Ready to learn the visual effects techniques used at such leading-edge studios as Industrial Light + Magic and The Orphanage? Adobe After Effects 7.0 Studio Techniques inspires you to take your work to the next level with real-world examples and insider techniques. With this under-the-hood, in-depth guide to Adobe's updated motion graphics and effects powerhouse, you'll get complete coverage of all the big features in After Effects 7.0: High dynamic range (HDR) 32 bit per channel color compositing, cinema preview and color management, a redesigned user interface, a new Graph Editor to animate using explicit translation curves, retiming effects using Timewarp, and dozens of other enhancements. Get blockbuster results without the big budget as you delve deep into the essence of visual effects. This book goes beyond conventional step-by-step instruction, teaching you bread-and-butter effects that you can adapt and combine for countless projects.
 
 

• Real solutions from real professionals: learn the techniques and approach used to create shots for big-budget special effects films.

• Compositing essentials: No matter how sophisticated the effect, they all begin with the same building blocks. Find out what you've been missing about color and light matching, keying, motion tracking, rotoscoping, working with film, and more.

•  Advanced techniques: Your goal should be effects so good that no one notices them. From sky replacement to explosions, from smoke to fire, learn to bring your shots to life and enhance scenes without anyone ever knowing what they're seeing isn't 100% real.

• Companion CD-ROM: Professional tools produce professional results. The book’s companion disc includes plenty of sample projects including HD footage from Pixel Corps and the Artbeats Digital Film Library, as well as more than a dozen plug-ins and programs that you can use to build up and customize your own effects.

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Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 28 Ratings

Great Book, one to keep by your side while in AE - 2007-08-23
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This book is everything I had expected it to be. Not a tutorial book, but more a reference tool. Get in a jam, look it up and you will get ideas on how to get out, or workarounds.

Good for intermediate and advanced users - 2007-05-15
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This book is good for people that know how to use After Effects already. It's a good book though full of illustrations and tips but lacks tutorials which would enrich the book a little more...If you are looking for a book to start using After Effects the best book is Adobe After Effects 7 Hands-On Training from Chad Fahs with Lynda Weinman. You read that book and you learn everything needed to work with After Effets 7, Full of tutorials, hi quality paper, color print, and tips all over the book. Simply amazing!

More Info than Expected - 2009-11-10
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This book will give you good information on After Effects, Photoshop, Video and Photography in general. Any one who works with computers and video or photos will benifit from reading this book. Not many step by step tutorials but ample information on how to think more like a professional before and during you work process. Although dated the information in this book is still relevent because it is not a series of steps but a series of thoughts instead.

Must have - 2008-08-16
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This book is essential for anyone trying to make his how through a somewhat complicated and full of secrets software. There's a lot of stuff that won't be found unless you thoroughly read Mark Christiansen's very detailed and clearly explained book.

After Effects 7.0 Manual - 2008-01-22
Reviewer Rating:
Great book for learning some basic after effects studio techniques. The instructions are easy to follow and the manual flows with the software.

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