Duration

2 days

Overview

After Effects Essentials is designed to allow those new to video animation techniques or who are self-taught, to get the most from this immensely powerful software. Learn to create rich compositions with video, Photoshop, Illustrator and other files. Create advanced text effects, video blending, keying effects and track mattes. Learn basic through advanced animation techniques that make After Effects an unrivaled motion graphics toolset. This course introduces you to the newest techniques and tools used in Adobe After Effects CC.

Course Outline

After Effects User Interface and Animation

What is a project file and what is in it?
Tools and Panels

Basic Animation

Transform properties of layers
Keyframing

Intermediate Animation

In depth keyframe manipulation & interpolation
Graph Editor
Motion Sketch/Smoother
Auto-Orient/Motion Blur
Roving Keyframes
Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool

Layer Control

Trim-move-stack-split
Slip Tool
Sequence Layers
Solo Switches
Looping Footage
Image Sequences
Frame Rate vs. Time Stretch
Blending Modes
Effects & Solids with Blending Modes
Effects & Presets Panel

Transparency

Masks
Shape
Feather
Expansion
Masking with the Pen Tool

Type and Titles

Simple Rules of Titling
Basic Text

Render Order

How After Effects put it all together

Exporting files

Render Queue
Export As/Same Frame As/Pre-render

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