Video Effects Master After Effects 6.0 Complete Self-Learning Manual

Author: Wang Zhixin
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Publish Date: 2004-03-02
Features: Adobe's After Effects, a professional nonlinear editing software for high-end video production, focuses entirely on professional video editing. It not only provides numerous film and video editing techniques, ensuring that a wide range of colorful and dazzling visual effects can be achieved using the system's built-in functions, but also offers significant openness, supporting many third-party-developed effects plugins. After Effects has increasingly broad applications, not only successfully used in post-production of digital video, advanced compositing for film and television advertising, but also applicable to various forms of multimedia production and the internet. With continuous updates and upgrades of the software, its functionality has become even more powerful. The recently released After Effects 6.0 version still includes key features and attributes of other Adobe systems, allowing easy import of layer files from Photoshop and Illustrator, as well as project files from Premiere. Moreover, when importing these composite elements, the original characteristics and attributes of the source files are preserved, such as Photoshop's adjustment layer properties and layer blending modes, as well as Premiere project file transitions and scene transition settings. Of course, the more significant new features introduced include: powerful text tools; fully integrated vector drawing tools; OpenGL support to speed up preview and rendering; more precise motion tracking systems; 16 new powerful filters; and more flexible material refinement and solid layer operations. This book provides a detailed explanation of the typical special effects functions of After Effects 6.0, offering clear operational steps, especially for the combination of multiple filters to achieve precise creative effects. It caters to both beginners with introductory knowledge and intermediate to advanced readers in the film and television advertising industry with more challenging techniques. Through example-based instruction, it inspires readers' imagination and enhances their comprehensive software usage skills, enabling them to apply the knowledge broadly, broaden their creative thinking, and truly use the software as a powerful tool for film and television packaging design. This helps to expand creative ideas, improve design quality and work efficiency, and more directly and perfectly realize their own creativity. Special thanks are extended to Zhang Jianhua, host of the CCTV Weather Program, for providing the image materials.
Author Introduction:
Wang Zhixin: Senior film and television producer with extensive experience in 3D and post-production compositing.
Zhang Yanyan: Graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts, senior film and television producer with outstanding creative design skills. They jointly completed projects such as: CCTV-1 "Noon Weather Service" overall packaging, CCTV-1 "World City Weather Forecast" overall packaging, CCTV-2 Weather Forecast overall packaging, CCTV-12 "Nature and Universe" overall packaging. Hebei TV Station: "China Hebei" promotional video, "News Angle" opening sequence, "Police Report" overall packaging. Huafeng Innovation Network promotional video, China Xixia National Geopark promotional packaging. Shandong TV Station: "Shandong Welfare Lottery" opening sequence. Travel TV Station: "China Welfare Lottery Double Color Ball."
This book is written by Wang Zhixin and Zhang Yanyan, with contributions from Liu Xin, Zhou Xuan, Ning Ke, Wang Qing, Fu Xiaoqing, Liu Jieping, Zhou Jian, Yu Wei, Gong Ruinan, Ni Wancheng, Li Qing, Wang Daizhi, Xu Bing, Wu Shuning, Guo Cheng, Zeng Guangyin, Jia Chaofeng, Li Bin, Cheng TaoYa, Lin Li, Li Jianqiang, Zhao Yong, and Wang Jindong. It is an excellent textbook that teaches how to quickly learn and master the use of the latest video editing software, After Effects 6.0.
From the perspective of being easy to teach, learn, and practical, the author has designed the book based on the common usage habits of industry professionals. Using a combination of firsthand, typical, and exciting examples, the book fully demonstrates the powerful functions of After Effects 6.0.
Main Content: The book consists of 7 chapters and an appendix. The first 7 chapters introduce the new features of After Effects 6.0, basic material processing, 3D functions, particles and combustion effects, motion and tracking, dynamic lighting effects, and advanced application techniques. The appendix provides the shortcut keys for After Effects 6.0 for easy reference.
Book Features:
1. The explanation of key software functions is integrated into practical examples, allowing readers to learn by doing, improving step by step, and breaking through traditional theoretical and practical teaching methods.
2. The content is rich and detailed, with experience and examples that are highly instructive and operationally strong, making it easy to apply in practice.
3. The structure is clear, detailed, and progressive, with a focus on key points, beautiful visuals, and a combination of text and images, greatly stimulating readers' interest in learning.
4. 61 practical examples are closely tied to the use of software functions, fully colored, making learning easy and accessible.
5. The CD content is rich and practical, greatly improving learning efficiency and achieving results with minimal effort.
CD Content:
- Project Files: Provides 3D scene model files, textures, and post-production composite project files required for the book's examples.
- Example Demonstrations: Offers animation files for the final visual effects of each example.
- Premium Showcase: Provides sample clips of excellent TV program openings for reference and inspiration.
Target Audience: This book serves as both a reference tool for professionals in 3D animation design, film and television advertising design, and film and television post-production, as well as a preferred textbook for computer animation majors in higher education institutions and social film and television post-production training programs. One of the best ways to learn is to stand on the shoulders of giants. This book is the stepping stone to help you enter the elite circle of film and television post-production!