![Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional [Mac]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41okLn-OTWL._SL75_.jpg) | Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional [Mac]
Buy new: $986.99 / Used from: $1,117.49 Used on 95% of motion graphics projects.
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 | Apple Final Cut Studio 2 (Mac)
Buy new: Too low to display / Used from: $1,042.25 A solid digital editing package, with Motion, a motion graphics program included.
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 | Apple Shake 4 Mac OS X
If you plan on getting into heavy duty compositing, shake is the way to go.
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 | Apple Mac Pro 8-Core Desktop PC (Two 3.0 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon, 1 GB RAM, 250 GB Hard Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 7300)
My platform of choice, but use whichever platform you like. One thing to think about, every design job I have work has been based around a Mac environment. These now 8 core beasts are the thing to have to speed up those long render times.
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 | Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects, Vol. 1: The Essentials (3rd Edition, Version 6.5) by Trish Meyer
Buy new: $43.16 / Used from: $4.98 Buy both volumes, will give you a very solid mograph foundation.
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 | Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 Lens (Black)
Buy new: $699.99 / Used from: $499.99 You need a digital camera, my choice for a feature rich, reasonably priced Digital SLR.
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 | "Panasonic AG-HVX200 1/3"" 3CCD 16:9 HD/DVCPRO/DV Cinema P2 Camera"
The killer camera...if you can afford it.
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 | Panasonic Pro AG-DVX100B 3-CCD MiniDV Proline Camcorder w/10x Optical Zoom
Buy new: $2,386.88 / Used from: $2,399.99 A great camera for capturing live action element for your animation. If you can afford it go for the dvx100b's older brother, the HVX200. DVCpro 50 and hd is much better for greenscreen shooting than miniDV.
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![Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Premium [OLD VERSION]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41viEwLxkCL._SL75_.jpg) | Adobe Creative Suite CS3 Design Premium [OLD VERSION]
Buy new: $2,077.20 / Used from: $700.00 A must have for creating elements for your animations, integrates perfectly with after effects.
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 | The Elements of Typographic Style by Robert Bringhurst
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $18.00 A great typography resource, entertaining and informative. Bad typography will ruin an otherwise spectacular motion piece.
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 | Apple Cinema 30" HD Flat-Panel Display
Buy new: Too low to display If you can afford it, go for it. The more screen realestate you own the better off you'll be, in fact buy 2, lol.
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 | Stash - DVD
Buy new: $259.00 A great souce of information and inspiration, also check out motionographer.com.
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 | Epson Perfection 4180 Photo Scanner
I have had a good track record with Epson products so that is what I recommend. You can usually get by with a lower end scanner for mograph as video is relatively low resolution.
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 | Wacom Intuos3 6x11 Pen Tablet
Buy new: Too low to display A must have for me, makes working in Photoshop much easier and will save your wrists from carpal tunnel syndrome. I repeat, THIS WILL SAVE YOUR WRISTS FROM CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME!!!
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 | CINEMA 4D 10 Workshop by Arndt von Koenigsmarck
Buy new: $43.08 / Used from: $37.68 Cinema 4D is an excellent 3d package to learn. A nice mellow learning curve and a new add on module called Mograph, created specificly to help in the creation of motion graphics."
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