I enjoyed this class very much. I have never used After Effects before, but after the first day of this class, I felt like I could make really good basic effects. I will be able to use everything that I learned this week.
Adobe After Effects CS6 Digital Classroom is like having your own personal instructor guiding you through each lesson while you work at your own speed. This book includes 12 self-paced lessons that let you discover essential skills and explore the new features and capabilities of After Effects CS6 on either a Windows or Mac OS computer. Each lesson includes step-by-step instructions, lesson files, and video tutorials, all of which are available on the Digital Classroom website: www.digitalclassroombooks.com/epub/aftereffectscs6. This book has been developed by the same team of Adobe Certified Experts and After Effects professionals who have created many official training titles for Adobe Systems.
Before starting the lessons in Adobe After Effects CS6 Digital Classroom, make sure that your computer is equipped for running Adobe After Effects CS6, which you must purchase separately. The minimum system requirements for your computer to effectively use the software are listed below and you can find the most current system requirements at www.adobe.com/products/aftereffects/tech-specs.html.
The Adobe After Effects CS6 Digital Classroom includes files that accompany the exercises for each of the lessons. These files are available for download at www.digitalclassroombooks.com/epub/aftereffectscs6. You may download all the lessons at one time or you may choose to download and work with specific lessons.
The www.digitalclassroombooks.com/epub/aftereffectscs6 site provides Adobe After Effects CS6 Digital Classroom book readers with video tutorials that enhance the content of this book. The videos use the popular Silverlight player for viewing on your desktop or notebook computer, or use iPad-compatible video if you are using an iPad to read an electronic version of this book. Most other ePub devices are not optimized for playing video, and you should use a notebook, desktop, or tablet computer for viewing the video tutorials if you are using a dedicated e-reader such as a nook, Kindle, kobo, or Sony e-reader. An internet connection is necessary for viewing the supplemental video files.
You will work with several files from the ae02lessons folder in this lesson. Make sure that you have loaded the aelessons folder onto your hard drive from www.digitalclassroombooks.com/epub/aftereffectscs6. See Loading lesson files in the Starting up section of this book.