After Effects Apprentice: Real World Skills for the Aspiring Motion Graphics Artist (Apprentice Series) - Softcover

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Whether you’re new to After Effects and want to get up to speed quickly, or already a user who needs to become familiar with the new features, After Effects Apprentice was created for you. With 11 core lessons plus a final project that pulls it all together, you’ll learn how to tap this program’s vast potential – whether you create motion graphics for network television, corporate communications, or your own projects.

Fully updated to cover the major new features introduced in After Effects CS6, CS5.5, and CS5, this edition of the book presents a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to master in order to use After Effects effectively. You’ll learn to creatively combine layers, animate eye-catching titles, manipulate 3D space, track or rotoscope existing footage to add new elements, color key and stabilize a shot to place it in a new environment, and use effects to generate excitement or enhance the realism of a scene. Easy to follow, step-by-step instructions guide you through the features, with explanations of the "why" instead of just the "how" behind each technique. You’ll learn more than just the tools; you’ll learn skills that you can immediately put to work expressing your own ideas in your productions.

Topics include how to:

• Animate, edit, layer, and composite video and still images.
• Manipulate keyframes and the way they interpolate to create more refined animations.
• Use masks, mattes, stencils and blending modes to add sophistication to your imagery.
• Create and animate text and shape layers
• Place your layers in 3D space.
• Use tracking and keying to create special effects, such as replacing screen displays.

DVD contains: All exercise source material and project files for After Effects CS6, CS5.5, and CS5, plus 90 minutes of video tutorials.

Customers who buy an electronic version of the book can contact Simon Jacobs(simon.jacobs@taylorandfrancis.com) with their receipt and Focal Press will grant access to the companion files.

Note: After Effects CC (Creative Cloud) – released on June 17, 2013 – will also open and run all of the CS6 projects. Very few of the lessons have been affected by the move from CS6 to CC; we’ve noted any significant differences in a PDF downloadable from our web site at http://www.crishdesign.com/books/After-Effects-Apprentice/index.html

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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 put your own creative vision to work. 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 (to be updated closer to release of corresponding software version): * 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 CSX features; Shape layers, the Puppet tool, Brainstorm, and Per-Character 3D Text. DVD contains: All exercise source material and projects, guided video 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