Whether youre new to After Effects & want to get up to speed quickly or already a user who needs to become familiar with the new features After Effects Apprentice was created for you. With 11 core lessons plus a final project that pulls it all together youll learn how to tap this programs vast potential
- whether you create motion graphics for network television corporate communications or your own projects. Fully updated to cover the major new features introduced in After Effects CS6 CS5.5 & CS5 this edition of the book presents a professional perspective on the most important features a motion graphics artist needs to master in order to use After Effects effectively. Youll learn to creatively combine layers animate eye-catching titles manipulate 3D space track or rotoscope existing footage to add new elements color key & stabilize a shot to place it in a new environment & use effects to generate excitement or enhance the realism of a scene. Easy to follow step-by-step instructions guide you through the features with explanations of the why" instead of just the "how" behind each technique. Youll learn more than just the tools; youll learn skills that you can immediately put to work expressing your own ideas in your productions. Topics include how to: Animate edit layer & composite video & still images. Manipulate keyframes & the way they interpolate to create more refined animations. Use masks mattes stencils & blending modes to add sophistication to your imagery. Create & animate text & shape layers Place your layers in 3D space. Use tracking & keying to create special effects such as replacing screen displays. DVD contains: All exercise source material & project files for After Effects CS6 CS5.5 & CS5 plus 90 minutes of video tutorials."
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Everything seemed perfect in Neil Jacksons childhood until one day on a cold January morning in 1976... He was awoken by the police knocking on the door to break the shocking news that his mother had become the second victim of a serial killer
- soon to become known as the Yorkshire Ripper. This evil act exposed a web of secrets & lies that was to devastate Neil & change his life forever. Jane Carter Woodrow an experienced criminologist discovers what happens when the camera & the lurid headlines fade away. Neils riveting story captures the real nature of the tragedy that murder can visit on a family & shows how incredibly he pieced his life back together after becoming one of the forgotten victims of Britains most notorious serial killer.
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Patrick Paniter was James IVs right-hand man a diplomatic genius who was in charge of the guns at the disastrous battle of Flodden in September 1513 in which the English annihilated the Scots. After the death of his king he is tormented by guilt as he relives the events that led to war. When Louise Brenier daughter of a rogue sea trader asks his help in finding out if her brother Benoit was killed in action it is the least he can do to salve his conscience. Not satisfied with the news he brings Louise sets off to find out the truth herself & swiftly falls foul of one of the lawless clans that rule the ungovernable borderlands. After Flodden is a novel about the consequences of the battle of Flodden as seen through the eyes of several characters who either had a hand in bringing the country to war or were profoundly affected by the outcome. There have been very few novels about Flodden despite its significance & none from this perspective. Its a racy adventure combining political intrigue & romance & its readership will be anyone who loves historical fiction or is interested in the history of Scotland & the turbulent ungovernable borderlands between Scotland & Engl&. ...

A tense truce holds between the Capulets & the Montagues after the deaths of Romeo & Juliet. Benvolio Romeo's best friend is in love with Rosaline Juliet's cousin but Rosaline is bent on revenge. This play is written for a cast of 12 plus musicians & extras. ...

The acclaimed medium takes his talents to new levels & new countries! For After Life" John & a documentary crew travelled to Australia & across the United States where he demonstrated once again that grief healing & hope are eternally intertwined. He answers his fans' most-asked questions about the mediumship process & how it works while revealing his own personal life as a husband & new father. Edward also shares what he's learned through his own personal losses & demonstrates that it's never too late to forgive...and never too far away to love. John also connects with celebrities both here & on the other side." ...

Tamerlane the Ottomans the Mughals the Manchus the British the Soviets the Japanese & the Nazis
- All built empires they hoped
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From the author of the book that uniquely predicted the Egyptian revolution a new message about the Middle East: everything were told about the Arab Spring is wrong. When popular revolutions erupted in Tunisia & Egypt the West assumed that democracy & pluralism would triumph. Greatly praised author & foreign correspondent John R. Bradley draws on his extensive firsthand knowledge of the regions cultures & societies to show how Islamists will fill the power vacuum in the wake of the revolutions. This vivid & timely book gives an original analysis of the new Tunisia Egypt Syria Yemen Libya & Bahrain by highlighting the dramatic spread of Saudi-funded Wahhabi ideology inter-tribal rivalries & Sunni-Shia divisions. Bradley gives a boots on the ground look at how the revolutions were first ignited & the major players behind them & shows how the local population participated in & responded to the uprisings. In Tunisia he witnesses secularists under violent attack & in Egypt observes radical Islamists taking control of the streets. He illuminates the ancient sectarian strife shaking Bahrain fierce civil war pitching tribe against tribe in Libya & Yemen & ethnic divisions threatening to tear apart Syria & Iran. Taking it one step further Bradley offers a comprehensive look at how across countries liberal progressive voices that first rallied the Arab masses were drowned out by the slogans of the better-organized & more popular radical Islamists. With the in-depth knowledge of a local & the keen perspective of a seasoned reporter After the Arab Spring offers a piercing analysis of what the empowerment of Islamism bodes for the future of the Middle East & the impact on the West. ...

This is a classic murder-mystery set among the struggling upper classes of 1920s Perthshire as in the aftermath of the First World War their comfortable world begins to crumble. Dandy Gilver her husband back from the War her children off at school & her uniform growing musty in the attic is bored to a whimper in the spring of 1923 & a little light snooping seems like harmless fun. Before long though the puzzle of what really happened to the Duffy diamonds after the Armistice Ball has been swept aside by a sudden unexpected death in a lonely seaside cottage in Galloway. Society & the law seem ready to call it an accident but Dandy along with Cara Duffys fiance Alec is sure that there is more going on than meets the eye. What is being hidden by members of the Duffy family: the watchful Lena the cold & distant Clemence & old Gregory Duffy with his air of quiet sadness not to mention Cara herself whose secret always seems just tantalizingly out of view? Dandy must learn to trust her instincts & swallow most of her scruples if he is to uncover the truth & earn the right to call herself a sleuth. ...

In After the Coalition five new Conservative Members of Parliament tackle the challenges of contemporary Britain. They argue that Conservative principles adapted to the modern world are essential for national success. For Britain to prosper in todays global economy we need a new era of responsibility for governments as well as individuals. The Conservative Party last won a general election in 1992. The formation of the coalition in 2010 ushered in a politics of compromise for the important task of bringing the deficit under control. At the next election the Conservative Party may well fight for its own mandate. What that will be & the ideas supporting it need to be defined now. After the Coalition is an attempt to do precisely this. Contributors include: Kwasi Kwarteng MP Priti Patel MP Dominic Raab MP Chris Skidmore MP Elizabeth Truss MP ...

In the quiet of a New Zealand winters night a rescue helicopter is sent to airlift a five-year-old boy with severe internal injuries. Hes fallen from the upstairs veranda of an isolated farmhouse & his condition is critical. At first Finns fall looks like a horrible accident; after all hes prone to sleepwalking. Only his frantic mother Martha Mc Namara knows how it happened. & she isnt telling. Not yet. Maybe not ever. Tragedy isnt what the Mc Namara family expected when they moved to New Zeal&. For Martha it was an escape. For her artist husband Kit it was a dream. For their small twin boys it was an adventure. For sixteen-year-old Sacha it was the start of a nightmare. They end up on the isolated east coast of the North Island seemingly in the middle of a New Zealand tourism campaign. But their peaceful idyll is soon shattered as the choices Sacha makes lead the family down a path which threatens to destroy them all. Martha finds herself facing a series of impossible decisions each with devastating consequences for her family. See Judys Review See Richards Review Download A Sample Chapter Of After the Fall See Charity Norman talk about her book Read about the Author Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for After the Fall Judys Review After the Fall is a book about a family in crisis. If you enjoy reading family sagas involving current edgy dilemmas (such as the novels of Jodi Picoult) I really recommend it. Martha Mc Namaras family life in London is in ruins. Thanks to the recession her husband Kit has lost his job. The advertising agency hes been doing so well in has crashed & all Kits attempts to find another job have failed. Blaming himself Kit starts drinking heavily. Desperate for a second chance Martha & Kit decide to emigrate to N ew Zeal&. Kit is a talented artist & he dreams of fulfilling his potential out there. Working so hard in London to provide for his family hes had no time to paint & longs for a fresh start. Martha & her two small twin sons Finn & Charlie are thrilled with their new home in Hawks Bay
- a small town on the isolated east coast of New Zealands North Island (where the author herself lives). Kit stops drinking & happily begins to paint again. Only Marthas sixteen-year-old daughter Sacha has trouble settling in. In fact for her emigrating is the start of a nightmare. Desperate to believe that shes made the right decision for her family Martha tries to ignore her increasing worries about her daughter until one night the family is engulfed by tragedy. Their beautiful idle t"
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