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After Effects 5.5 Magic
- By Nathan Moody, Mark Christiansen
- Published Mar 11, 2002 by New Riders.
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- Copyright 2002
- Edition: 1st
- Book
- ISBN-10: 0-7357-1144-5
- ISBN-13: 978-0-7357-1144-0
In the right hands, After Effects can be a creatively enabling motion design tool. With After Effects 5.5 Magic, you can leverage its capabilities. Written by some of the world's top motion graphics experts, this book provides the kind of first-hand advice and practiced techniques that can improve your efficiency and help you hone your skills.
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Table of Contents
Introduction.
1. Cel-Style Animation Tricks.
2. Algorithmic Video Distortion.
3. SWF Export from After Effects.
4. Green-Screen Compositing and Other Keying Techniques.
5. Adding a Realistic Touch to a Composite.
6. Animating Layers from Photoshop and Illustrator.
7. Logo Animation with 3D.
8. 3D Images and 3D Layers.
9. Building Virtual Sets.
10. Motion Graphics-The Next Level.
11. 3D Match Moves Using 2D Tracking.
12. Elementary Expressions.
13. Using Arrays, Math, and Loops in Expressions.
14. Randomization with Expressions.
15. Animating Without Keyframes.
16. How to Draw with Spirograph!
17. Synchronizing Motion with Audio.
Appendix A. What's on the CD.
Index.
Appendixes on the CD-ROM.
Appendix B. The Digital Motion Design Studio.Appendix C. The NTSC DV Video Standard and QuickTime.Appendix D. Expressions Explained.Appendix E. Difference Mattes.Appendix F. No Budget? Build a Do-It-Yourself Green Screen!
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