After Effects 4 in Depth [Paperback]

R. Shamms Mortier (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 450 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group (1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576103102
• ISBN-13: 978-1576103104
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 1.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,100,717 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Great plug-in book not a tutorial book, December 26, 1999

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Maximum Impact Media (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: After Effects 4 in Depth (Paperback)

It's a great in-depth review of plug-ins and tryouts, but not an in-depth tutorial. The Adobe Classroom-in-a-book does more related to tutorials than does this book. The title is deceiving in this regard. It would best be titled, "After Effects: In-depth Plug-in Encyclopedia," as has been done for 3D Studio DOS. As well, the supplied images on the CD and images in the book are "funky" photos of the author and a female friend. Anyone doing commercial/professional work would not be interested in the application of various plug-ins as shown in the book unless their goal is to use cliche'd special effects. However, the author's work/images as shown on his web site and the 3DGraphics web site are OUTSTANDING. It would better if he used and discussed these.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste the paper., January 26, 2000

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Gregory BLum (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: After Effects 4 in Depth (Paperback)

Probably the least helpful software book I've bought. Virtually no instructional value. Could be useful if you're shopping for 3rd party filters, but there's nothing here not easily found on the web.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't make the same mistake I did, April 4, 2000

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Jason White (London, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: After Effects 4 in Depth (Paperback)

First of all, this book is in depth into nothing. The authordemonstrates, at no point in the 500+ pages any insight, or knowledgeof After Effects. Even if you accept that this book is a plug-in guide, it fails at that too. There are no tips or examples of how to use any of this plug-ins tastefully. Mr. Mortier simply grabs a random image, and warps it into an ugly mess.