Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book (2015 release)

This book merely takes you through the motions without explaining what you're doing and why. After Effects is a very robust and complicated platform. It requires far more than this book and video tape attempts to provide. I quit at about Chapter 5 as I was starting to feel like a programmed robot listening to the instructor say, "Click on this switch and type 117, then go over to effects and add this effect...Voila!" After finishing each new exercise, it's highly unlikely that you will know what you did to create the video you created. And even if you did, there's a very good chance you won't remember all that was thrown at you. There are no chapter summaries or a glossary of all the effects which would have been extremely helpful. You're better off going to Lynda.com or Udemy if you're serious about learning After Effects.

I want to be clear here -- this isn't a *terrible* book. It just isn't anything that anyone should buy who wants to learn After Effects. Not in this day and age.The problem is this book reads like a classroom book of the 50's (and I'm an old guy who remembers such things). This is for a state-of-the-art post FX processor bar none, one that sizzles with the kinds of amazing things it can do. You read this book and you could easily go "ho-hum. Why did I ever WANT this program?"About 95% of the things covered here you can learn on your own in a few days -- again, I'm a very old man and I did it, and if you are older than, say, 12 years old you will be able to as well (younger folks might well need the kind of hand-holding going on here).What is missing, though, is all the *really* cool and wonderful things you can do in AE, and luckily there is a terrific source for all of these and it's this thing called the internet. Spend a few moments Googling how to use some of the tools here and you'll see some videos that will teach you far more in 10 minutes than this book can teach in hours.This book *might* be worth owning if you needed some sort of hard copy reference book for those times you aren't near a computer and want to... wait a moment. There ISN'T any time you aren't near a computer that you need a reference for AE. If you are, there are FAR better ways to get it (again, think about this wonderful thing called the net).For less than $20 I might pick this book up just for the 5% of things that I didn't immediately notice. But at this price? Save your money.

Great book easy to read and understand

I buy these books every time I get an Adobe Creative Suite upgrade. Learning the software has never been easier. They come with files and detailed instructions for learning your way through the software.

Used in classes a lot of helpful information

Building up my foundation. I'm a little over half-way done and it's been a great way to build my foundation

Great instructions and easy to follow. The short cuts are a big help. Steps also have images to help explain the process.

Effective! Have been enjoying learning the basics. This book is a good learning aid.

Superb book. Simple narrative and progressive tutoring. Nice and intuitive set-tasks. Great to get you going. As with any Adobe suite, your skills start to take-off when you're working on paid projects. However, this has been sitting in the studio to help us get through any snags once we're up and running.

This is a very good book for learning After Effect CC, just it has a very few details about the advanced features of the program. It's a good book by the way. I can just recommend it.

Got from knowing next to nothing about this app to being positively adept at it. Extremely concise and very well explained. Enjoyable journey through the ins and outs of this fascinating piece of software.

Having a reference that is non digital provides an easy way to get back to questions you have after you have done the course. Simple step by step course that - armed with other online solutions - give you a 'Janet and john' intro to the main areas. I wouldn't be without it.

yes i do enjoying this book the condition is not 2 bad