You will find effective ways you can use After Effects to create video effects and animation are both very difficult or impossible to achieve in Flash. At the end of this book, you will create a variety of projects ranging from text effects, masks, and alpha channel video to 3D effects and audio visualization. All are designed to show you the available potential for you with two powerhouse applications, and, more importantly, to expand the warehouse creative motion graphics tools you want. Summary of Contents: Chapter 1: From Concept to Final Product in After Effects Part 2: Final Results From the Upload in Flash Professional 8 Chapter 3: Motion Graphics and the Preset Text Effects Chapter 4: Creating Alpha Channel Video to Flash Chapter 5: Creating Text Animations for Flash Chapter 6: Creating Special Effects Chapter 7: Playing with Text Chapter 8: Meet the Parents Chapter 9: Behind the Mask Video Chapter 10: Track Mattes Are Your Friends in Chapter 11: Adding a Third Dimension Chapter 12: Audio, Red-Headed Kid in the Family Blondes