After Effects and Photoshop - Jeff Foster

"Jeff Foster has created the one indispensable and definitive production guide to two of the worlds greatest symbiotic tools: After Effect and Photoshop."

Jack H. Davis, coauthor, the
Photoshop Wow!
books and
How to Wow: Photoshop for Photography

Nothing beats the tight synergy of After Effects and Photoshop for creating professionallevel effects, and nothing beats this book for showing you how Hollywood professionals really use these programs.

In this second edition to his bestselling book, TV and movie graphics veteran Jeff Foster provides allnew information on After Effects 7 and Photoshop CS2
plus expanded coverage of blue/green screening and titling, beautiful new images, and innovative realworld solutions for todays professionals. Better than ever, this musthave reference is still the only guide that shows how to use these two superpower programs together to achieve professional results.

The DVD includes production materials, thirdparty plugins and filters, and stock video. Youll also find project files and footage to go with every one of the books projects, which require After Effects 7 or later.

Learn what the pros know, including how to:

• Add depth to your animation by mimicking real motion


• Grab your audiences attention with creative motion titling


• Shoot a clean blue/green screen


• Apply 3D animation to 2D images


• Remove backgrounds with bluescreen garbage mattes


• Retouch frame by frame with rotoscoping


• Construct realistic composites and locales with matte painting


• Make movies from stills by simulating 3D camera motion


• Produce realistic effects such as noise, clouds, and smoke