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The 14 project-based lessons in this book show students step-by-step the key techniques for working in After Effects CC and how to work efficiently and deliver in the widest possible range of media types.
In addition to learning the key elements of the After Effects interface, this completely revised CC edition covers new features, including integration with Cinema 4D, new Roto Brush and improved Refine Edge tool, improved 3D Camera Tracker, Bicubic Scaling, new Snapping feature, cross-integration with other Creative Suite applications (Audition, Premiere), new presets for working with Adobe Media Encoder, and more. New to this After Effects CC editionGÇöstudents now download the lesson files from the Peachpit website, so they can work along, step-by-step, with the book.
Instructor Notes for this title will be available soon on the Pearson Higher Ed site.
List of contents
Getting Started
1 Getting to Know the WorkFlow
2 Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
3 Animating Text
4 Working with Shape Layers
5 Animating a Multimedia Presentation
6 Animating Layers
7 Working with Masks
8 Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
9 Using the Roto Brush Tool
10 Performing Color Correction
12 Working with the 3D camera tracker
13 Advanced Editing Techniques
14 Rendering and Outputting
Appendix
Index
About the author
The Adobe Creative Team of designers, writers, and editors has extensive, real world knowledge of Adobe products. They work closely with the Adobe product development teams to come up with creative, challenging, and visually appealing projects to help both new and experienced users get up to speed quickly on Adobe software products.
Summary
The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe After Effects CC
Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does–an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support
of Adobe product experts.
Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book contains 14 lessons that cover the basics, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.
Purchasing this book gives you access to the downloadable lesson files you need to work through the projects in the book, and to electronic book updates covering new features that Adobe releases for Creative Cloud customers. For access, go to www.peachpit.com/redeem and redeem the unique code provided inside this book.
“The Classroom in a Book series is by far the best training material on the market. Everything you need to master the software is included: clear explanations of each lesson, step-bystep instructions, and the project files for the students.”
Barbara Binder,
Adobe Certified Instructor
Rocky Mountain Training
