Learn Adobe After Effects CC for Visual Effects and Motion Graphics (Adobe Certified Associate (ACA))

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Who knew there was something called an Adobe Certified Associate Exam, or that if you passed it, you could put a little label on a website or resume? Equally unknown to me is the utility of this certification in finding work. In any event, I was more interested in learning more about Adobe After Effects than in any certification.This book claims that it is preparation for such an exam and throughout there are references to lesson objectives and to the certification objectives, which I genially ignored. The chapters present a series of demonstrations and exercises using After Effects. To see the demonstration, you go to the publisher’s website where you can watch a video referred to in the book. The book than repeats in writing the steps shown in the video, sometimes more sparingly and sometimes with a little more detail, than the video.Once I went to the website to watch the video, I realized that everything shown in the book also appeared on the website and I never returned to the paper copy. At the end of each subchapter there is usually a multiple choice question of great simplicity. One can also download materials so that you can follow along with the video. After downloading these materials, I accessed the video with my web browser and at the same time opened After Effects so that I could move back and forth between on-line and After Effects, when I didn’t completely understand the videos.Many books provide tutorials where one must follow instructions to load and manipulate materials step by step. In the case of this book, it was possible to watch the videos and never actually use After Effects. The quality of the initial videos seemed to be well designed, but as I reached the end of the book, the videos moved very quickly, as if it were essential to mention a point, but not spend time with it.Like so many of the programs in the Adobe Creative Cloud, After Effects is applicable to both filmmakers and graphic artists. This book is aimed at graphic artists and many of the techniques may never be used by the average filmmaker. Filmmakers would probably be better served by “Adobe After Effects…Classroom in a Book” from the same publisher. If you learn better with text and practical exercises “Classroom in a Book” will better serve you. If you want to become an expert After Effects user read both books and then practice, practice, practice.Note: The publisher provided me with a review copy of this book at no charge.