TY - BOOK AU - Meyer,Trish AU - Meyer,Chris TI - After effects apprentice: real-world skills for the aspiring motion graphics artist SN - 9781138643079 (hardback) AV - TR858 .M48965 2016 U1 - 777/.7 23 PY - 2016/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Adobe After effects KW - Cinematography KW - Special effects KW - Data processing KW - Computer Animation KW - Computer graphics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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. * Full color presentation of professional workflows * Core motion graphic techniques in 12 engaging lessons * Companion DVD features QuickTime movies and lesson media UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGsE9IiDubHPVJrzcONmfKzVZYdeXeOW/view?usp=sharing ER -