The After Effects Illusionist: All the Effects in One Complete Guide

by Chad Perkins

Harness the full power of After Effects by mastering its native plug-in effects. Author Chad Perkins breaks down the creation and application of each native plug-in effect available in the After Effects toolset. He also shows you how each can be used optimally in your own media project, when and why it makes sense to use each, and how to "break the rules" by using effects in unconventional ways.

Completely updated for CS6 and revised to include coverage of Keylight and the Cycore effects, you will learn every effect from color correction to distortion to simulation and all in between, putting the full power of After Effects in your hands. Included is instruction for using, among The downloadable resources include project files, allowing you work hand-in-hand with the lessons contained in the book. Customers who buy an electronic version of the book can contact Peter Linsley (peter.linsley@taylorandfrancis.com) with their receipt and Focal Press will grant access to the companion files.

704 pages, Hardcover

First published January 15, 2009

Reviews

[VampireNovelFan]

This was just an okay reference guide. The idea is allow you to become really familiar with the native After Effects plug-ins. For what I want to create, I only found a couple of pieces of information that were useful to me. Most of this was just a general "good know" pieces. I'm still looking for the perfect guide on transitions and keying. And now with CS5, some of these effects are outdated. This book is definitely not for a novice. A lot of the knobs are left unexplained. You're just told to adjust it, and not understand how it adds or detracts to the effect. You should learn the use After Effects the right way, and then maybe look into this book to learn the alternative tricks.

*Review also posted to Amazon