== Erch E-book Expedition ==

Chris Jackson, "Flash + After Effects: Add Broadcast Features to Your Flash designs"
Publisher: Focal Press | 2008-03-04 | 297 Pages | ISBN: 0240810317 | PDF | 12.4 MB

Flash Designers: push Flash to the next level with After Effects' robust toolset.

• Add motion graphics and visual effects to your Flash projects
• Fuse 3D depth into 2D animations
• Prepare Flash animations for broadcast
• Save development time in executing animations

By combining these two power applications to expand your multimedia horizons. Flash + After Effects gives the experienced Flash designer a better understanding of all working tools in After Effects with professional techniques that raise the bar for web design, broadcast, or CD / DVD delivery. The companion DVD contains project media that permit you to practice essential After Effects skills that include:

• Working with video and the AE timeline
• Using alpha channels for keying and enhancing interactivity
• Putting vector animation to work with Text and Shape Layers, and animation presets
• Creating 3D backgrounds with cameras and lights
• Animating with Behaviors, Parenting, Expressions and the Puppet Tool

You also get a video primer, render and file optimization techniques, and publishing and streaming guidelines.