Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, 5/e : Essential and Advanced Techniques (Paperback)

* 5th Edition of best-selling After Effects book by renowned authors Trish and Chris Meyer covers the important updates in After Effects CS4 and CS5
* Covers both essential and advanced techniques, from basic layer manipulation and animation through keying, motion tracking, and color management
* Companion DVD is packed with project files, source materials, and nearly 200 pages of bonus chapters

Trish and Chris Meyer share over 17 years of hard-earned, real-world film and video production experience inside this critically acclaimed text. More than a step-by-step review of the features in AE, readers will learn how the program thinks so that they can realize their own visions more quickly and efficiently. This full-color book is packed with tips, gotchas, and sage advice that will help users thrive no matter what projects they might encounter.

Creating Motion Graphics 5th Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the new features introduced in both After Effects CS4 and CS5. New chapters cover the revolutionary new Roto Brush feature, as well as mocha and mocha shape. The 3D section has been expanded to include working with 3D effects such as Digieffects FreeForm plus workflows including Adobe Repoussé, Vanishing Point Exchange, and 3D model import using Adobe Photoshop Extended. The print version is also accompanied by a DVD that contains project files and source materials for all the techniques demonstrated in the book, as well as nearly 200 pages of bonus chapters on subjects such as expressions, scripting, and effects.

Subjects include: Animation Techniques; Layer Management; Modes, Masks, and Mattes; Mastering 3D Space; Text Animation; Effects & Presets; Painting and Rotoscoping; Parenting, Nesting, and Collapsing; Color Management and Video Essentials; Motion Tracking and Keying; Working with Audio; Integrating with 3D Applications; Puppet Tools; Expressions; Exporting and Rendering; and much more.

* 5th Edition of best-selling After Effects book by renowned authors Trish and Chris Meyer covers the important updates in After Effects CS4 and CS5

* Covers both essential and advanced techniques, from basic layer manipulation and animation through keying, motion tracking, and color management

* Companion DVD is packed with project files, source materials, and nearly 200 pages of bonus chapters

《創建動態圖形 第五版》是由知名作者Trish和Chris Meyer所著的暢銷書籍，涵蓋了After Effects CS4和CS5的重要更新。本書介紹了基本和高級技巧，從基本圖層操作和動畫到關鍵影像、運動追蹤和色彩管理等。附帶的DVD內含有項目文件、素材和近200頁的額外章節。

Trish和Chris Meyer在這本廣受好評的書中分享了他們超過17年的實際電影和視頻製作經驗。讀者不僅可以逐步了解After Effects的功能，還能學習如何更快、更高效地實現自己的創意。這本全彩色書籍充滿了技巧、注意事項和智慧建議，將幫助用戶在任何項目中取得成功。

《創建動態圖形 第五版》已經全面修訂，以反映After Effects CS4和CS5引入的新功能。新章節涵蓋了革命性的新功能Roto Brush，以及mocha和mocha shape。3D部分已擴展，包括使用Digieffects FreeForm等3D效果的操作，以及使用Adobe Photoshop Extended進行Adobe Repoussé、Vanishing Point Exchange和3D模型導入的工作流程。印刷版本還附帶了一個DVD，其中包含書中演示的所有技術的項目文件和素材，以及近200頁的額外章節，涵蓋表達式、腳本和效果等主題。

本書的主題包括：動畫技巧；圖層管理；模式、遮罩和蒙版；精通3D空間；文字動畫；效果和預設；繪畫和剪影；父子關係、嵌套和折疊；色彩管理和視頻基礎知識；運動追蹤和關鍵影像；音頻處理；與3D應用集成；傀儡工具；表達式；導出和渲染等等。