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Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2014 release) [Multiple-component retail product]

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  • Izdošanas datums: 24-Dec-2014
  • Izdevniecība: Adobe Press,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0133927032
  • ISBN-13: 9780133927030
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  • Formāts: Multiple-component retail product, 408 pages, height x width x depth: 233x189x20 mm, weight: 810 g, Contains 1 Paperback / softback and 1 Digital product license key
  • Izdošanas datums: 24-Dec-2014
  • Izdevniecība: Adobe Press,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 0133927032
  • ISBN-13: 9780133927030
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The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe® After Effects® CC (2014 release)

Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program doesan 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.

In addition to learning the key elements of the After Effects interface, this completely revised CC (2014 release) edition covers new features, including mask tracker, detail-preserving Upscale effect, property linking, new snapping options and improvements, improved Cinema 4D integration, settings migration, bicubic sampling option in Transform effect, and more.

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, goto 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-by-step instructions, and the project files for the students.

Barbara Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor Rocky Mountain Training
Getting Started 1(5)
About Classroom in a Book
1(1)
Prerequisites
2(1)
Installing After Effects and Bridge
2(1)
Optimizing performance
2(1)
Restoring default preferences
2(1)
Accessing the Classroom in a Book files
3(1)
How to use these lessons
4(1)
Additional resources
5(1)
Adobe Authorized Training Centers
5(1)
1 Getting To Know The Workflow
6(32)
About the After Effects work area
8(1)
Getting started
9(1)
Creating a project and importing footage
9(4)
Creating a composition and arranging layers
13(3)
About layers
16(1)
About the Tools panel
17(1)
Adding effects and modifying layer properties
17(7)
Animating the composition
24(1)
About the Timeline panel
25(3)
About timecode and duration
28(3)
Previewing your work
31(2)
Optimizing performance in After Effects
33(1)
Rendering and exporting your composition
33(1)
Customizing workspaces
34(1)
Controlling the brightness of the user interface
35(1)
Finding resources for using After Effects
36(1)
Review questions and answers
37(1)
2 Creating A Basic Animation Using Effects And Presets
38(20)
Getting started
40(1)
Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
41(2)
Creating a new composition
43(3)
Working with imported Illustrator layers
46(1)
Applying effects to a layer
47(1)
Applying and controlling effects
48(2)
Applying an animation preset
50(2)
Previewing the effects
52(1)
Adding transparency
53(1)
Rendering the composition
54(3)
Review questions and answers
57(1)
3 Animating Text
58(34)
Getting started
60(2)
About text layers
62(1)
Installing a font using Typekit
62(3)
Creating and formatting point text
65(2)
Using a text animation preset
67(3)
Animating with scale keyframes
70(2)
Animating using parenting
72(1)
About parent and child layers
73(1)
Animating imported Photoshop text
74(3)
Animating text using a path animation preset
77(3)
Animating type tracking
80(2)
Animating text opacity
82(1)
Using a text animator group
82(1)
About text animator groups
83(3)
Cleaning up the path animation
86(2)
Animating a nontext layer along a motion path
88(2)
Adding motion blur
90(1)
Review questions and answers
91(1)
4 Working With Shape Layers
92(24)
Getting started
94(2)
Adding a shape layer
96(4)
Creating custom shapes
100(2)
Duplicating shapes
102(3)
Using Brainstorm to experiment
105(1)
Positioning layers with snapping
106(3)
Adding compositions to a 3D project
109(5)
Extra credit: Animating layers to match audio
114(1)
Review questions and answers
115(1)
5 Animating A Multimedia Presentation
116(32)
Getting started
118(1)
Animating the scenery using parenting
119(4)
Adjusting an anchor point
123(1)
Masking video using vector shapes
124(4)
Keyframing a motion path
128(3)
Animating additional elements
131(4)
Applying an effect
135(1)
About solid-color layers
135(3)
Creating an animated slide show
138(4)
Supported audio file formats
142(1)
Adding an audio track
143(1)
Zooming in for a final close-up
144(2)
Extra credit: Editing audio files in Adobe Audition
146(1)
Review questions and answers
147(1)
6 Animating Layers
148(32)
Getting started
150(2)
Preparing layered Photoshop files
152(1)
About Photoshop layer styles
153(1)
Simulating lighting changes
154(2)
About expressions
156(1)
Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
156(2)
Animating movement in the scenery
158(4)
Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte
162(1)
About track mattes and traveling mattes
163(3)
Animating the shadows
166(2)
Adding a lens flare effect
168(2)
Animating the clock
170(2)
Retiming the composition
172(7)
Review questions and answers
179(1)
7 Working With Masks
180(20)
About masks
182(1)
Getting started
182(1)
Creating a mask with the Pen tool
183(1)
Editing a mask
184(1)
About mask modes
185(3)
Creating a Bezier mask
188(1)
Feathering the edges of a mask
188(1)
Replacing the content of the mask
189(3)
Adding a reflection
192(4)
Creating a vignette
196(1)
Using the Rectangle and Ellipse tools
197(1)
Trimming the work area
198(1)
Tips for creating masks
198(1)
Review questions and answers
199(1)
8 Distorting Objects With The Puppet Tools
200(16)
Getting started
202(4)
About the Puppet tools
206(1)
Adding Deform pins
206(2)
Defining areas of overlap
208(1)
Stiffening an area
209(1)
Animating pin positions
210(1)
Squash and stretch
210(4)
Recording animation
214(1)
Review questions and answers
215(1)
9 Using The Roto Brush Tool
216(20)
About rotoscoping
218(1)
Getting started
218(2)
Using Adobe Premiere Pro with After Effects
220(1)
Creating a segmentation boundary
220(7)
Fine-tuning the matte
227(2)
Refine Soft Matte and Refine Hard Matte effects
229(1)
Freezing your Roto Brush tool results
229(2)
Changing the background
231(1)
Adding animated text
232(2)
Outputting your project
234(1)
Review questions and answers
235(1)
10 Performing Color Correction
236(28)
Getting started
238(2)
Previewing your project on a video monitor
240(1)
Adjusting color balance with levels
241(2)
Adjusting color balance with Color Finesse 3
243(3)
Replacing the background
246(5)
Color-correcting using Auto Levels
251(1)
Motion tracking the clouds
252(1)
Replacing the sky in the second clip
253(4)
Color grading
257(4)
Extra Credit: Cloning an object in a scene
261(2)
Review questions and answers
263(1)
11 Using 3D Features
264(28)
Getting started
266(1)
Creating 3D text
267(2)
Using 3D views
269(2)
Importing a background
271(1)
Adding 3D lights
271(4)
Adding a camera
275(2)
Repositioning layers
277(1)
Adding a text layer
278(1)
Working with Cinema 4D Lite
279(10)
Extra credit: Extruding 3D text
289(2)
Review questions and answers
291(1)
12 Working With The 3D Camera Tracker
292(24)
About the 3D Camera Tracker effect
294(1)
Getting started
294(2)
Repairing rolling shutter distortions
296(1)
Tracking the footage
297(1)
Creating a ground plane, a camera, and the initial text
298(5)
Creating realistic shadows
303(2)
Adding ambient light
305(1)
Creating additional text elements
306(2)
Locking a layer to a plane with a null object
308(2)
Animating the text
310(2)
Adjusting the camera's depth of field
312(1)
Rendering the composition
313(2)
Review questions and answers
315(1)
13 Advanced Editing Techniques
316(34)
Getting started
318(1)
Using Warp Stabilizer VFX
318(1)
Bicubic scaling
319(3)
Using single-point motion tracking
322(1)
Warp Stabilizer VFX settings
323(4)
Checking for drift
327(1)
Moving and resizing the track points
328(1)
Using multipoint tracking
329(4)
mocha for After Effects
333(1)
Creating a particle simulation
334(3)
Understanding Particle Systems II properties
337(6)
About high dynamic range (HDR) footage
343(1)
Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect
344(5)
Review questions and answers
349(1)
14 Rendering And Outputting
350(19)
Getting started
352(1)
Creating templates for the Render Queue
353(4)
About compression
357(1)
Exporting using the Render Queue
358(2)
Preparing movies for mobile devices
360(1)
Rendering movies with Adobe Media Encoder
361(3)
Preparing a movie for broadcast output
364(3)
Review questions and answers
367(2)
Appendix 369(2)
Index 371
Brie Gyncild aims to make technical information accessible to those who need it. She's written books on many Adobe applications, including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, and Adobe After Effects. Brie lives in Seattle with two cats and an overgrown garden.

Andrew Faulkner is the founder and creative guru at Afstudio Design with 20+ years in providing design and photo-illustration services to a long list of corporate clients. His work with Adobe Systems started in 1994 when they invited him to help develop the first Adobe Classroom in a Book. In addition to his graphic design work, he is a veteran Photoshop-jockey and his digital collage illustration work has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The LA Times, and The Washington Post. His recent digital painting work can be seen online at www.andrew-faulkner.com. When Andrew's not at the studio, you can probably find him hunting down rare vinyl at one of the Bay Areas vintage record stores.