After Effects CS4 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide (Paperback)

Here to get filmmakers, Web designers, broadcasters, and digital artists of all kinds up to speed on After Effects CS4—and in time to meet their next deadline—is everyone's favorite task-based guide. Through step-by-step instructions, enhanced by tips, sidebars, and plenty of visual aids, veteran video editor Antony Bolante shows readers how to effectively and efficiently import and manage footage, view and edit layers, apply effects, animate type, and more. They'll learn about key features with real world examples of how and when features should be used, including what's new in After Effects CS4: the addition of Imagineer System’s Mocha for Adobe After Effects, which allows users to do motion tracking for difficult shots; the ability to export rich media compositions from After Effects to Adobe Flash; searchable timelines and projects, plus easier composition navigation; the ability to import Photoshop 3D layers; independent keyframing of X, Y, and Z axis positions; the new Cartoon effect for creating an animated look to live footage; and many more enhancements.

這本大家喜愛的基於任務的指南，旨在幫助電影製片人、網頁設計師、廣播人員和數位藝術家們快速掌握 After Effects CS4，以便趕上下一個截止日期。資深影片編輯 Antony Bolante 通過逐步指示、提示、側邊欄和豐富的視覺輔助，向讀者展示如何有效且高效地導入和管理素材、查看和編輯圖層、應用特效、動畫排版等等。讀者將通過實際案例學習關鍵功能的使用方法和時機，包括 After Effects CS4 的新功能：添加了 Imagineer System's Mocha for Adobe After Effects，使用戶能夠對困難的鏡頭進行運動追蹤；將豐富的媒體組合從 After Effects 匯出到 Adobe Flash；可搜索的時間軸和項目，以及更簡單的組合導航；導入 Photoshop 3D 圖層的能力；獨立關鍵幀控制 X、Y 和 Z 軸位置；用於將實時影片創建成動畫外觀的新卡通效果；以及許多其他增強功能。