Which are the best dvd-books for AE?I remember somebody suggesting Christiensen book.....
what about you guys?

thx

Hope I can help as I have been trying to learn AE CS4 for the last 8 months. I started with Lynda.com - its only $25/month and has a ton of video training for AE and other software.

fxphd.com - more like a class as you sign up for a semester. I am signing up Monday for their October semester for one AE and 2 Cinema 4D classes. I have seen some of their other AE classes and their 'teachers' are great at explaining what they are doing.

Why do you want to learn AE?

Hi Marcus. A great place to visit is:
VIDEO COPILOT | Professional After Effects Tutorials, Plug-ins & Pre-Keyed Stock Footage (http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/)
which has very good basic and advanced tutorials and a great forum.
I would also very highly recommend:
Amazon.com: After Effects Apprentice, Second Edition (9780240811369): Chris and Trish Meyer: Books (http://www.amazon.com/After-Effects-Apprentice-Second-Chris/dp/0240811364/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1236125406&sr=1-1)
and their other book 'Creating Motion Graphics' is more advanced and also great (I have found, and still find them, easy to understand and indispensable). Hope that helps.

Although I cannot say that I have found the definitive AE book, "Creating Motion Graphics" by Trish and Chris Meyer is excellent. It can be used as a training text, which I have done. It also is very helpful as a reference.

I have a hard time keeping the mechanics of masks in my head. When I need a refresher, I can go to the book and get quickly back up to speed.

It's a great book that I view as well worth its cost.

Thanks Gregory. Dummy me forgot to mention one of the BEST - Videocopilot.

Andrew Kramer is sort of an AE God. His Twitch plug-in is awesome and so are his stock video and audio.

FYI, Chris Meyer is the host of many AE series on Lynda.com.

Ok i'm ordering AE apprentice but i was wonderin what about CHRISTIANSEN book?

thx my friends