TY  - BOOK
AU  - Meyer,Trish
AU  - Meyer,Chris
TI  - After Effects apprentice: real-world skills for the aspiring motion graphics artist 
SN  - 9780240811369 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - TR 858 M49A 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Elsevier/Focal Press
KW  - ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS
KW  - CINEMATOGRAPHY
KW  - SPECIAL EFFECTS
KW  - DATA PROCESSING
KW  - COMPUTER ANIMATION
KW  - COMPUTER GRAPHICS
N1  - Includes appendix and index; Pre-roll : exploring the After Effects landscape -- Basic animation : building your first animation while you learn a typical After Effects workflow; Advanced animation: manipulating keyframes to create more refined animations; Layer control: learning how to trim layers and enhance them using Blending Modes and effects; Creating transparency: using masks, mattes, and stencils to cut out portions of a layer; Type and music: animating text and working with music are essential to motion graphics design; Parenting and nesting: grouping layers to make them easier to coordinate; Expressions and time games: using expressions and playing with time; 3D space: adding a new dimension to your animations; Track and key: tackling several essential skills for creating special effects; Paint and puppet: exploring Paint, the Puppet Tools, and Brainstorm; Shape layers: creating and animating vector-based shapes; Final project: using 3D space plus effects to create a show's opening title
ER  -