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Book ReviewsCreating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Volume 1: The Essentials (2nd Edition, Version 5.5) |
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Book: Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Volume 1: The Essentials (2nd Edition, Version 5.5)
Written by: Trish Meyer Chris Meyer |
Publisher: CMP Books
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5
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Great teachers, great book
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5 / 5
This series is an absolute must for any user of After Effects. Even an experienced user can need a quick refresher on some seldom used features, since the software is so deep and vast. As a 10 year user of AE, I can attest that this book is a better option for quick reference than a video training series. In response to the reviewer who said he had missing files, that was just operator error. If you copy the files from the DVD to your hard drive and it gives you a message saying you have missing files, you just have to point the software to the location you copied the tutorial to. Chris and Trish Meyer are invaluable resources to the AE community. Their books will be invaluable additions to your library.
This book should be the user's manual!
Rating:
5 / 5
This book should come with AE! I'd give up the printed Abobe manual (but keep the online help file).
I agree with the other reviewers that Chap 1 can be tough to get through if you know nothing about AE. I got stuck on Step 4 because the text referred to "..the A/V Switches column..". Turns out the column is actually called the A/V FEATURES column. (I had to look in the online help file to figure out what the tutorial was talking about.) I was able to muddle my way through the rest of the tutorial because I've worked with Premiere and a little with Photoshop CS.
Other than that, the book is fantastic. I'm currently starting Chapter 4 after ~16 hrs invested. I would definitely buy it again. In fact, when the 3rd Edition is printed for Volume 2 of the series I will be buying it!
Not the best, but it's decent.
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3 / 5
This book takes you step by step in a very methodical matter, making sure you don't get too ahead of yourself. But it kind of stops there in terms of its plus sides. Some of the downsides include the excessive use of text to illustrate simple points, and also the content/examples are uninspiring to work with. Other than that, it really covers all the basics in detail, or at least enough to get you feeling comfortable working in After Effects.
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