本视频教程是关于After Effects特效合成魔术师书籍+源文件第二版，After Effects Illusionist Chad Perkins 2nd Edition，大小：1.7 GB，PDF高清格式，附工程源文件，使用软件：After Effects，共21个章节，语言：英语。

After Effects是Adobe公司推出的一款图形视频处理软件，适用于从事设计和视频特技的机构，包括电视台、动画制作公司、个人后期制作工作室以及多媒体工作室。而在新兴的用户群，如网页设计师和图形设计师中，也开始有越来越多的人在使用After Effects。属于层类型后期软件。

AE全称After Effect是adobe公司开发的一个视频剪辑及设计软件。After Effects ，用于高端视频特效系统的专业特效合成软件，隶属美国Adobe公司。它借鉴了许多优秀软件的的成功之处，将视频特效合成上升到了新的高度：Photoshop中层的引入 ，使AE可以对多层的合成图像进行控制，制作出天衣无缝的合成效果； 关键帧、路径的引入，使我们对控制高级的二维动画游刃有余；高效的视频处理系统，确保了高质量视频的输出；令人眼花缭乱的特技系统使AE能实现使用者的一切创意；AE同样保留有Adobe优秀的软件相互兼容性。

After Effects Illusionist Chad Perkins 2nd Edition

Harness the full power of After Effects by mastering its native plug-in effects. Author Chad Perkins breaks down the creation and application of each native plug-in effect available in the After Effects toolset. He also shows you how each can be used optimally in your own media project, when and why it makes sense to use each, and how to “break the rules” by using effects in unconventional ways.

Completely updated for CS6 and revised to include coverage of Keylight and the Cycore effects, you will learn every effect from color correction to distortion to simulation and all in between, putting the full power of After Effects in your hands. Included is instruction for using, among others:

The 3D Camera Tracker

The Cycore effects

Matte tools, including Keylight and Refine Matte

Color correction tools

A wide array of pattern generating tools

The DVD includes project files, allowing you work hand-in-hand with the lessons contained in the book.