Flash Designers: push Flash to the next level with After Effects' robust toolset. CS5 delivers more complete integration of these two powerhouse applications-so you can expand your multimedia horizons. Flash + After Effects gives you a working understanding of the AE toolset and professional techniques that raise the design bar for web, HD broadcast, or CD/DVD delivery. The companion web site contains project media for hands-on practice of essential production skills, including:
- Working with live video in Flash and the After Effects timeline
- Using alpha channels for keying and enhancing interactivity
- Integrating new CS5 features including the Roto Brush and Code Snippets
- Exporting layered After Effects compositions for Flash
- Building interactive 3D environments with video, cameras, and lights
- Enhancing character animation using IK and Puppet Tools
- Exporting video in HD and for the Web
You also get a video primer, render and file optimization techniques, and publishing and streaming guidelines.
User Level : Intermediate to Advanced Flash Designers
Chapter 1 : Getting Started in After Effects
Chapter 2 : From Flash to After Effects
Chapter 3 : From After Effects to Flash
Chapter 4 : Interactive Video
Chapter 5 : Alpha Channels
Chapter 6 : Type in Motion
Chapter 7 : The Third Dimension
Chapter 8 : Character Animation
Chapter 9 : Visual Effects
Chapter 10 : Optimization and Encoding
Chris Jackson shows you how to build bridges between these two powerful tools to create stunning motion graphics and interactive experiences.
-- Ellen Wixted, Principal Product Marketing Manager, Adobe Video and Audio Products --
It is rare that an author can inject so much creativity and cool content into a single book..This is a must-have in your motion-graphics how-to library and one of my personal favorites.
-- Chris Georgenes, Mudbubble LLC, animator and author of How to Cheat in Flash CS5 --
The newest updates have improved an already excellent book.
-- Nancy Beiman, Professor of Animation, Sheridan Institute of Technology and Higher Learning --
Chris Jackson is a computer graphics designer and professor at Rochester Institute of Technology. He Lectures, designs, and serves as consultant for worldwide corporations and nonprofit organizations. Professionally, Chris' work has received over 25 national and international awards for online ommunications. Chris publishes and presents his research at Adobe MAX and ACM SIGGRAPH. He is the author of Flash Cinematice Techniques (Focal Press) and co-author of Flash 3D:Animation, Interactivity, and Games (Focal Press)