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Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC

By : David Dodds
Book Image

Hands-On Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects CC

By: David Dodds

Overview of this book

If you’re thinking seriously about making and publishing your videos with professional editing and animation, look no further! Adobe After Effects is a popular tool among video editors and YouTubers to enhance their videos and bring them to life by implementing visual effects and motion graphics. This book will take you right from the basics through to the advanced techniques in Adobe After Effects CC 2018. You will start by setting up your editing environment to learn and improve techniques to sharpen your video editing skills. Furthermore, you will work with basic and advanced special effects to create, modify, and optimize motion graphics in your videos. Lastly, you will not only learn how to create 2.5D animations, but also get to grips with using Cinema 4D Lite to build and animate complete 3D scenes. By the end of the book, you’ll have learned how to package a video efficiently with the help of the projects covered.
Table of Contents (6 chapters)

Part I. Section 1: Text, Layers, Characters, Animation

In this section, you will learn where the main tools and menus are. The focus is on shape and text layers, animating position, scale, rotation, opacity, and masks.

The following chapters are included in this section:

  • Chapter 1, Getting Started with After Effects
  • Chapter 2, Creating a Lower Third for a Television Show
  • Chapter 3, Using Shape Layers to Create an Animated Lyric Video
  • Chapter 4, Creating an Infographic with Character Animation
  • Chapter 5, Producing a Film Title Project Using Text Animator