| Description |
1 online resource (320 pages) : color illustrations. |
| Series |
DV expert series |
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DV expert series.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Subject |
Cinematography -- Special effects -- Data processing.
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Video tapes -- Editing -- Data processing.
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Cinéma -- Effets spéciaux -- Informatique. |
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Vidéos -- Montage -- Informatique. |
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Cinematography -- Special effects -- Data processing |
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Video tapes -- Editing -- Data processing |
| Added Author |
Meyer, Chris, 1961- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Meyer, Trish, 1961- After effects apprentice. Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Focal Press, ©2007 0240809386 9780240809380 (OCoLC)129799092 |
| ISBN |
9781136065811 (electronic bk.) |
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1136065814 (electronic bk.) |
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