Part I: Connecting Photoshop, ImageReady, and After Effects.

Chapter 1. Basic ImageReady Animation, Tweening, and Layer Styles.

Chapter 2. Photoshop Layers and After Effects.

Chapter 3. 3-D Layers From Photoshop Layers.

Part II: Applying Animation Concepts.

Chapter 4. Cause and Effect.

Chapter 5. Exaggeration Equals Characterization.

Part III: Clean-Up, Mattes, and Objects.

Chapter 6. Blue-Screen Garbage Mattes.

Chapter 7. Rotoscoping Techniques with Photoshop.

Chapter 8. Shooting a Clean Blue/Green Screen.

Chapter 9. Matte and Keying Plug-Ins.

Chapter 10. Static Matte "Painting" in Photoshop.

Chapter 11. Motion Matte "Painting" in Photoshop.

Chapter 12. Making Movies From Stills.

Part IV: Advanced Movie Magic.

Chapter 13. Scale and Speed.

Chapter 14. Color, Light, and Focus.

Chapter 15. Atmosphere, Film, and Noise Effects.

Chapter 16. Motion Titling Effects.

Chapter 17. Custom Scene Transitions.

Appendix: Adobe Photoshop and After Effects Resources.

Index.