Jeff Foster, an award-winning video producer and author/educator on Adobe After Effects, uses SmartSound's customizable royalty-free music library to create soundtracks for his projects. Here, he shows you how he used After Effects CS5 and Sonicfire Pro to create the soundtrack for a three-minute book trailer video.

Video Tutorial: SmartSound Sonicfire Pro 5/AE CS5 Workflow

By Beth Marchant / July 25, 2010

Motion graphics expert Jeff Foster shows you how to use the Sonicfire Pro 5 Soundtrack workflow with After Effects CS5

Jeff Foster, an award-winning video producer and author/educator on Adobe After Effects, uses SmartSound’s customizable royalty-free music library to create soundtracks for his projects. Here, he shows you how he used After Effects CS5 and Sonicfire Pro to create the soundtrack for a three-minute book trailer video, an emerging form gaining popularity-and in need of the much higher production values seasoned pros can bring to it.

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