The After Effects Illusionist: All the Effects in One Complete Guide

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Cover; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Chapter 1 Becoming an Illusionist; Why This Book?; Why Use Effects?; The Great Secret to the Effects; Applying Effects; Using Effect Presets; Browsing Effects Presets with Adobe Bridge; Using Brainstorm with Effects; Common Effect Parameters; About the Artbeats Footage; Chapter 2 The 3D Channel Effects; The 3D Channel Extract Effect; The Depth Matte Effect; The Depth of Field Effect; The EXtractoR Effect; The Fog 3D Effect; The ID Matte Effect; The IDentifier Effect; Chapter 3 The Audio Effects; Treble, Bass, and EQ; Dry and Wet Out.;Harness the full power of After Effects by mastering its native plug-in effects. Author Chad Perkins breaks down the creation and application of each native plug-in effect available in the After Effects toolset. He also shows you how each can be used optimally in your own media project, when and why it makes sense to use each, and how to ""break the rules"" by using effects in unconventional ways.Completely updated for CS6 and revised to include coverage of Keylight and the Cycore effects, you will learn every effect from color correction to distortion to simulation and all.