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Re: I guesss it's just me
by Todd Kopriva on May 27, 2009 at 5:51:35 am

> RTFM? What manual? ;)

> I am one of those guys who reads the manual, when provided. I miss the books they used to include with the software. While the html/web version has its benefits, the physical manuals allowed me to actually read them while offline. For some reason, I just can't sit there and scroll through the weblinks or pdfs in their entirety, especially when they are scattered across different disks and in different folders.


You can still order a printed copy of the After Effects Help document (which goes by the name 'User Guide' in its printed form). I don't recommend it, though. I've made about 300 fixes and additions to the online version since the books were printed. If you want a hard copy, I recommend printing the PDF that you can download from the top left corner of any page of After Effects Help on the Web. You'd just be out the cost of ~400 sheets of printer paper, which is less than the cost of the printed user guide. I update the PDF version each time I update the HTML on the Web (about once per month).

It's a little frustrating for me to hear people complain about the books no longer being shipped with the software. As the person who made those books, I can assure you that you get much better and more complete information when we have an extra couple of months to work on the documents. Having the books translated, printed, bound, and put into boxes in time for the software to be put on shelves used to cut out a tremendous amount of the time that we otherwise would have had available for creating the material to help you to use the software.

By concentrating on the web and PDF versions, we can make the information better, more searchable, and more up-to-date.

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Todd Kopriva, Adobe Systems Incorporated
putting the 'T' back in 'RTFM' : After Effects Help on the Web
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