Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects

Essential and Advanced Techniques

Chris Meyer (Crish Design, USA), Trish Meyer (Crish Design, USA), Lee Lanier (Visual Effects Artist, USA)

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Routledge
05 January 2026

Film movie production: technical skills; Digital animation; Graphics programming

Offers a comprehensive, full-color, all-in-one resource for creating motion graphics within After Effects, thoroughly updated for After Effects CC. This new edition has been expanded and revised throughout to explore the most recent features in After Effects CC, incorporating new and redesigned exercises and projects with HD footage, increased coverage on Cinema4D, stereoscopic 3D and 360 VR, visual effects, and much more. An extensive companion website features project files and source materials for all the techniques demonstrated in the book, as well as several bonus chapters on subjects like expressions, scripting, effects, and integration with other software.

By: Chris Meyer (Crish Design USA), Trish Meyer (Crish Design, USA), Lee Lanier (Visual Effects Artist, USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 6th edition
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 191mm,
ISBN: 9781138584532
ISBN 10: 1138584533
Pages: 784
Publication Date: 05 January 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

1. Animation Techniques 2. Layer Management 3. Modes, Masks, and Mattes 4. Cameras! Lights! Action! 5. Building Hierarchies 6. Text Animation 7. Effects and Presets 8. Color and Keying 9. Time and Tracking 10. Drawing, Painting, and Puppetry 11. Working with Audio 12. Expressions 13. Importing and Integration 14. Exporting and Rendering

Trish and Chris Meyer are principals of Crish Design, an award-winning motion graphics design studio. Two of the original After Effects users with over 20 years experience, the Meyers are highly respected authors of motion graphics books and training videos. For more, visit: www.crishdesign.com. Lee Lanier has worked as a professional computer animator and VFX artist since 1994. He has more than 70 features, shorts, music videos, trailers, and commercials to his credit. Lee has written a dozen high-end software books that have sold more than 35,000 copies, has authored VFX training videos for LinkedIn and lynda.com, has taught VFX compositing at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, and is a member of the Visual Effects Society. You can see his work at beezlebugbit.com and diabolica-art.com.