Rating: 
Summary: Totally useless and definately NOT wanted
Review: Wow, this book is really bad. I really can't tell who it was written for: all of these projects were done on a pc for starters, so whenever the authors leave the AE application to use an NLE, they refer to Premiere!... Who in the real world of motion graphics is actually still using Premiere? I don't know of any... AE and Final Cut Pro on a Mac are the norm for this kind of work (in the U.S., at least).
Also, the best 2 pieces of work in the book were created in 3D Studio Max and NOT AE!! Most of the sample projects on the CD require plug-ins that are not contained on the CD (not even demo versions!) plus you have to locate/re-link nearly all of the footage just to open any AE project on the disk (Note: some of the footage doesn't even seem to exist at all) and there are few "final" example movies.
The tips/work procedure also seems to be dreadful too... I'm not sure if these guys actually know how to use AE - some of their procedures are so cumbersome that it's unbelievable.
This book is completely useless and NOT recommended at all.
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