thatillustrate key techniques.

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