Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects: Learn the ins and outs of motion graphics, post-production, rotoscoping, and VFX

Discover the top tricks and techniques to make the most of Adobe After Effects and elevate your graphics design skills by creating real-world projects with this comprehensive illustrated guide

Key Features:

• Master After Effects through hands-on engagement with small projects, following the best practices
• Leverage the settings and uncover hidden options in After Effects to optimize your workflow
• Acquire skills and techniques that will set you apart from other graphic designers
• Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Book Description:

Visual effects and motion graphics are everywhere, shaping the film, TV, games, websites, and application landscape. Navigating a field this complex and ever-expanding demands more than mere familiarity with tools; you need to stand out to get ahead. Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects is the definitive guide that not only equips you with the essential skills to distinguish yourself, but also takes you through real projects that you can add to your portfolio.

Guided by a hands-on learning approach, you'll master the UI, workflow, and diverse projects such as text animation, shape layers, and rotoscoping. With this newfound knowledge, you'll take your graphic design and post-production skills to the next level using chroma keying, particle simulations, and 2D and 3D tracking. You'll progress faster than someone taking a formal course in Adobe After Effects! And it's not all about creating; you'll import graphics from Illustrator and Photoshop and apply post-production effects to give them a new life. Finally, you'll discover how seamlessly you can export and manage your projects, ensuring end-to-end coverage of all you need.

By the end of the book, you'll have a thorough understanding of Adobe After Effects, equipped with the skills and practice you need to propel your career in graphic design.

What You Will Learn:

• Create and customize text layers, including text animations, using shape layers
• Enhance projects with audio elements and apply audio effects to shape layers
• Develop editable motion graphics templates for Premiere Pro
• Implement color correction and grading techniques to enhance footage in projects
• Use rotoscoping to remove and mask objects seamlessly
• Generate realistic effects such as rain, fire, and smoke using particle simulations
• Master the art of compositing through Chroma Keying
• Get to grips with 2D and 3D tracking for seamless element integration

Who this book is for:

This book is for graphic designers, UX and UI designers, e-learning designers, motion graphics artists, video editors, and VFX artists. A fundamental grasp and minimal experience with After Effects will help you follow long the concepts covered in this book. Additionally, familiarity with Illustrator and Photoshop will provide an added advantage.

發現頂尖的技巧和技巧，以充分利用Adobe After Effects並通過創建實際項目提升您的圖形設計技能，本書是一本全面的圖解指南。

主要特點：
- 通過參與小型項目的實踐，掌握After Effects，遵循最佳實踐
- 利用After Effects中的設置並發現隱藏的選項，以優化工作流程
- 獲得與其他圖形設計師區分開來的技能和技巧
- 購買印刷版或Kindle版書籍，可獲得免費的PDF電子書

書籍描述：
視覺效果和動態圖形無處不在，塑造著電影、電視、遊戲、網站和應用程序的風景。在這個複雜且不斷擴大的領域中導航需要的不僅僅是對工具的熟悉，您需要脫穎而出才能取得成功。《Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects》是一本權威指南，不僅為您提供區分自己所需的基本技能，還將帶您進行真實項目，以便將其添加到您的作品集中。

在實踐學習方法的指導下，您將掌握UI、工作流程以及文本動畫、形狀圖層和剪影等各種項目。憑藉這些新獲得的知識，您將使用色度鍵、粒子模擬以及2D和3D跟踪將您的圖形設計和後期製作技能提升到新的水平。您將比參加Adobe After Effects正式課程的人進步更快！而且這不僅僅是創建；您還將從Illustrator和Photoshop導入圖形並應用後期效果，使它們焕發新生。最後，您將發現您可以無縫地導出和管理項目，確保您所需的全面覆蓋。

通過閱讀本書，您將對Adobe After Effects有透徹的了解，並具備推動您在圖形設計領域發展所需的技能和實踐。

您將學到什麼：
- 創建和自定義文本圖層，包括使用形狀圖層的文本動畫
- 通過音頻元素增強項目並對形狀圖層應用音頻效果
- 為Premiere Pro開發可編輯的動態圖形模板
- 實施色彩校正和分級技術，以增強項目中的素材
- 使用剪影技術無縫地移除和遮罩物體
- 使用粒子模擬生成逼真的效果，如雨、火和煙
- 通過色度鍵合成藝術
- 熟練掌握2D和3D跟踪，實現元素的無縫整合

本書適合對象：
本書適合圖形設計師、UX和UI設計師、電子學習設計師、動態圖形藝術家、視頻編輯師和VFX藝術家。對After Effects有基本的理解和最少的經驗將有助於您理解本書中涵蓋的概念。此外，熟悉Illustrator和Photoshop將提供額外的優勢。