The After Effects Illusionist: All the Effects in One Complete Guide
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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 others:
- The 3D Camera Tracker
- The Cycore effects
- Matte tools, including Keylight and Refine Matte
- Color correction tools
- A wide array of pattern generating tools
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 ([email protected]) with their receipt and Focal Press will grant access to the companion files.
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12 reviews for The After Effects Illusionist: All the Effects in One Complete Guide
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S. Wilson –
This book is in excellent condition and arrived on time. I have just started using After Effects, and wished to know more about all the effects in the program. This book is very informative
Pedro –
It seems very in-depth. It’s not very intuitive and it doesn’t motivate me t read it the way it’s set up, but at least it’s a decent resource for any effects I have never used before.
Jason Hanmer –
Much better that the standard Adobe text book. REALLY well laid out, and it’s been written in a way to engage you into learning.
This is a big recommend.
Amazon Customer –
Often when I use After Effects I end up only using a small handful of the effects available. Something I assume a lot of people do as well.
There are plenty of effects that most people try once, don’t see any difference and never try again. The After Effects Illusionist is essentially a guided tour down the effects menu to show what they all do and how to best use them in your After Effects work.
Chad Perkins lets you know which effects are essential (including some alternative uses for them) and which ones are basically useless. And thankfully there’s a CD with the project files, since most of these effects are hard to demonstrate in still pictures alone.
It is disappointing that the standard 3rd party effects like Keylight or the Cycore effects aren’t covered since they’re so powerful. There is one small blurb saying they are covered on the book’s website, but that doesn’t seem to be true. Considering the included CD contains a few final chapters, one more on those effects wouldn’t be that hard to add.
The After Effects Illusionist is a book it wouldn’t hurt to keep by your desk. It’s bound to expand your After Effects vocabulary.
tony jesus guillamon –
i biught this to help me with some personal projects, it is useful, but does not give you loads of easy to understand knowledge