After Effects Apprentice: Real World Skills for the Aspiring Motion Graphics Artist - Brossura

Meyer, Chris; Meyer, Trish

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0240817362 ISBN 13: 9780240817361

Casa editrice: Focal Press, 2012

Riassunto

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

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Book by Meyer Chris Meyer Trish

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• Editore: Focal Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0240817362
• ISBN 13: 9780240817361
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 384