Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 brings together two powerful animation tools, each of which has its own specialized features and workflow. Learning to integrate Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash Professional gives you more options for your animations and effects and the power to integrate video and motion graphics into a richer user experience. In this book, authors Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld lead both types of users, those who are more familiar with either Flash or with After Effects, on using the programs together for maximum efficiency and creativity.After walking you through the core features of both programs, the authors then explore advanced uses for each application. Each chapter focuses on a particular function of the program, teaching you how to create content for Flash with After Effects, enhance your projects using 3D environments, create professional-looking video with Adobe Media Encoder, and add interactivity, accessibility, and searchability to your video. You’ll also get hands-on experience using the project files on the accompanying DVD.Within these easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons, you'll learn to:Seamlessly exchange projects and assets between After Effects and FlashShoot green screen material correctly, work with Keylight, and utilize embedded alpha channelsCreate dynamic text, vector-based animations, and “animated” video using the tools in Adobe Creative Suite 4Work with 3D cameras and lights and create 3D environmentsConvert Flash to broadcast and DVD standards with After EffectsUse Adobe Media Encoder for professional resultsCreate interactive controls and use cue points in your videoOptimize video for accessibility and use Adobe® Soundbooth® for video transcriptionUse ActionScript in your projects for more innovative animations Richard Harrington is a certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid, and an expert in motion graphic design and digital video. He is a regular contributor to Creative Cow, ProVideo Coalition, and numerous industry blogs and magazines. He also owns the visual communications company, RHED Pixel (www.rhedpixel.com) in Washington, DC. Rich is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team, chairs conferences for the National Association of Broadcasters, and has written numerous titles including Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4, Photoshop for Video, and Broadcast Graphics on the Spot.Marcus Geduld is a freelance programmer who teaches programming, design, animation, compositing, and video editing in New York City. He is the author of Premiere Pro Editing Workshop and After Effects Expressions and is the co-author of After Effects On the Spot. Marcus speaks on technical and artistic topics at numerous conferences and is an Adobe Certified Expert, a Macromedia Certified Developer, and an Avid Certified Instructor. He is artistic director of Folding Chair Classical Theatre, a New-York based company which he runs with his wife, actress Lisa Blankenship. 

Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 brings together two powerful animation tools, each of which has its own specialized features and workflow. Learning to integrate Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash Professional gives you more options for your animations and effects and the power to integrate video and motion graphics into a richer user experience. In this book, authors Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld lead both types of users, those who are more familiar with either Flash or with After Effects, on using the programs together for maximum efficiency and creativity.After walking you through the core features of both programs, the authors then explore advanced uses for each application. Each chapter focuses on a particular function of the program, teaching you how to create content for Flash with After Effects, enhance your projects using 3D environments, create professional-looking video with Adobe Media Encoder, and add interactivity, accessibility, and searchability to your video. You’ll also get hands-on experience using the project files on the accompanying DVD.Within these easy-to-follow, step-by-step lessons, you'll learn to:Seamlessly exchange projects and assets between After Effects and FlashShoot green screen material correctly, work with Keylight, and utilize embedded alpha channelsCreate dynamic text, vector-based animations, and “animated” video using the tools in Adobe Creative Suite 4Work with 3D cameras and lights and create 3D environmentsConvert Flash to broadcast and DVD standards with After EffectsUse Adobe Media Encoder for professional resultsCreate interactive controls and use cue points in your videoOptimize video for accessibility and use Adobe® Soundbooth® for video transcriptionUse ActionScript in your projects for more innovative animations Richard Harrington is a certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid, and an expert in motion graphic design and digital video. He is a regular contributor to Creative Cow, ProVideo Coalition, and numerous industry blogs and magazines. He also owns the visual communications company, RHED Pixel (www.rhedpixel.com) in Washington, DC. Rich is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team, chairs conferences for the National Association of Broadcasters, and has written numerous titles including Understanding Adobe Photoshop CS4, Photoshop for Video, and Broadcast Graphics on the Spot.Marcus Geduld is a freelance programmer who teaches programming, design, animation, compositing, and video editing in New York City. He is the author of Premiere Pro Editing Workshop and After Effects Expressions and is the co-author of After Effects On the Spot. Marcus speaks on technical and artistic topics at numerous conferences and is an Adobe Certified Expert, a Macromedia Certified Developer, and an Avid Certified Instructor. He is artistic director of Folding Chair Classical Theatre, a New-York based company which he runs with his wife, actress Lisa Blankenship. 

