Today I received my boxed copy of Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard from eBay. I was really glad to get this because the book I am reading Creating Motion Graphics With After Effects – Volume 1: The Essentials was written for version 6.5. Because I only had version 6.0 I was unable to open the example projects. I could not try many of the things explained in the book because the features did not exist in the previous version. The boxed version of Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard also comes with a DVD of video tutorials.
It may take me an entire year to learn Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard because it is a very complex program. However, you can do a lot of very creative and impressive video effects with Adobe After Effects 6.5 Standard. I am very pleased with the results of my numerous experiments although a lot of video editing programs come with built-in title effects that look about the same as my work. However, they don’t give you as much control and you can’t be very creative. I’ve become very familiar with Windows Movie Maker effects because you see them all the time on YouTube. They have become easy to spot.
