Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book (2023 release) uses real-world, project-based learning to cover the basics and beyond, providing countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. For beginners and experienced users alike, you can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you. Learn Classroom in a Book®, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, offers what no other book or training program does―an official training series from Adobe, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Purchasing this book includes valuable online extras. Follow the instructions in the book's "Getting Started" section to unlock access What you need to use this Adobe After Effects (2023 release) software, for either Windows or macOS. (Software not included.) Classroom in a Book does not replace the documentation, support, updates, or any other benefits of being a registered owner of Adobe After Effects software.
The book is good, however there are parts of the instructions that can be too complicated or vague for (college) students. I found the videos and graphics to be a bit on the low quality side. I'd loved to have seen higher quality projects overall.