Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, 5th edition version CS5

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.

Topics include:
Features and Benefits:
- Mastering animation through the use of keyframes, motion paths, and the Graph Editor
- Blending imagery using alpha channels, masks, mattes, modes, stencils, and effects
- Extended and updated coverage of type animation, motion tracking 3D space
- Advanced subjects such as keying, rotoscoping, color management, painting, and expressions
- Information on integrating with 3D software, creating shape layers, working with audio, and more that will move you ahead of your peers