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Master After Effects through hands-on engagement with small projects, following the best practices

Leverage the settings and uncover hidden options in After Effects to optimize your workflow

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Description

Visual effects and motion graphics are everywhere, shaping the film, TV, games, websites, and application landscape. Navigating a field this complex and ever-expanding demands more than mere familiarity with tools; you need to stand out to get ahead. Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects is the definitive guide that not only equips you with the essential skills to distinguish yourself, but also takes you through real projects that you can add to your portfolio. Guided by a hands-on learning approach, you'll master the UI, workflow, and diverse projects such as text animation, shape layers, and rotoscoping. With this newfound knowledge, you’ll take your graphic design and post-production skills to the next level using chroma keying, particle simulations, and 2D and 3D tracking. You’ll progress faster than someone taking a formal course in Adobe After Effects! And it’s not all about creating; you’ll import graphics from Illustrator and Photoshop and apply post-production effects to give them a new life. Finally, you’ll discover how seamlessly you can export and manage your projects, ensuring end-to-end coverage of all you need. By the end of the book, you’ll have a thorough understanding of Adobe After Effects, equipped with the skills and practice you need to propel your career in graphic design.

Who is this book for?

This book is for graphic designers, UX and UI designers, e-learning designers, motion graphics artists, video editors, and VFX artists. A fundamental grasp and minimal experience with After Effects will help you follow long the concepts covered in this book. Additionally, familiarity with Illustrator and Photoshop will provide an added advantage.

What you will learn

Create and customize text layers, including text animations, using shape layers

Enhance projects with audio elements and apply audio effects to shape layers

Develop editable motion graphics templates for Premiere Pro

Implement color correction and grading techniques to enhance footage in projects

Use rotoscoping to remove and mask objects seamlessly

Generate realistic effects such as rain, fire, and smoke using particle simulations

Master the art of compositing through Chroma Keying

Get to grips with 2D and 3D tracking for seamless element integration

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Sankar Feb 24, 2024

This course is a fantastic resource for mastering Adobe After Effects. Whether you're interested in motion graphics, post-production techniques, rotoscoping, or VFX, you'll find everything you need to know here. The content is presented in a clear and straightforward manner, making it easy to understand and apply. Highly recommended for anyone looking to level up their skills in animation and visual effects!

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Olivia Feb 23, 2024

Overall, I was very impressed with how comprehensive the book is. It goes into all the major areas of After Effects and gives good examples to illustrate the functionality of After Effects, whether it be for Motion Graphics, Text Animation, or Keying and Compositing. Even though I'm very familiar with the program, I still learned something! I had never heard about the 4-Color Gradient Effect before, but it looks very useful!That said, this book is not going to go into every nuance that you might want. For instance, I was hoping to get some more insight into rotoscoping and keying 1K footage, which has given me significant issues due to the resolution restrictions and subsequent color blending that occurs due to having lower resolutions. The example given had a pristine green screen, which does not reflect the average footage a videographer can expect. This also meant that calibrating the Keylight was significantly easier to get a clean green screen removal. It would have been nice to go over an example that is a bit harder, has motion blur, and/or suboptimal lighting conditions on the green screen.It's definitely a nitpick, and would probably be seen as a more advanced example, which may be outside the scope of what this book was trying to accomplish.All that aside, especially if you're just getting into After Effects, this is a must-have resource! It's a great price for a wealth of knowledge! It's also got a great linked Table of Contents, making it easy to navigate to whatever section you want to learn about :)

Robert Bourgeois Feb 15, 2024

Recently received a copy of this book and found it to get me from knowing very little about After Effects to being able to use some of the more advanced features. Worth checking out for beginners through intermediate users.

ankitvohra Apr 10, 2024

I am a photographer and graphic designer, interested in learning After Effects to enhance my videos with VFX and create motion graphics. I chose a well-organized book; it begins with the basics and progressively advances to more complex topics. Each chapter includes clear screenshots and detailed explanations, which help beginners understand the fundamentals of After Effects. As the book progresses, it delves into more sophisticated topics like keyframing, animation, and visual effects.I wish the book had also focused on UI design animations.

Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects: Learn the ins and outs of motion graphics, post-production, rotoscoping, and VFX

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