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Acknowledgments

When I started the first edition of this book, I may have guessed there was a chance it would be a success and find its way into multiple editions, but I certainly wasn’t focused on that. Some fundamental things about the book, like its basic structure, have not changed, but other aspects have been radically revamped for this one.

That parallels the development of After Effects itself. I can still vividly remember the excitement of getting started creating shots in After Effects before I even had heard the term “compositor,” and fooling a renowned visual effects veteran—a veteran, who shall remain nameless, who had no idea the tools existed on the desktop to do this kind of stuff. After Effects is compelling enough on its own ...