After Effects in Production: A Companion for Creating Motion Graphics, 2/e
內容描述
Descriptions:
Take your After Effects skills to a new level! Twelve step-by-step
tutorials, designed by industry professionals, explore a variety of creative
approaches as they teach useful design concepts and production techniques.
Updated for After Effects 6.5, this new edition covers the most significant
Version 5 and 6 features including 3D space, cameras, lights, parenting, text,
animation presets, paint, and expressions. Each carefully structured project
presents the "why" behind the steps, so you can adapt these techniques to your
own designs and motion graphics work. All contain timeless concepts that will
be of use for many years to come.
After Effects in Production also contains six case studies of
commercial projects created by award-winning studios such as ATTIK, Belief,
Curious Pictures,The Diecks Group, Fido, and the authors' own studio,
CyberMotion.These detail the integration of After Effects, 3D programs, live
action, and a variety of animation techniques, revealing the artistic concepts
behind the spots as well as the inventive techniques used to execute them. The
enclosed DVD contains QuickTime movies of each of the final animations,
allowing you to step through them frame-by-frame so you can examine them in
detail.
Topics include:
Mastering 3D space features, including cameras, lights, shadows, and
orientation
Employing parenting, precomposing, and expressions to group layers
Refining animations with keyframe assistants, expressions, and velocity
curves
Universal design concepts that can be applied to any version of After
Effects
DVD contains: All projects and sources, QT movies of finished tutorials and
case studies, plus free footage and plug-ins. Includes Tryout version of Adobe
After Effects 6.5 (Mac or Windows).
USER LEVEL: Intermediate to Advanced.
