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 Duration 14 hours (2 days)

Course Outline

After Effects User Interface and Animation

  • Exploring project files and their contents
  • Familiarizing yourself with tools and panels
  • Creating a composition
  • Importing media assets into a project

Basic Animation

  • Adding layers to a composition
  • Navigating the timeline effectively
  • Managing the transform properties of layers
  • Keyframing layer properties
  • Using RAM preview

Intermediate Animation

  • Advanced keyframe manipulation and interpolation
  • Utilizing the Graph Editor
  • Applying Motion Sketch and Smoother
  • Implementing Auto-Orient and Motion Blur
  • Working with Roving Keyframes
  • Using the Anchor Point and Pan Behind Tool

Layer Control

  • Techniques for trimming, moving, stacking, and splitting
  • Sequencing layers
  • Looping footage
  • Handling image sequences
  • Distinguishing between Frame Rate and Time Stretch
  • Applying blending modes
  • Working with effects and solids
  • Advanced use of blending modes
  • Applying layer styles
  • Creating masks

Transparency

  • Adjusting opacity
  • Utilizing masks
  • Working with shapes
  • Applying feathering
  • Mask expansion
  • Masking using the Pen Tool
  • Implementing Track Mattes

Effects

  • Navigating the Effects and Presets Panels
  • Applying effects to layers
  • Modifying effects via the Effects Control Panel
  • Animating effects
  • Reordering effects
  • Using Adjustment Layers

The Text Tool

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

Render Order

  • Understanding how After Effects composites the final image
  • Exporting files
  • Adding projects to the Render Queue
  • Adding projects to the Adobe Media Encoder Queue

Requirements

This training is tailored for individuals aiming to professionally edit and manipulate video files, ensuring that post-production effects are applied to a high standard.

Participants should be comfortable navigating a computer, performing tasks such as copy-pasting or opening files and applications. A basic understanding of common video terminology is also beneficial.

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