Steve Whatley's After Effects Cookbook

2 great new After Effects CS3 books

After Effects Classroom in a Book from AdobePress: 473 pages with a CD with lesson materials and extras. Chapters cover basics and more plus new features, 14 chapters in all. Included is a great chapter on 3D layers, cameras and lights, as well and the new Puppet tools. Let's not forget, this book is one of the building blocks for taking the Adobe Certified Expert test (ACE) exam.

After Effects Apprentice by Trish and Chris Meyer (Focal Press): Trish and Chris have done it again, this their 3rd AE book focuses on the the "newbie." Teaching the core features of AE through a series of practical hands-on exercises....CD included of course. I have always liked Trish and Chris' approach to teaching complex lessons...they talk to you, not at you. This new book has large illustrations, and plenty of them and each lesson is color coded. It is a great book even if your not new to AE.

Don't forget their 2 other AE books:

Creating Motioin Graphics and After Effects in Production, they have become the bibles for anyone serious about After Effects.

All these books and more are available online or at your local bookstore.

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No it is not about AE but worthy just the same...the iPhone Book

Sometimes you just have to pass on a few things that make your life better, and for those of us who have a cell phone (who doesn't these days), this is one of them.

I recently purchased the iPhone, I know it was a ton of cash but the phone is actually worth every penny. But this is not the reason for this entry...it is the cool book about the iPhone, called "The iPhone Book: How to Do the Things You Want to do with Your iPhone" by Scott Kelby and Terry White.

Seems the documentation from Apple both in the box and on Apple site are a bit thin, so this book is worth picking up. Excellent photos, clear instruction and extra tips as well.

I recently purchased the iPhone, I know it was a ton of cash but the phone is actually worth every penny. But this is not the reason for this entry...it is the cool book about the iPhone, called "The iPhone Book: How to Do the Things You Want to do with Your iPhone" by Scott Kelby and Terry White.

Seems the documentation from Apple both in the box and on Apple site are a bit thin, so this book is worth picking up. Excellent photos, clear instruction and extra tips as well.

Posted by Steve Whatley at 02:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)