Adobe After Effects Cs6 Classroom in a Book

A tutorial driven book whereas the student completes 11 lessons total with the end goal of creating an 18 second movie playable for either television or web. (Note: This book is compatible with either the "Macintosh" or Windows" version.) These lessons are presented in a procedure-like fashion so ultimately the student learns this program with his or her "hands" rather than by verbal instruction or explanation. Each lesson is thorough and complete in teaching the student how to import various formats, manipulate them, animate, transform and composite them into a coherent animation. Also covered are lens flare effects, text effects, and adjusting live action footage. Ultimately, this book is quite competent in teaching all of the above in a step-by-step manner. Each lesson takes about a half-hour to an hour to do so if you are motivated you can burn through this entire book in a fast weekend. My animation experience is primarily with Macromedia FLASH so I figured that when I opened up the "After Effects" manual it would all come to me in a "whooshing epiphany". This was not the case since "After Effects" is quite rich in content and complexity and it requires lots of practice and detail driven tutorials to really grasp this program. Subsequently, this book provided me with the understanding and tutorials I needed to really learn this program

This book series is the way to go! You can seriously be pretty comfortable in After Effects after going through just a few chapters. The only catch is you still have to go through the chapters and put in the work to benefit from the book. Like any Adobe software, learning comes from continuous work in the program and compounds over years as overall experience. This book probably won't make you the world's greatest SFX artist, but it sure is a solid foundation that will give you a strong basic understanding of the software. I have also tried the books for InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop and can say that they are all fantastic. I highly reccomend them, even if you may know other Adobe programs already.

This was my first Classroom in a Book, so it was a surprise to realize it will only walk you through a group of projects, but there isn't a lot of WHY and explaining that You would use this tool vs. this tool for that. But for special effects software, you'd think Green Screen / Chroma Key would be one of the major topics covered - it's not in the book at all! Thank goodness for the various kind people who post tutorials on YouTube (ShootYourFriends is a great channel.) So, this book does walk you through some pretty involved projects step by step, and if you analyze what you are doing, you can learn the concepts. But the book assumes you have some glancing familiarity with Adobe products already. (HOW do you zoom in to see your picture better on the screen? I found one way, but I know someone said there's a short-cut.) The book tells you up-front that it's not the definitive guide. I'd like to know what is, though; Adobe's Help files aren't. Still a good product and a lot of good learning. I'm upgrading my review to 4 stars. It does have a lot of good knowledge densely packed in the book. And by the end of the lessons I feel pretty darn comfortable moving around in AE. Now I just need to put in the playing around time to see what all I can get it to do for me! I know I'll be going back to the book again and again for how it walked us through various effects and I can create from there.

This book not only was clear cut, but had step by step instructions on how to perform a task and it made me proficient in the use of the book. Money well spent.

I have always been a fan of the Adobe Classroom in a Book series. If you have used any of the other books, then you will be familiar with this one. There are lessons which walk you through the different features and options to use. It is very easy to follow and learn.

After Effects is a complex program, this book breaks down sections of After Effects which makes it so much easier to understand. I was planning on selling this book to the University, but I think I will keep it, so I can reference back to it..

I always say that it's not about the book, but the reader. Nevertheless, this is an amazing book for those who are starters and those who are a little more advanced in this subject. Great info, great excercises, great everything!

Adobe's "Classroom in a Book" is one of the quicker ways to pick up the software. It's hard to make a book for animation tutorials, but they often use a series of stills to show how the animation works.

I purchased this book and found very easy to follow, with step by step instructions and lessons file. Very good book.

Il libro, dotato anche di cd, si presenta come nuovo, senza nessun tratto di matita o di penna. Manuale utilissimo per iniziare ad approcciarsi al programma

Adobe After Effects is designed for the professional user and is not as intuitive or straightforward for the beginner as an Ap. If you want to get started quickly this book, which comes with all the files for the tutorials on a CD, is a very effective way to get you up and running. I love it!

Not quite done the book but it's a great guide and good reference for anyone using motion graphics as I do in my job

Compra obligada para cualquier usuario de After Effects. Permite afianzar y acrecentar los conociemientos autodidacticos que alguien como yo pueda haber tenido que hacer con After Efects. Y tener un libro de texto en casa favorece una rápida consulta, mucho mejor para el aprendizaje que unir puntos entre blog y blog.