Solve visual problems quickly and efficiently using Adobe® After Effects® CS5.5 software by drawing on a comprehensive set of tools designed to help you meet any creative or technical challenge. With this software you can smooth a bumpy camera move, or lock a shot automatically. Its warp Stabilizer removes jitter and compensates for motion-related irregularities. Create soft-focus effects with Camera Lens Blur and set iris shape, blade curvature, and diffraction fringe characteristics for beautiful bokeh while using these same settings for fantastic depth-of-field control with the After Effects 3D camera. You can also animate and composite stereoscopic projects more easily while saving time with simplified rendering of multiple cameras, and working with an updated 3D Glasses effect. Take advantage of three-button mice for more intuitive, immediate 3D control with the Unified Camera tool. In addition, use effects to correct color, blur or sharpen images, distort footage, turn flat objects into 3D shapes, and perform many other creative feats. Control keyframe values and the timing of motion with precision using tools such as mocha for After Effects CS5.5 planar tracking, the Keyframe Graph Editor, Timewarp, and roving keyframes. Correct and optimize color in your compositions, and produce work that is film and HDTV ready using the broader range of colors available in 16- and 32-bit color modes. With all these features, the Adobe After Effects CS5.5 is the one you are looking for. This is an Upgrade Version for Adobe After Effects CS 2/3/4var wcCpi="A4973817";

Visual effects and motion graphics pros of all stripes - from broadcast professionals to VFX supervisors to Web designers who need to produce occasional video segments - will welcome the dramatically accelerated features provided in the brand-new After Effects CS4. This best-selling book has been revised to cover all that's new in this upgrade: the ability to import 3D layers from Photoshop; the Cartoon effect that converts live-action footage into stylized imagery; Adobe Device Central CS4, which lets you preview and test animations for mobile devices, and more. Designed around a single complex project that's broken down into manageable lessons, this book-and-DVD package mimics a real-world workflow - but one that readers tackle at their own pace. The DVD contains all the lesson files and footage readers need to complete the lessons.

Solve visual problems quickly and efficiently using Adobe® After Effects® CS5.5 software by drawing on a comprehensive set of tools designed to help you meet any creative or technical challenge. With this software you can smooth a bumpy camera move, or lock a shot automatically. Its warp Stabilizer removes jitter and compensates for motion-related irregularities. Create soft-focus effects with Camera Lens Blur and set iris shape, blade curvature, and diffraction fringe characteristics for beautiful bokeh while using these same settings for fantastic depth-of-field control with the After Effects 3D camera. Plus, timecode data in QuickTime, AVI, Broadcast WAV (BWF), DPX, and some variations of MXF is read directly in After Effects. You can also animate and composite stereoscopic projects more easily while saving time with simplified rendering of multiple cameras, and working with an updated 3D Glasses effect. Take advantage of three-button mice for more intuitive, immediate 3D control with the Unified Camera tool. In addition, use effects to correct color, blur or sharpen images, distort footage, turn flat objects into 3D shapes, and perform many other creative feats. Control keyframe values and the timing of motion with precision using tools such as mocha for After Effects CS5.5 planar tracking, the Keyframe Graph Editor, Timewarp, and roving keyframes. Correct and optimize color in your compositions, and produce work that is film and HDTV ready using the broader range of colors available in 16- and 32-bit color modes. With all these features, the Adobe After Effects CS5.5 is the graphics and cinematic visual software that you are looking for. This is an upgrade for CS 2/3/4var wcCpi="A4973814";

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