Adobe After Effects
Course Information
Duration: 20 Hours
Fee: $1200
Description
Adobe After Effects, a part of Adobe Creative Suite, is a cinematic visuale ffects and motion graphics program. It is used to create videos containing animation
and special effects for graphics-related projects. You can use After Effects to animate, alter, and composite media using various tools and optional plug-ins. This
course is designed to help you to extend your creativity using key techniques to edit digital videos and add stunning effects to them. Both the beginners
and seasoned users can benefit from this course as it starts with the basics of the program including navigation and gradually progresses toward more advanced
features.
Topics Covered
1. Introduction
- Features Summary in After Effects
- Keyboard Shortcuts Reference
- System Requirements in After Effects
- Workflows in AfterEffects
2. Workspaces
- Planning, Setup, and Installation
- General User Interface Items
- Working with After Effects and other Applications
- Workspaces, Panels, and Viewers
- Using Adobe Color Themes Extension
- Dynamic Link with Adobe Premiere
- Creative Dynamic Link Workflows with PremierePro and After Effects
3. Projects and Compositions
- Projects
- CINEMA 4D Composition Renderer
- Composition Basics
- Precomposing, Nesting, and Pre-rendering
- Timecode and Time Display Units
4. Importing Footage
- Importing and Interpreting Footage Items
- Importing and Interpreting Video and Audio
- Preparing and Importing 3D Image Files
- Working with Footage Items
- CINEMA 4D and Cineware
- Importing from After Effects and Adobe Premiere Pro
- Preparing and Importing Still Images
5. Views and Previews
- Video Preview with Mercury Transmit
- Using and Modifying Views
6. Layers and Layer Properties
- Creating Layers
- Selecting and Arranging Layers
- Managing Layers
- Layer Properties
- Blending Modes and Layer Styles
- 3D Layers
- Cameras, Lights, and Points of Interest
7. Animation and Keyframes
- Basic Animation
- Compositing Tools for VR/360 Videos
- Applying Immersive Video Effects
- Constructing VR Environments in After Effects
- Working with Data-driven Animation
- Creating Motion Graphics Templates in After Effects
- Assorted Animation Tools
- Setting, Selecting, and Deleting Keyframes
- Editing, Moving, and Copying Keyframes
- Keyframe Interpolation
- Time-stretching and Time-remapping
- Tracking 3D Camera Movement
- Face Tracking
- Animating with Puppet Tools
8. Color
- Basic Color Correction
- Color Management
- Creative Cloud Libraries in After Effects
9. Drawing, Painting, and Paths
- Paint tools: Brush, Clone Stamp, and Eraser
- Overview of Shape Layers, Paths, and Vector Graphics
- Creating Shapes and Masks
- Managing and Animating Shape Paths and Masks
- Mask Tracking and Mask Reference
- Shape Attributes, Paint Operations, and Path Operations for Shape Layers
10. Text
- Creating and Editing Text Layers
- Formatting Characters and Character Panel
- Examples and Resources for Text Animation
- Animating Text in After Effects
- Extruding Text and Shape Layers
- Formatting Paragraphs and the Paragraph Panel
- Working with Text Templates
11. Transparency and Compositing
- Compositing and Transparency Overview and Resources
- Alpha Channels, Masks, and Mattes
- Keying in After Effects
- Roto Brush, Refine Edge, and Refine Matte Effects
12. Markers
- Layer Markers and Composition Markers
- XMP Metadata
13. Rendering and Exporting
- Basics of Rendering and Exporting
- Rendering and Exporting Still Images and Still Image Sequences
- Exporting an After Effects Project as an Adobe Premiere Pro Project
- Converting Movies
- Automated Rendering and Network Rendering
- Using the GoPro CineForm Codec in After Effects
14. Expressions and Automation
- Plug-ins, Scripts, and Automation
- Expression Basics
- Expression Language Reference
- Expression Examples
15. Project Development
- Based on the field of interest, the students will develop a showreel in After Effects at the end of the course.
- The students will create a small scene using different concepts covered in the course.