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Published inFeb 2024
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Vishu Aggarwal
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Vishu Aggarwal

Vishu Aggarwal is a Passionate, Professional & Multi Vendor Certified Trainer. He's an enthusiastic learner, creative designer, and an individual always eager to explore more in the fields of Graphic & Web Designing, Digital Video-Sound Editing, Instructional Design, Digital Marketing, UX/UI, 3D Animation, Virtual Reality, and Game Design. Being a career focused professional, he supports businesses across industries with extensive media and digital marketing services. His all-around experience and expertise in delivering niche multimedia and graphic design training, video editing, and many such media-related areas enable him to contribute towards accelerated organizational branding and performance with unparalleled creative outcomes.
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Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects
Published in: Feb 2024Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781804617281

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Vishu Aggarwal

Vishu Aggarwal is a Passionate, Professional & Multi Vendor Certified Trainer. He's an enthusiastic learner, creative designer, and an individual always eager to explore more in the fields of Graphic & Web Designing, Digital Video-Sound Editing, Instructional Design, Digital Marketing, UX/UI, 3D Animation, Virtual Reality, and Game Design. Being a career focused professional, he supports businesses across industries with extensive media and digital marketing services. His all-around experience and expertise in delivering niche multimedia and graphic design training, video editing, and many such media-related areas enable him to contribute towards accelerated organizational branding and performance with unparalleled creative outcomes.
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