Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book

Lisa Fridsma has long loved the process of teaching others to use Adobe products. She has produced and illustrated over thirty books in the Classroom in a Book series over the last two decades (including books on Photoshop and After Effects), starting with her time on-staff at Adobe. She is currently the owner of Darlington Hill Productions (informational illustrations and publishing). Lisa lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her family which includes a tortoise and an above-average dog. Brie Gyncild aims to make technical information accessible to those who need it. Brie has written and co-written dozens of books about Adobe applications, including numerous editions of the Classroom in a Book series on Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, and Acrobat; and several editions of the How to Wow series. Brie lives in Seattle with cats and an overgrown garden.

GETTING STARTED

1 GETTING TO KNOW THE WORKFLOW

2 CREATING A BASIC ANIMATION USING EFFECTS AND PRESETS

3 ANIMATING TEXT

4 WORKING WITH SHAPE LAYERS

5 ANIMATING A MULTIMEDIA PRESENTATION

6 ANIMATING LAYERS

7 WORKING WITH MASKS

8 DISTORTING OBJECTS WITH THE PUPPET TOOLS

9 USING THE ROTO BRUSH TOOL

10 PERFORMING COLOR CORRECTION

11 CREATING MOTION GRAPHICS TEMPLATES

12 USING 3D FEATURES

13 WORKING WITH THE 3D CAMERA TRACKER

14 ADVANCED EDITING TECHNIQUES

15 RENDERING AND OUTPUTTING

APPENDIX: GENERAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

APPENDIX: CUSTOMIZING KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS