Adobe After Effects is the ultimate tool for creating motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, or the Web. The latest version boasts exciting new features, such as a built-in file format, cross-platform plug-ins, and powerful new video and audio effects.Adobe After Effects 4.0 Classroom in a Book teaches users to master After Effects in short, focused lessons that explore all of its tools and techniques. Readers can follow along with the cross-platform CD and the book's lessons to get hands-on experience mastering the most powerful graphics application available. Illustrations and text guide readers through results they can see on the screen, teaching techniques that can be put to use immediately.