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Title: Adobe After Effects 4.0 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team ISBN: 0-201-65891-7 Publisher: Adobe Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.62 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good Starting Point
Comment: Classroom in a Book is a great starter for those that do not know anything about FrameMaker. I'm learning the program with about 30 other students. I completed all of the tutorials, and the class thought I was a genius overnight. I'm not a genius, but I did get a good overview quickly and efficiently. I feel comforatble using the Users Guide now because I have a good foundation to work from.
The chapters are easy to understand and the instructionas clearly written. The book is well made. Though paperback, it still lays lays flat and frees your hands and allows you to concentrate on the tutorial.
I do find it a little odd that the tutorial files used in the book are included on the CD with the program, yet the book is not. The Tutorial files are virutally useless if you don't have Classroom in a Book. I do wish Adobe would package this book with the product.
Other than that, this is a book a a must-have for anyone trying to learn FrameMaker.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great for new After Effects users
Comment: Highly recommended for anyone starting out in After Effects. In fact, if you've never even seen After Effects, this book is for you. After just a few lessons, you'll feel more comfortable and confident using the After Effects interface and features. If you need to get up to speed quickly with this powerful compositing software, then AE Classroom in a Book will serve you well.
Regarding a few of the criticisms that some people have leveled against this book:
If you're already an AE pro and have gone through the earlier edition, then the "what's new" section of the official AE manual should be your main learning tool. This book is designed for beginners, not to help people migrate from version 3.
Yes, the lessons in this book are not earth shattering and exciting. This book teaches you how to use a professional compositing software package. Serious compositing is, generally, an unexciting procedure. For people wishing to be entertained, I would recommend a collection of Gary Larson's Far Side strips. For people who wish to learn After Effects, I would recommend this book.
Happy compositing!
Philip Williams
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Rating: 3
Summary: Just an Intro
Comment: As others have noted, this book doesn't cover everything. On the one hand it's well-written so you can whiz through; on the other hand, about all you're learning is some of the most basic functions.
This can be confusing and/or misleading--especially when a complex procedure isn't clarified. For example, in setting up paragraph formats, when does one "apply" and then "update," when does one just "update"?
Also, I found that some of the instructions didn't work as laid out--instead I had to do work arounds. For instance, the book said you could set up arrows to move back and forth in a document and then copy the arrow setup (like a template) to successive pages. The arrows do copy but the formatting doesn't--it needs to be reapplied, so I assume all formats aren't saved when they're copied. [As an aside, I also found that "copy" on the context menu doesn't "copy" everything (which I expected after using MS Word).]
A final note: FrameMaker has great capabilities--though somewhat clunky and ponderous, it's a great improvement on MS Word for more complex activities.
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Title: After Effects 4.1 for Macintosh and Windows: Visual QuickPro Guide by Antony Bolante ISBN: 0201702819 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 05 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: Adobe Photoshop 5.0 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team, Adobe Press ISBN: 1568304668 Publisher: Adobe Press Pub. Date: 09 June, 1998 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Revolutionary After Effects 5.5 Enhancing Digital Video by George Kingsnorth, Christian Darkin, Peter Reynolds, Ned Soltz, Darren Smith, Mark Welland, Paul Logan ISBN: 1903450780 Publisher: friends of Ed Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: The Illustrator 9 WOW! Book (With CD-ROM) by Sharon Steuer, Steven H. Gordon, Sandra Alves ISBN: 0201704536 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 22 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $44.99 |
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Title: Make Your Own Music Videos with Adobe Premiere by Pete Kennedy, Maura Kennedy ISBN: 0764536761 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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