Animation Presets, an advanced Clone tool, scripting support, and a powerful new color correction system are
just a few of the reasons you're chomping at the bit to get down to work with After Effects 6.5. In these pages, a master of the medium allows you to do just that, presenting
a series of projects that explore every aspect of Adobe's animation and effects powerhouse.

    By focusing on the areas that can be troublesome for professional users--whether because they present thorny issues or because they draw on completely new features--
this volume provides the focused, practical instruction you need to maximize your After Effects productivity.

    Each lesson provides need-to-know tips, proven techniques, and best practices for a variety of After Effects 6.5 functions: from importing and managing footage to viewing and editing layers, animating type, and more. The companion CD includes QuickTime instructional movies, source code, and files for all of the book's projects.

Chapter 1 Spinning Squares
Chapter 2 Falling Squares
Chapter 3 Wall of Squares
Chapter 4 Designing Title Effects
Chapter 5 Dancing Type
Chapter 6 Auto-Scaling Type
Chapter 7 Animated Columns
Chapter 8 Animating with Illustrator
Chapter 9 Corporate Open
Chapter 10 Unscrambling Type

etc.