Table of Contents

• 1. Getting to know the Workflow
• 2. Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
• 3. Animating Text
• 4. Working with Shape Layers
• 5. Animating a Multimedia Presentation
• 6. Animating Layers
• 7. Working with Masks
• 8. Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
• 9. Using the Roto Brush Tool
• 10. Performing Color Correction
• 11. Creating Motion Graphics Templates
• 12. Using 3D Features
• 13. Working with the 3D Camera Tracker
• 14. Advanced Editing Techniques
• 15. Rendering and Outputting

About the Author

Lisa Fridsma is has long loved the process of teaching others to use Adobe product. She has written, edited, and designed over thirty books in the Classroom in a Book series over the last decade and a half (including books on Photoshop and After Effects), going back to her time on-staff at Adobe. She's currently the owner of Darlington Hill Productions (Informational illustrations and publishing). 
Brie Gyncild aims to make technical information accessible to those who need it. Brie has authored The Photoshop CS5 Pocket Guide and The Photoshop Elements 8 Pocket Guide. She has also co-written The Photoshop Show Starring Russell Brown; numerous editions of the Classroom in a Book series on Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, and Acrobat; and several editions of the How to Wow series.