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What are the best sites and books to master Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects?
I'm particularly interested in learning advanced FX like those you can see in music videos and color correction. Also, I use CS4.
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as a professional in the graphic design/animation world, I can tell you that I've read several books and most often they don't offer up much and are usually incredibly confusing. For those reasons, I don't particularly recommend many books on these topics.
As far as websites are concerned, there are several veryd ecent ones around. My favorites include:
www.videocopilot.net - an amazing site full of tons of after effects tutorials, all including step by step videos. the site also has links to purchase dvds full of stock images, animations, effects, sounds, and more. the site also has an extensive blog/forum section full of lots of people offering up advice on the subject of after effects. the site offers mostly advanced tutorials, though the vidfeos help most people figure it out. if you're looking for more beginner type stuff, then I would recommend
www.creativecow.com - another amazing site with tons of contributors offering up their years of expertice across various subjects including after effects, premiere, flash, and numerous other animation/video programs. this site also has an incredibly extensive forum section full of lots of people offering up their advice, as well as an extensive tutorials section, many including videos. the tutorials here can range from basic startup features, to advanced stuff.
those are the two sites I reference most in my line of work whenever I'm stuck for ideas
As far as websites are concerned, there are several veryd ecent ones around. My favorites include:
www.videocopilot.net - an amazing site full of tons of after effects tutorials, all including step by step videos. the site also has links to purchase dvds full of stock images, animations, effects, sounds, and more. the site also has an extensive blog/forum section full of lots of people offering up advice on the subject of after effects. the site offers mostly advanced tutorials, though the vidfeos help most people figure it out. if you're looking for more beginner type stuff, then I would recommend
www.creativecow.com - another amazing site with tons of contributors offering up their years of expertice across various subjects including after effects, premiere, flash, and numerous other animation/video programs. this site also has an incredibly extensive forum section full of lots of people offering up their advice, as well as an extensive tutorials section, many including videos. the tutorials here can range from basic startup features, to advanced stuff.
those are the two sites I reference most in my line of work whenever I'm stuck for ideas
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www.videocopilot.net
www.creativecow.com
www.videocopilot.net
www.creativecow.com
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Thanks a lot for your answer! I already knew most sites mentioned but videocopilot is a discovery and looks like an excellent resource for learning advanced techniques.
Videocopilot is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks a lot, we've got a winner!
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Lynda from lynda.com. She's got great tutorials on almost everything out there. http://www.lynda.com/
Thanks! I already know Lynda, it's a great source for tutorials.
Books:
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 by Adobe
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Bible by Adele Droblas and Seth Greenberg
Adobe Premiere Pro for Dummies by Keith Underdahl
Classes:
www.ascendtraining.com/
www.ledet.com/
www.webucator.com/
www.kelbytraining.com/
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Classroom in a Book by Adobe Creative Team
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 by Adobe
Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Bible by Adele Droblas and Seth Greenberg
Adobe Premiere Pro for Dummies by Keith Underdahl
Classes:
www.ascendtraining.com/
www.ledet.com/
www.webucator.com/
www.kelbytraining.com/
Thanks a ot for your answers, I checked the books and the classes, they look very useful.
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1. http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorial:After_Effects_102_for_the_Premiere_Pro_Userhttp://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorial:After_Effects_102_for_the_Premiere_Pro_User
2.http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Premiere/1
3.http://www.video-tutes.com/packages/AfterDesign1.php
http://in.youtube.com/watch?v=OPBILit71Wg
1. http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorial:After_Effects_102_for_the_Premiere_Pro_Userhttp://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Tutorial:After_Effects_102_for_the_Premiere_Pro_User
2.http://www.tutorialized.com/tutorials/Premiere/1
3.http://www.video-tutes.com/packages/AfterDesign1.php
You can always try looking on the Dummies Book website, they'll most liklely have the book that you are searching for. Or you can try Barnes & Noble, or Borders.
http://www.dummies.com/
http://www.dummies.com/
for adobe premier use the website http://www.mediacollege.com/adobe/premiere/pro/
For Adobe Premiere, I like to browse tutorialized.com. The site itself be a tad disorganized but overall I've learned some great things and it's helped me get a better grasp.
For After Effects I have used: http://msp.sfsu.edu/Instructors/rey/aepage/tutorials.html
as a starting point.
For After Effects I have used: http://msp.sfsu.edu/Instructors/rey/aepage/tutorials.html
as a starting point.
http://www.good-tutorials.com/
Here is a good search engine for finding tutorials for Adobe Premier Pro and After effects:
http://psworkshop.net/psworkshop/
http://www.pixel2life.com/
Good luck
Here is a good search engine for finding tutorials for Adobe Premier Pro and After effects:
http://psworkshop.net/psworkshop/
http://www.pixel2life.com/
Good luck
If you are a visual person, Linda.com offers video tutorials for learning Premiere Pro and After Effects.♦
Premiere Pro:
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=129
Also, creative cow is a good place to if you are serious about learning it as a professinoal.
http://store.creativecow.net/a/dairy/store/
Here are a few other links that you might find helpful
http://www.layersmagazine.com/after-effects-cs4-3d-effects.html
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/aftereffects/articles/lrvid4211_ae.html
http://www.vtc.com/products/QuickStart!-Adobe-After-Effects-CS4-Tutorials.htm
http://www.motionworks.com.au/
http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Category:CS4
Premiere Pro:
http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.asp?ID=129
Also, creative cow is a good place to if you are serious about learning it as a professinoal.
http://store.creativecow.net/a/dairy/store/
Here are a few other links that you might find helpful
http://www.layersmagazine.com/after-effects-cs4-3d-effects.html
http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/aftereffects/articles/lrvid4211_ae.html
http://www.vtc.com/products/QuickStart!-Adobe-After-Effects-CS4-Tutorials.htm
http://www.motionworks.com.au/
http://premierepro.wikia.com/wiki/Category:CS4
You should probably stick with lynda.com. It works better than most of these options, and I know you all already said that but let me add, that you could get a free 7 day trial to test it out, it is really good. I have included the link. Remember that you can also get more than one trial by just getting another email address. If you decide to pay for it ($25/month) then that's fine too. But you should really give it a try.
The link to the 7-day trial is in the sources section.
The link to the 7-day trial is in the sources section.
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