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Books and DVDs for After Effects CS4

After Effects for Flash; Flash for After Effects - book coverAfter Effects for Flash | Flash for After Effects: Dynamic Animation and Video with Adobe After Effects CS4 and Adobe Flash CS4 Professional

By Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld
Published April 2009
Pages: 360
Print $49.99
Adobe Press (Peachpit Press)


Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 brings together two powerful animation tools, each of which has its own specialized features and workflow. Learning to integrate Adobe After Effects and Adobe Flash Professional gives you more options for your animations and effects and the power to integrate video and motion graphics into a richer user experience. In this book, authors Richard Harrington and Marcus Geduld lead both types of users, those who are more familiar with either Flash or with After Effects, on using the programs together for maximum efficiency and creativity.


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Adobe Photoshop CS4 Classroom in a Book - The official training workbook from Adobe SystemsCreating Motion with After Effects Essential and Advanced Techniques

By Chris and Trish Meyer
Published November 2007 (new chapter 2009)
Print $64.95
Focal Press


Trish and Chris Meyer share fifteen years of real-world film and video production experience inside the critically acclaimed Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects. More than a step-by-step review of the features in After Effects, you will learn how the program thinks so that you can realize your own visions more quickly and efficiently. This full-color book is jammed full of tips, gotchas, and sage advice that will help you survive whatever your next project throws at you.


Free Chapter :

Supplement for CS4


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Class On Demand - Basic Training for Adobe CS4 Production Premium - DVD CoverAfter Effects DVD Training: Basic Training for Adobe CS4 Production Premium

By Tim Kolb
Published November 2008
Length: 4 hours
Print $149.99
Class on Demand DVD


Tim Kolb, an-award winning host and post-production veteran, guides viewers through 4 hours of project-focused instruction in the CS4 Production Premium software.

Sample Training:

3D in Photoshop and After Effects


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