After Effects for Designers: Graphic and Interactive Design in Motion

He lectures and conducts workshops relating to interaction design and motion graphics, and his professional work has received over 25 distinguished national and international awards for online communication. Chris Jackson is an author, designer, and professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He is the author of After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite (2014), Flash + After Effects (2010), Flash Cinematic Techniques (2010), and co-author of Flas

Author Chris Jackson balances aspects of time-based design with related techniques and explores the principles of animation, composition and layout, visual hierarchy, typography, principles of motion, 3D modelling, compositing, and more. Each chapter contains unique, step-by-step project exercises that offer timesaving practical tips and hands-on design techniques, teaching readers to effectively use the tools at their disposal to conceptualize and visualize creative solutions to their own motion design work. Readers will build professional-world examples in every chapter and, as a result, learn how both how to design effectively using After Effects as well as practically apply these skills in client-based work. An accompanying companion website includes complete project files for each chapter exercise, video tutorials, and links to other After Effects and motion design resources around the web.. After Effects for Designers teaches design students, artists, and web, graphic, and interactive designers how to design, develop, and deploy motion design projects using Adobe After Effects

He lectures and conducts workshops relating to interaction design and motion graphics, and his professional work has received over 25 distinguished national and international awards for online communication. About the AuthorChris Jackson is an author, designer, and professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). He is the author of After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite (2014), Flash + After Effects (2010), Flash Cinematic Techniques (2010), and co-author of Flash 3D: Animation, Interactivity, and Games (2006), all available from Focal Press/Routledge.