Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book PAP/PSC Edition

I would recommend this for beginners or near beginners of After Effects. The lessons go step by step and leave nothing to the guessing. You will never get lost in this book unless you stay up until 2 AM with your eyes half closed. Each chapter is assembled in a step by step instruction of how to complete a project from start to finish. Every click and entry is perfectly outlined for you. The chapters add more and more to your knowledge and also make shortcuts and clicks become second nature. The files include everything you need; nothing is missing.I don't recommend this for a seasoned veteran as it will be remedial in most cases.If you're unsure about using After Effects this book will throw you in the pool and provide lots of floaties for you to hang on to while you learn to swim.

It was a great read, I learned a lot about After effects through this book i'm glad I bought it. To be honest I like books better than something online which is the reason why I bought this. You don't need this book though you can self learn.

A big plus here is that this book is an Adobe product and, like everything from Adobe, all their "stuff" is excellent! However, there is a problem with the illustrations. The screenshots replicate the very dark screens, said screens being excellent when working on a computer but which reproduce quite poorly on the printed page. Add to this that some of those screenshots are so miniscule that making out elements is nigh impossible. Of course, if you're seated in front of your computer while going through the lessons you will eventually be able to "interpolate" what's on the printed page, something that really shouldn't be necessary. After all, illustrations are meant to illustrate, not confuse or, in some cases, be almost illegible.There is definitely a learning curve with this product which is hardly a surprise considering its complexity, which of course is the key to After Effects having, well, so many after effects available for your videos. So with the exception of the illustrations/screenshots, I would have given the book five stars.

After Effects is a complicated program and I think this book does about as good as it gets for stepping your through this step-by-step. You can download the files as indicated in the front part of the book. I think it will take more than one pass using the book to get a good feel for the program since there are so many options. I'm using the first pass as just an overview and following along exactly as the authors have done. On the second time, I'll explore other options and experiment with the chapter concept to get a better understanding of the techniques. They are some updated files where a few corrections have been made but I find the instructions are surprisingly accurate for this step-by-step approach.

Well written book. This book helped refresh my memory and get back up to speed after being away from VFX work for nearly 6 years. I also learned new techniques and features. Very happy I purchased the book.

This is more appropriate for users who are just getting their feet wet in After Effects. I was hoping for something with a little more depth. It's good for beginners, but if you have any AE experience at all, you should probably look elsewhere.

What is their not to like about any book coming from Adobe! They totally rock! I became a professional Graphic Designer without going to school from it and make excellent money freelancing and not prepping to shoot my movie, Killing Chocolate this June 2015, before starting Film School this Fall. This book is used in my film school, which is ranked #14 in USA; in addition to being used at the College (Sanford-Brown College / International Academy of Design & Technology) I currently work in with students doing amazing work...CMack

Great book series! I used this series years ago when I was just learning the graphics business and they have not lost their learning appeal. If you want to learn a specific program, buy this series. You can't go wrong. Also the help files so that you can work along with the lessons are all online and you download them. Better than having to insert a CD, which most computers now a days don't come with anyway. For that I give it 4****.