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Steve Kilisky, Senior Product Manager, After Effects, Adobe Systems Inc.
”Angie has a knack for demystifying the intricacies of After Effects and coming up with creative uses of the features.”

Carys Edwards, Director, Children's BBC
”Angie Taylor's work is inspired. She is a highly creative animator - inventive, witty and naturally sympathetic to individual programme's styles.”

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This book is designed as a complete, linear course in After Effects and is intended to benefit people of all abilities, from beginner to advanced. Read the first page

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

realistic practical and inspiring, 27 Nov 2001

By	loveland@clara.co.uk (Brighton) - See all my reviews

I think that this book teaches After Effects in the only way that such software can by taught i.e. via practical examples which are de-constructed and reverse engineered by the reader/student. The projects that come with the book are just like the sort of things that are seen on TV . It is nice to have an insight into how these effects that are seen everyday, are created...

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

fantastic, 6 Nov 2001

By	tim@hypa.tv (Brighton UK) - See all my reviews

Angies book is absolutely fantastic. Her methods are extremely creative and versatile. The book reads like a huge tutorial although you can easily dip into any section at any time. It covers all the new features of AE5 including parenting, expressions and 3d. I would strongly recommend it to anyone who wants to have a leading edge in their after effects work. Well done Angie!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

A refreshing change, 18 Sep 2002

By	"mungbean" - See all my reviews

Makes a refreshing change from the plethora of instructional books out there that are written in impenetrable American sports-analogies and such like! (It took me years to discover what stuff like "upping the ante" means...). Taylor uses a straightforward style that's very easy to follow -- perhaps due to her background as an Adobe trainer.

After Effects is not one of those packages you can learn just by playing with it, and this is an ideal companion to the package. I especially liked the way she'd approached it from a "creative's perspective", considering what her readers would want to get out the book by the time they'd finished it. Also liked the fact that -- unlike some authors out there -- this is not yet another book in a series of 20 that she's knocked out based on a cursory glance at the package: she has years of experience both using AE in the industry and in teaching/demonstrating it too. The experience shows.

The only things I can find fault with are the fact that it's not updated for AE5.5, and the grammar is a bit, erm, freestyle in places. :-) But those are minor nit-picks -- overall I'm very glad I bought this.

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This is a great book for beginners to After Effects. It's project led so the tutorials are fun to follow, it's written in a clear and precise language so it's easy to understand... Read more

Published on 26 Jan 2003 by stuartl2

From someone who's read it..........
This book is good. Although it could possibly be a little advanced for most people. Especially absolute beginners. Read more

Published on 18 Oct 2001

Excellent buy
Angie Taylor's book is an absolute god send . I've been a on/off After Effects user for some time but have recently upgrade to 5. Read more

Published on 16 Oct 2001

A fantastic introduction to After Effects
This book is a fantastic introduction to After Effects but still of interest to a more advanced user. Read more

Published on 27 Sep 2001 by mark_de_villiers@hotmail.com

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