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Digital Moviemaking with Adobe Video Bundle: Premiere, After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, Encore DVD, Flash

Dmitry Kiryanov, Elena Kiryanova

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Editorial Review:

This resource provides instructions and tips on a broad range of tools and techniques for the Adobe Video Bundle available in Windows-based video production. The sequence of actions required for creating a digital movie is demonstrated with simple examples, including video capturing with Premiere; linear editing with Premiere and After Effects; sound processing, effects, and titles with After Effects, Flash, and Premiere; DVD authoring with Premiere and Encore DVD; and video export with Premiere, Encore DVD, After Effects, and Flash. The storing and processing of video and sound on a PC is explained, and the main parameters of video files are described. Video enthusiasts are provided with on-demand access to hundreds of professional-quality functionalities such as special effects, image stabilization, automated editing, color correction, noise removal, and digital surround sound, maintaining total ease of use from start to finish and covering a wide range of special effects that allow the user to create a dynamic movie.

Digital imaging supplement -- shape.(Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premier used in Savannah R-III Elementary School): An article from: ... (Technological Horizons In Education)

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This digital document is an article from T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education), published by T.H.E. Journal, LLC on October 1, 2001. The length of the article is 3964 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Digital imaging supplement -- shape.(Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premier used in Savannah R-III Elementary School)
Publication: T H E Journal (Technological Horizons In Education) (Refereed)
Date: October 1, 2001
Publisher: T.H.E. Journal, LLC
Volume: 29 Issue: 3 Page: 66(6)

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After Effects 5 (Diseno Y Creatividad)

Adobe Press

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Applying Adobe(R) After Effects Studio Techniques

Rod Harlan

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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

I feel a bit ripped of - sorry 1 out of 5 stars.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful.

Man, I can't believe I bought this book. It is only for total beginners but it doesn't say that on the editorial. Not only does it lack anything but simple everyday techniques but it also uses tacky project examples (not that I insulted my self by trying any).

Just goes to show, you should always read the Amazon reviews.

the worst after-effects book i read so far 1 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

This book has a large quantity of tutorials but no real quality. I was very disappointed when i got it. Not only are the tutorials very basic but also badly designed. When you look at the pictures and the example-movies of the final results it doesn't really make you want to even read how it was done (with a bit of experience with After Effects you'll already know it anyway).
A lot of the free goodies that were supposed to be on the second CD are missing.

Don't waste your money on this one. Instead I recommend the books "Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects" and "After Effects in production" by Chris and Trish Meyer as well as the "Classroom in a book"-books for version 4 and 5.

Editorial Review:

An intermediate level instructional guide with tutorials showcasing techniques that will allow readers to create special effects, multi-layer Photoshop and Illustrator files, animation for Web banners, character effects, and other images, and more, using Adobe After Effects. The two CDs contain exercises for the text, and video and music for applications. Softcover.

Adobe After Effects 4.0 Classroom in a Book

Adobe Creative Team

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Total reviews: 23 Average rating: 3.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Adobe After Effects 4.0 Classroom in a Book is an excellent resource for new users of this digital video animation and compositing program. The new edition has been updated with coverage of enhanced and new features in the latest version of After Effects.

The early chapters clearly explain the interface and the basics of using the software, while the later chapters describe complex effects use for television and film, such as syncing animation to a soundtrack and proper blue-screen keying techniques.

In tutorial fashion, each chapter builds on the information and instruction presented earlier. The project in chapter 4 uses multilayered Photoshop files imported as After Effects compositions--but it is in chapters 2 and 3 where you learn what a composition is and how to use nested compositions.

There is also a 20-page technical appendix, which discusses critical production issues like the differences between a computer's RGB color space and video's NTSC color space, video aspect ratios (not all pixels are square), and field interlacing.

Although an excellent book, it is not without a few flaws. None of the screen shots in the appendix have been updated to version 4 of the application. This doesn't affect the content, and all the information is technically accurate, but it does make one wonder whether the book was rushed to print. And although After Effects is widely used for creating animated GIFs for Web sites and Quicktime movies for both the Web and CD-ROMs, none of the chapters discuss the use of the animated GIF exporter or the best way to make the smallest (most compressed) Quicktime movie for the Web.

In spite of these shortcomings, this book is a great update to what is a fine series from Adobe Press. --Mike Caputo

Learning After Effects 5

Calvin Wood

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Learning After Effects 5 with Bruce Heavin and Calvin Wood offers a thorough overview of the most essential features of the standard version of this incredible new release of After Effects! Designed to get beginners up to speed quickly and efficiently, the program walks you through fundamental to intermediate features. You will create animated compositions as you learn everything from simple transformations using Keyframes, Effects, Masks, and Track Mattes, to more advanced concepts covering Photoshop and Illustrator integration, 3D Layers, Lights, Multiple Cameras, Expressions, Parenting, and Compositing. Apx. 8.5 hours.

Learning After Effects 5

Calvin Wood

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Learning After Effects 5 with Bruce Heavin and Calvin Wood offers a thorough overview of the most essential features of the standard version of this incredible new release of After Effects! Designed to get beginners up to speed quickly and efficiently, the program walks you through fundamental to intermediate features. You will create animated compositions as you learn everything from simple transformations using Keyframes, Effects, Masks, and Track Mattes, to more advanced concepts covering Photoshop and Illustrator integration, 3D Layers, Lights, Multiple Cameras, Expressions, Parenting, and Compositing. Apx. 8.5 hours.