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Summary: 1 of 2 best
Review: All you can find about after effects. With volume 2 they will be the no1 course for after effects user.
Rating:
Summary: 1 of 2 best
Review: All you can find about after effects. With volume 2 they will be the no1 course for after effects user.
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Summary: No other like it.
Review: best book without a doubt. even if you're not a beginner/intermediate you'll find amazing secrets that will save you time & money.
A true investment, forget the "bible" & the likes...
Outstanding work all around!!
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Summary: Leaves Classroom in a book - in the dust!
Review: I am learning AE, and had been going through the CIB from Adobe, and after seeing reviews for this book, decided to give it a try.
What a difference! - I went through just a few examples and learned a lot, far more efficient that the CIB, and with the extra Effects makes this book worth every nickle.
If you are learning AE, BUY THIS BOOK!
(Note that AE 6 is coming out in Aug 2003 - so this will be a little out of date in a few months - but still will be the best set of books out there).
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I won't reiterate the praise that other reviewers have lavished on this book, though I share their sentiments. I just want to note that the book might be a bit overwhelming to absolute beginners. The information comes in a flood. By all means buy this book, but take the time to get familiar with AE's interface first, before launching in on the Meyer's text.I was an occasional AE user who had to suddenly focus on the software for a particular project. I was delighted to find that the Meyers answered almost all of my nagging, long-term questions about the program as if they had received a printed wish list from my subconscious. I look forward to ramping up my AE skills with their other works.
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Summary: Excellent
Review: I won't reiterate the praise that other reviewers have lavished on this book, though I share their sentiments. I just want to note that the book might be a bit overwhelming to absolute beginners. The information comes in a flood. By all means buy this book, but take the time to get familiar with AE's interface first, before launching in on the Meyer's text. I was an occasional AE user who had to suddenly focus on the software for a particular project. I was delighted to find that the Meyers answered almost all of my nagging, long-term questions about the program as if they had received a printed wish list from my subconscious. I look forward to ramping up my AE skills with their other works.
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Summary: Hunter Gatherer
Review: If you wish to learn to fish, these titles are for you. Techniques and tools are introduced in such manner as to spark the creative drive. If you wish the catch brought cleaned and prepared then look elsewhere. The dynamic teaching style has lasting impact, offering practical, time saving methods. Trish and Chris shape the philoshopy as well as the techniques of Motion Graphic design. Peace
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Summary: An eye-opening, full-color reference and tutorial
Review: Now in an updated and expanded second edition which covers version 5.5, Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects Volume 1: The Essentials is an eye-opening, full-color reference and tutorial written for Adobe "After Effects" users of all skill and experience levels. "Learner friendly" step-by-step tutorials effectively teach the reader how to exploit the animation capabilities of the software from layering, to learning how to represent motion paths and velocity, to masking, track mattes, and lighting in three dimensions, and more. A superb "how-to" self-teaching and highly recommended reference for aspiring computer artists and digital video makers, Creating Motion Graphics With After Effects is accompanied with a CD-ROM containing a completed user-oriented and accessible tutorial enhanced with hundreds of movies, stills, objects and audio clips, as well as the tryout version of Adobe After Effects 5.5 for the Macintosh or Windows.
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Summary: Chocked Full of Useful Info!
Review: This book really made me look deep inside After Effects and unleash its real potential. I thought I knew it pretty well, but Chris and Trish Meyer run you through all the tools and techniques to get up and running creating motion graphics with After Effects. No wonder this book is used in so many college programs!
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Summary: Not the best, but it's decent.
Review: This book takes you step by step in a very methodical matter, making sure you don't get too ahead of yourself. But it kind of stops there in terms of its plus sides. Some of the downsides include the excessive use of text to illustrate simple points, and also the content/examples are uninspiring to work with. Other than that, it really covers all the basics in detail, or at least enough to get you feeling comfortable working in After Effects.
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