Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Classroom in a Book

Visual effects and motion graphics pros of all stripes--from broadcast professionals to VFX supervisors to Web designers who need to produce occasional video segments--will welcome the dramatically accelerated features provided in the brand-new After Effects CS3 This best-selling book has been revised to cover all that's new in this upgrade: Shape layers, which enables users to easily create and animate shapes; Puppet tool, which you can use to animate a 2D image like a marionette; powerful integration with Photoshop CS3; new support for Flash designers; the new Brainstorm panel, which lets you preview an array of different visual possibilities in one gorgeous panel; complete color management workflow; Adobe Clip Notes, which lets you attach comments directly to a composition; Adobe Device Central CS3, which lets you preview and test animations for mobile devices, and more. Designed around a single complex project that's broken down into manageable lessons, this book-and-DVD package mimics a real-world workflow--but one that readers tackle at their own pace. The DVD contains all the lesson files and footage readers need to complete the lessons.


Educational instructor notes—created to help teachers plan, organize, and time their lessons—are available for this book (and for other Classroom in a Book titles) at www.peachpit.com/instructorresources.

Customer Reviews

Average Customer Review




Not so hot, November 20, 2009
By James M. Forrest (wash dc)
I found the book hard to understand and somewhat disjointed unlike Adobe Premiere CS3 in a book which is excellent. But the author of this book leave much to be desired. Hard to follow and leaves out important info.



I'm an Adobe Addict, September 7, 2009
By S. Howes (USA)
I've used micro-computers, personal computers, PCs, whatever you want to call them, since 1984. I have Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Master Collection. I use it for my video production and photography. I teach video production and photography. The books are really good for how I work.



Pulls you through accurately, May 31, 2009
By J. Hemphill (Louisiana)
While I was pretty familiar with NLE editing, the tools and effects of After Effects stumped me. Classroom in a Book lead me in and is opening up lots of doors. Well written and realistic projects. Good pace. I'm getting a lot out of it, at my own pace. And very importantly for a newbie, if it say's a screen looks like this, it does look like that and works just as described. This level of correlation between the text and real world is very important when you're trying to do something complex. Builds confidence.



Better Off Using After Effects Apprentice, March 2, 2009
By DC
Classroom in a Book is superficial at best. It contains numerous errors that make the lessons difficult to follow.

I would recommend Trish & Chris Meyers' "After Effects Apprentice", which is a much better book for beginniers to intermediate users. It is very detailed and the lessons were very easy to follow. These people know their stuff. I learned so much more in the Apprentice book than in the Classroom book.



not for reference or help, just good for following their lessons, October 6, 2008
By digitalartist (usa)
I had to buy this book for school.It's full of lessons you follow along with, using art and graphics provided on a CD. As far as reference or help with your own projects, forget it. Your better off googling your question. If following along is all you need then, it's a nice book. The puppet stuff is OK. That helped a bit in learing it.
I had a question about nesting, they said it was pg 19. They just tell you what it is, not how to do it. ( Creativecow.com had a video explaining it)
I would not recommend this book.