After effects in production a tutorial companion from the authors of Creating motion graphics with after affects

Take your After Effects skills to a new level! Twelve step-by-step tutorials, designed by industry professionals, explore a variety of creative approaches as they teach useful design concepts and production techniques.Updated for After Effects 6.5, this new edition covers the most significant Versio...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Meyer, Trish, 1961-, author (author), Meyer, Chris, 1961- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: San Francisco : CMP Books 2005.
Edición:2nd ed
Colección:DV expert series.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627840606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; After Effects in Production; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; How to Use This Book: How the tutorials are structured, typographic conventions, icons, version compatibility andhardware suggestions, and what you need to install.; DVD Roadmap: Where things are saved on the DVD, including free plug-ins, footage, and other goodies.; After Effects Overview: We round up the main After Effects windows and explain how to use Animation Presets.; Part 1: Tutorial
  • 1. Atomic Cafe: This extensive but easy-to-follow tutorial builds a high-energyopening title combining Illustrator files and movies, and usesSequence Layers, time remapping, blending modes, and theRadio Waves effect.2. RoboTV: How to employ Parenting to animate a multisegment robot arm.Includes importing a project as a composition, the Slip Edit tool,and motion blur.; 3. Hot but Cool: A trio of text tricks: using Paint to write on a word over time,keyframing a slamdown animation, and elementary 3D.
  • 4. Auto Tracker: An exercise in employing the Motion Tracker to attach sensor iconsto live footage. Includes working with D1 footage, 3:2 pulldown,and 16-235 luminance ranges. (Pro)5. 3D Mechanic: A guest tutorial designed by Alex Lindsay demonstrates combiningmultipass renders from a 3D program to create more realisticsurfaces and composites.; 6. Piccadilly Circus: Creatively employ 3D layers, lights, shadows, expressions, andblending modes to create a graphical look out of simple shapes.
  • 7. Underground Movement: This opening title uses the Piccadilly Circus render as a comp proxy.Includes looping Illustrator sequences and the Offset effect.8. Postcards in Space: Learn how to manage 3D space and cameras, multiple comp views,and precomposed 3D layers. Continues on the DVD with a complexproject using multiple cameras and expressions.; 9. The Planets: Introduces the camera's auto-orientation and depth-of-field features,as well as making the layers auto-orient toward the camera.
  • 10. Cosmopolis: A fun effects workout using the effects Gradient Wipe, DisplacementMap, Block Dissolve, and Knoll Light Factory LE. Includes applyingAnimation Presets.11. Just an Expression: An introduction to the powerful Expressions language. Continueson the DVD with a guided tour of a more complex project.; 12. Flamingo 4: Guest artist Kristin Harris designed this children's animation with an eye toward exploiting the SWF file output features. Also covers Parenting, and text on a curve using the new Type tool.; Part 2: Case Study
  • 1. The Diecks Group: ESPNDeportes.com: Swarming boxes, created by using a combination of masksand stencils, chase and frame video clips plus web pagesin this high-energy spot.