Short description
Guides you through the creation and application of various native plug-in effect available for use in the AE toolset. This title shows you how each can be used optimally in your media project, when and why it makes sense to use each, and also how to combine multiple effects.
Long description
This cookbook contains recipe after recipe that allow you to harness the full power of the native plug-in effects in the After Effects application. In a step-by-step manner, author Chad Perkins guides you through the creation and application of each and every native plug-in effect available for use in the AE toolset. The book also shows you how each can be used optimally in your media project, when and why it makes sense to use each, and also how to combine multiple effects.From 3D Channel Effects to Audio Effects to Expression Controls Effects and all in between, this book puts the full power of the AE plug-in effects in your hands. It shows you how to create, among others: the shatter effect; the matte choker effect; the fractal noise effect; the radial shadow effect; the time code effect; and, the venetian blinds effect. A DVD that contains tutorial project files is included with the book, allowing you to work hand-in-hand with the lessons in the book. This title lets you fully harness the power of AE with ingredient-by-ingredient recipes for creating effects using the native plug-ins in After Effects. It features inspiring 4 color presentation and insight into when and why certain effects should be used. It contains a companion DVD that features tutorial project files allowing you to work hand-in-hand with the lessons in the book.
Review
.,. grouped into chapters that follow the same listings as the sequence the effects appear in the plug-in menu.... the book is well written and copiously populated with full colour images illustrating the concepts... a disc is provided which is packed with project files that relate to the examples in the book and allow you to jump straight to the learning without having to set up each new example to match the lesson.
Also included on the disc are three more short chapters designed to give you a mental jump start when you are running low on ideas. Suggestions about combining effects to achieve new results can often fire a spark in your mind that can lead to a new solution for a problem you are stuck on.
This book is going to remain on my desk for the foreseeable future, ready whenever i need a quick fix of inspiration or just to refresh myself about a specific effect.
If you use Adobe After Effects, then the chances are you will find something useful, informative and inspiring in this book. Highly recommended.
-- Adam Taylor, Studio Manager, Character Options Ltd