I consider myself a newbie to After Effects with very little programming experience. In my opinion, After Effects Expressions by Marcus Geduld is a well thought out and well-written book which would appeal to many different skill levels. Like many other designers, I have resisted learning coding and instead focused on the "fun stuff", all the while knowing that learning the programming side would be both desirable and necessary in order to take my skills to the next level of proficiency.



Although I do have a basic understanding of javascript, I have very limited actual experience with it. I have not yet gone through the entire book because I am still learning the basics of After Effects but what I have read so far has gone a long way in explaining a difficult subject in easy to understand language. The author does an excellent job of explaining a difficult subject in a way that even a newbie can understand and get excited about. Being a visual learner, i appreciate having so many images and illustrations to refer to for reference. Others may prefer less images and more coding, but for me having the pictures to follow along with are great!



The only negative that I can think of would be the lack of CD or DVD to accompany the book. I would prefer to have the source files readily available on disk rather than having to access the files over the internet.



I will be checking out other titles by this author and I highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to take their After Effects skills to the next level!