Creative After Effects 7: Workflow Techniques for Animation, Visual Effects and Motion Graphics

by Angie Taylor

Realize your creative potential with a working knowledge of After Effects 7. Renowned artist and designer Angie Taylor demonstrates professional workflows and inspires with practical tutorial lessons that help put the theory (and you!) to work. You'll learn from a comprehensive survey of the new interface and features, with illustrated techniques for animation, visual effects and motion graphics. Practice exercises to reinforce essential techniques, and continuous projects challenge you with fantastically creative uses of the application. The companion DVD includes everything you'll need to complete the tutorials as well as an array of bonus plug-ins and demo software.

601 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 27, 2006

About the author

Angie Taylor is an art director, animator, illustrator and motion graphic designer. The author of three books; two "Creative After Effects" books (versions 5 and 7) , and "Design Essentials for the motion media artist" published by Focal Press. She is the author of "After Effects CS5 Learn by Video" DVD training title published by video2brain.

Angie studied Fine Art at Edinburgh College of Art (Heriot-Watt University) and has enjoyed a successful, fourteen year career as a Motion Graphic artist producing animation, visual effects and motion graphics for companies such as the BBC and Channel 4 television. She has worked on music videos and films with several renowned directors such as Chris Cunningham and John Williams.

She now runs her own business in the UK helping other creative professionals realize their goals. Angie has provided bespoke training and consultancy to companies including; BBC; Channel 4; Channel 5; Carlton; HTV; B Sky B; MTV."