Green, Thomas J. 1952-

From After Effects to Flash : poetry in motion graphics / Tom Green and Tiago Dias. - Berkeley, Calif. : Friends of ED, c2006. - xix, 483 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Chapter 1: From Concept to Final Product in After Effects Chapter 2: From Final Product to Upload in Flash Professional 8 Chapter 3: Motion Graphics and the Preset Text Effects Chapter 4: Creating Alpha Channel Video for Flash Chapter 5: Creating Text Animations for Flash Chapter 6: Creating Special Effects Chapter 7: Playing with Text Chapter 8: Meet the Parents Chapter 9: The Video Behind the Mask Chapter 10: Track Mattes Are Your Friend Chapter 11: Adding a Third Dimension Chapter 12: Audio, the Red-Headed Kid in a Family of Blondes

This book, the first to explore the potential power and creativity boost that can be unleashed when After Effects and Flash are used together, is designed to get you up to speed with working in these two applications while hitting you with some creative innovation. You will discover how effectively you can use After Effects to create video and animation effects that were either extremely difficult or impossible to achieve in Flash. By the end of this book, you will have created a variety of projects ranging from text effects, masks, and alpha channel video to 3D effects and audio visualization.

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Flash (Computer file)
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Digital video.
Web sites--Design
Computer animation.
Computer graphics.
Computers and IT.
Graphical & digital media applications
Web programming
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