After Effects 5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide

After Effects is Adobe's remarkably powerful motion graphics and visual effects software. It's used by film and video producers who want to add visual effects to their films, as well as Web designers who want to add motion to their typography and design work. Version 5.0 now offers exciting new features, such as 3D compositing, hierarchical layering, 16-bit color channel capability, and powerful new animation and masking enhancements. After Effects 5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide uses practical, task-based, visually formatted lessons to lead intermediate-to-advanced users through the After Effects interface and work environment, then moves on to explain how to import and manage footage, create compositions, view and edit layers, create masks, apply effects, and much more. The Visual QuickPro Guide approach emphasizes step-by-step instructions and concise explanations.

If you're a seasoned graphics professional, After Effects 5 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickPro Guide is the quickest, easiest way to take your skills to the next level, whether you have previous experience with After Effects or not.

After Effects is Adobe's remarkably powerful motion graphics and visual effects software. It's used by film and video producers who want to add visual effects to their films, as well as Web designers who want to add motion to their typography and design work. Version 5.0 now offers exciting new features, such as 3D compositing, hierarchical layering, 16-bit color channel capability, and powerful new animation and masking enhancements. After Effects 5 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide uses practical, task-based, visually formatted lessons to lead intermediate-to-advanced users through the After Effects interface and work environment, then moves on to explain how to import and manage footage, create compositions, view and edit layers, create masks, apply effects, and much more. The Visual QuickPro Guide approach emphasizes step-by-step instructions and concise explanations.

Antony Bolante is the author of After Effects 4.1 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide and Premiere 6 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide. He works at Video Arts, an editorial and design facility in San Francisco. A freelance editor, he teaches editing to graduate and undergraduate students using Avid Media Composer, Media 100, Premiere, and of course, After Effects.