Adobe After Effects 6.5 Studio Techniques

Just like the debates about which operating system is best, debates about which compositing software is tops are largely meaninglessespecially when you consider the number of first-rate, big-budget, movie effects extravaganzas that were created on three or four different platforms, with half a dozen 2D and 3D programs. If the proof of the pudding is in the eating, the consistent quality of effects in such films as The Day After Tomorrow, which used a variety of programs and effects houses, should show that it is the artists not the tools who make the biggest difference.

I like using After Effects, because I have come to think in the same way the software lays out my shots; it's no longer work, it's instinct. The goal of this book is to help you reach that point as well.