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Title: Applying Adobe(R) After Effects Studio Techniques by Rod Harlan ISBN: 0672318563 Publisher: Sams Pub. Date: 22 December, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.83
Rating: 5
Summary: AF4 StudioTechniques is a Great Learning Tool
Comment: After Effects 4 Studio Techniques by Roderick Harlan is a welcomed addition for those of us working in the broadcast and new media fields! I've been an AE users for several years and found Roderick's book to be a great learning tool.
Each chapter is its own project, complete and self contained. This is the first techniques book I've seen that guides you through the process without having to cross-index...a nice touch! There is nothing more annoying than having to search endlessly for techniques that have previously been explored.
I also found AE4 Studio Techniques helpful with all the screenshots that correspond with each step. With as many menus and options that the end user much learn, I found his use of screenshots a huge advantage over most "teaching" manuals. This step by step method alone makes Roderick's book a must have for all AE users...regardless of skill!!
AE4 Studio Techniques is a well constructed and well thought out book. The effective use of the projects and artwork files at a size of 320x240 pixels makes it usable on any hardware. Building projects is further made easy by the excellent content found on the included CD.
AE4 Studio Techniques by Roderick Harlan is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Rating: 2
Summary: Not a good choice
Comment: If you have no idea what After Effects is, maybe this is a good choice. If you are impressed with terrible, fake-looking graphics (eg - you are in the third grade), then this book is a good choice. I made the wrong choice.
Things that are nice about the book: it holds your hand and walks you screen to screen, mouse-click to mouse-click, through the tutorials. If you have NO IDEA what you are doing, this is great.
However, the project examples are so terrible, you have no desire to go through the step-by-step process to get to the lame end-results. Who wants fake red drops of "blood" falling from Halloween text? It takes 15 pages to get to something I could blue screen together in 6 seconds in Premiere to impress my dog, my friend's infant, and maybe some ants.
If you are looking to produce something marketable with After Effects, keep right on looking past this book. But, if you know nothing, nothing at all about After Effects and maybe even computers, this book is for you!
Rating: 2
Summary: Where are the FREE video clips??? (Dishonest Offer)
Comment: I was very upset to find that the FREE royalty free clips that came with the book were nowhere to be found. Oddly, there is a readme which suggests the clips SHOULD be on the CD.
The tutorials are for beginners only. Overall a waste of money and a long time searching for something not included as promised on the book cover.
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Title: Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Volume 1: The Essentials (2nd Edition, Version 5.5) by Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer, Trish ISBN: 1578201144 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: 2002 List Price(USD): $54.95 |
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Title: Adobe After Effects 4.0 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team, Adobe Press ISBN: 0201658917 Publisher: Adobe Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: After Effects in Production by Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer, Trish ISBN: 1578200776 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: 2001 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects (With CD-ROM) by Trish Meyer, Chris Meyer ISBN: 0879306068 Publisher: CMP Books Pub. Date: 15 May, 2000 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: After Effects 4.1 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide by Antony Bolante ISBN: 0201702819 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 05 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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