--- product_id: 434425771 title: "Adobe After Effects: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features" brand: "ben goldsmith" price: "€ 57.20" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/434425771-adobe-after-effects-a-complete-course-and-compendium-of-features store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Adobe After Effects: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features **Brand:** ben goldsmith **Price:** € 57.20 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Adobe After Effects: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features by ben goldsmith - **How much does it cost?** € 57.20 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/434425771-adobe-after-effects-a-complete-course-and-compendium-of-features) ## Best For - ben goldsmith enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted ben goldsmith brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Adobe After Effects: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features ## Images ![Adobe After Effects: A Complete Course and Compendium of Features - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71JfhCzCPyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars This is the book I shoulda bought *by M***H on Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2024* Great book. I got Adobe's "Classroom in a Book," which takes you through exercises step by step, like following a recipe. It tells you what to do, but doesn't go far into why you are doing it or explain how AE works. It doesn't explain many effects. You get a taste, that's all.THIS BOOK goes deeper so you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it. It explains a lot of effects, modes, animation options. It is just what I was looking for to really understand AE.The book itself is very nice. It is well illustrated and printed on high quality paper.I wish I had bought this one in the first place. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING *by M***E on Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2023* Best PP reference ever! In total disbelief. I’m seriously trashing all my other PP books cause this one rocks! ### ⭐⭐ 2.0 out of 5 stars I Couldn't figure It Out *by C***N on Reviewed in the United States on November 14, 2022* After Effects is a rather specialized program for editing videos allowing one to control motion graphics and movies beyond that provided by most video editing software. For example, it’s possible to create a content aware fill, allowing the editor to remove unwanted objects from a video. It can be used to create very attractive moving titles and illustrations, and it often can be used to save less than perfect videos. But the software is not intuitive and learning to use it is difficult. I regularly find myself pulling related texts off the shelf to remind me how to perform a task.This book consists of a set of practical exercise tutorials, using After Effects and assets downloaded from the publisher’s web site. That’s the course part. Then there is the compendium. That’s more like a manual, although I found it to be a less than complete, lacking even an index in the on-line version.The problem is with the exercises. The best texts devote a lot of space to showing you where the various switches and buttons are located. Unfortunately, not only did Goldsmith not spend enough time with the interface, but, in the electronic version, some of the illustrations were too small to see and could not be enlarged. As a result, even where there was a simple instruction, it often took me many minutes to find the right button or menu. If I hadn’t already used After Effects, I might never have found those buttons. In a few instances, I had to refer to another publisher’s book to understand the author’s instructions. Sometimes I ran through the same exercise several times trying to figure out what the author wanted me to do.I finally got to a place where the book told me to apply a certain preset to a project. I could find no explanation in the book of how to do that. After spending almost three hours trying to figure out how to apply this single step, I gave up in frustration.That’s a long way of saying this is a poor book for a video editor to learn how to use After Effects. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.pt/products/434425771-adobe-after-effects-a-complete-course-and-compendium-of-features](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/434425771-adobe-after-effects-a-complete-course-and-compendium-of-features) --- *Product available on Desertcart Portugal* *Store origin: PT* *Last updated: 2026-06-23*