Adobe After Effects 3.1 Classroom in a book

Classroom in a Book is self-paced, so you can learn Adobe After Effects wherever and when ever you choose, in whatever time you have available. You'll be up and running faster--and with more complete understanding of your Adobe software--than you would with other approaches to software productivity.

CD-ROM included. The files on the cross-platform CD included with this workbook were created specifically for Classroom in a Book. You'll use these files, along with your Adobe After Effects software, to work through the lessons. The book's illustrations and text will guide you to the results you'll see on your screen. With the Classroom in a Book approach, you learn the most effective way possible--by doing it yourself!

Adobe After Effects 3.1 Classroom in a Book

Classroom in a Book covers a wide range of features, tools, and techniques of Adobe After Effects 3.1. Even if you are familiar with Adobe After Effects, take the time to review all the lessons--you'll be surprised by how much you learn if you are a novice, work with each lesson as many times as you want, and then move on to the next lesson. By the end of the book, you'll know After Effects like a pro!

Classroom in a Book: Adobe After Effects 3.1 includes the following topics:

• Assembling movies
  
• Compositioning multiple layers
  
• Animating with keyframes
  
• Setting masks and mattes
  
• Animating Adobe Photoshop® layers
  
• Applying special effects
  
• Using advanced motion controls
  
• Using color keys
  
• Synchronizing audio with video
  
• Rendering movies
  

  What you need to use this book
  

• Adobe After Effects software version 3.1 for either Macintosh or Windows operating systems. (This book's CD does not include Adobe After Effects software.)
  
• A CD-ROM player to access the files on the enclosed CD
  
• Familiarity with the tools, interface, and documentation of Adobe After Effects at a beginning to intermediate level