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Course Outline

After Effects User Interface and Animation

  • Understanding project files and their contents
  • Exploring Tools and Panels
  • Creating a Composition
  • Importing Media into a Project

Basic Animation

  • Adding layers to a composition
  • Navigating the timeline
  • Understanding Transform properties of layers
  • Keyframing layer properties
  • Utilizing RAM preview

Intermediate Animation

  • In-depth keyframe manipulation and interpolation
  • Working with the Graph Editor
  • Using Motion Sketch and Smoother
  • Applying Auto-Orient and Motion Blur
  • Managing Roving Keyframes
  • Adjusting Anchor Point and Pan Behind Tool

Layer Control

  • Trimming, moving, stacking, and splitting layers
  • Sequencing Layers
  • Looping Footage
  • Working with Image Sequences
  • Frame Rate versus Time Stretch
  • Utilizing Blending Modes
  • Working with Effects and Solids
  • Blending Modes
  • Applying Layer Styles
  • Using Masks

Transparency

  • Managing Opacity
  • Using Masks
  • Adjusting Shape
  • Applying Feather
  • Adjusting Expansion
  • Masking with the Pen Tool
  • Using Track Mattes

Effects

  • Exploring Effects and Presets Panels
  • Applying Effects to layers
  • Modifying Effects using the Effects Control Panel
  • Animating Effects
  • Changing the order of Effects
  • Using Adjustment Layers

The Text Tool

  • Utilizing the text tool
  • Animating text
  • Applying Text animation presets

Render Order

  • Understanding how After Effects compiles elements
  • Exporting files
  • Adding to Render Queue
  • Adding to Adobe Media Encoder Queue

Requirements

This course is tailored for individuals seeking to professionally edit and manipulate video files, aiming to apply post-production effects to a high standard.

Participants should be comfortable using a computer, performing tasks such as copying, pasting, and opening files and applications. Possessing an understanding of common video terminology is also advantageous.

 14 Hours

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