Acknowledgments

To the true spirit of collaboration.

This book wouldn’t exist without the dedication of the After Effects team at Adobe to make the best software they can for more than two decades, which is nearly how long I’ve been working with it. I started with the CoSA After Effects 2.0 beta at LucasArts—back before I knew the term “compositor”—and was soon blowing minds with what I could do on a beige Mac.

In this edition, I also thank Adobe specifically in a couple of ways. There couldn’t be a better technical editor than Todd Kopriva, who made time in his more-than-full schedule to review this book. And during the development of this book, I have had an office at Adobe, where I’ve had the opportunity take part in the tremendous step forward ...

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