Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 600 pages
- Published by: Focal Press July 24, 2006
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0240519922
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0240519920
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Book Dimensions:
9.4 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
- Weighs: 3.8 pounds
Product Review
Of all the After Effects books I looked at whilst trying to learn it, I found Angies was the most easy to use and creative.
Chris Cunningham, director of music videos, commercials and video art
a worthwhile investment for animators and artists who want to focus on creating their designs and not get bogged down in technical jargon
Steve Kilisky, Senior Product Manager, After Effects, Adobe Systems Inc.
one of my favorite demo artists in the industry. Her tutorials are always compelling, well-designed, and worthwhile.
Brian Maffit, Total Training
Angie is an outstanding guru of After Effectssitting at one of Angie's seminars brings gasps of awe from seasoned and beginner audiences alike. you will enjoy this book immensely.
John Keedwell, GBCT, GTC. British Cinematographer
Angie Taylor is the best After Effects teacher I know.
Bruce Bullis, Senior API Engineer, Adobe Dynamic Media, Adobe Systems Inc.
Creative After Effects is the ideal companion for all students of computer animation and motion graphics.
Birgitta Hosea, Course Director, London Animation Studio, Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London.
Angies work is inspired. She is a highly creative animator - inventive, witty and naturally sympathetic to individual programme's styles.
Carys Edwards, Director, Children's BBC
Whilst working through the book, readers actually create their own unique work that they can add to their portfolio.
DIGIT magazine
Macworld's buying advice: I defy anyone in computer animation and motion graphics not to benefit from this great book.
Kerry Cathro, Macworld magazine (Creative After Effects 5 was awarded a Macworld 5-Star rating ***** as a result of this review)
Enjoyable read. Rich chapters on Time, Tracking and Type Buy Angie's book. No question. Buy it.
David Bogie, review for CreativeCOW.net
'Angie has a knack for demystifying the intricacies of After Effects and coming up with creative uses of the features.'
Steve Kilisky, Senior Product Manager, After Effects, Adobe Systems Inc.
Book Description
Tools, techniques, workflow and creative inspirationall in one volume!
Reader ReviewsAs another reviewer noted, this book is filled with typographical errors as well as mistakes that make for a frustrating learning experience. Figure and file references are often wrong, causing considerable confusion. It's too bad because apparently there is a some of good information and instruction in the book. The book is written from a Mac and British perspective and has modernist type examples that might not appeal to everyone. This however doesn't explain why a proofreader wasn't used before this book was published. I haven't finished it yet and I don't know if I will. Being led down several dead ends already due to the typos, I'm getting discouraged. Update: I'm still slogging through this book (I've already highlighted places in it, so I'm pretty much stuck with keeping it) and I'm becoming more sympathetic with the reviewer who said to avoid this thing. Mistakes are rife and the grotesque images used in some of the examples (Fig. 3.21 and 7.1 especially) are real turn-offs. Everyone buying After Effects wants to use the special effects actually in the program. This book devotes a whole 34 pages out of 566 specifically to Effects. Quite a let down. Update: Finally completed this mess! Don't waste your money on this thing unless you want to see one of the most error filled books you've ever encountered. This is something a junior high student would be ashamed to submit. In addition, the freelance writer of this book apparently doesn't want anyone to really learn her "secrets" about animations, such as "talking" animals. So only just enough information is given to fill the book but not enough to really teach anyone how to accomplish the given tasks.
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