Discover techniques to enhance your videos with complex animation, and let David Dodds take your creative efforts to the next level Adobe After Effects is a digital animation software that is considered an industry standard for visual effects and motion graphics. This book will take you right from the basics through to advanced techniques in Adobe After Effects 2022. You'll start by setting up your editing environment to learn and improve techniques to sharpen your video editing skills. Next, the book shows you how to work with basic and advanced special effects to create, modify, and optimize motion graphics in your videos. As you advance, you'll work with 3D, effects, color correction, grading, and much more. The book also shows you how to use 3D layers, cameras, and lights to make logo animations that pop. Toward the concluding chapters, you'll create eight projects and bring your scenes to life by adding dynamic details with After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite. By the end of this After Effects book, you'll have learned how to create dynamic animations efficiently by working through the projects covered in the book. If you're a student, professional, YouTuber, or anyone who is interested in video editing, animation, and motion graphics, then this book is for you. You'll also find this book useful if you're an illustrator looking to put your creations in motion. Basic computer skills are needed to get the most out of this book.