Adobe After Effects CS4 Classroom in a Book: Ado Aft Eff CS4 Cla ePub_1

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Peachpit Press, Apr 16, 2010 - Computers - 99998 pages

Visual effects and motion graphics pros of all stripes - from broadcast professionals to VFX supervisors to Web designers who need to produce occasional video segments - will welcome the dramatically accelerated features provided in the brand-new After Effects CS4. This best-selling book has been revised to cover all that's new in this upgrade: the ability to import 3D layers from Photoshop; the Cartoon effect that converts live-action footage into stylized imagery; Adobe Device Central CS4, which lets you preview and test animations for mobile devices, and more. Designed around a single complex project that’s broken down into manageable lessons, this book mimics a real-world workflow - but one that readers tackle at their own pace. Contains all the lesson files and footage readers need to complete the lessons.

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Contents

GETTING STARTED
1
1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORKFLOW
8
2 CREATING A BASIC ANIMATION USING EFFECTS AND PRESETS
42
3 ANIMATING TEXT
64
4 WORKING WITH SHAPE LAYERS
96
5 ANIMATING A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION
124
6 ANIMATING LAYERS
160
7 WORKING WITH MASKS
190
9 KEYING
228
10 PERFORMING COLOR CORRECTION
256
11 BUILDING 3D OBJECTS
274
12 USING 3D FEATURES
302
13 ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES
322
14 RENDERING AND OUTPUTTING
358
Color Management in After Effects CS4
381
Index
382

8 DISTORTING OBJECTS WITH THE PUPPET TOOLS
212

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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 and Adobe's Instructional Communications team 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.

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