AFTER EFFECTS CC - BEGINNERS TO ADVANCED Central

Course details

Whether you are a motion graphics designer, visual effects artist, video editor, or a rich media designer for the web, Adobe After Effects CC lets you design and animate with greater creative freedom.

This 3-day course is designed to allow those new to post production techniques to get the most from this immensely powerful software. We use practical exercises which will cover incorporating footage with Photoshop graphics, video layering techniques, working with key frames, using masks for special effects and rendering your final project. You will also learn different rendering techniques to optimise the finished production for broadcast, DVD or the web.

NEW FEATURES IN ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS CC
Explore new enhancements and features in the latest incarnation of After Effects CC


KNOWING THE WORKFLOW
Introduction to the workspace
Customizing the workspace
Importing media and footage
Working the media


BASIC ANIMATION WITH EFFECTS AND PRESETS
Setting up the project
Creating the composition
Working with layers
Applying effects and presets
Rendering


ANIMATING TEXT
Using a text animation effect
Animation using Parenting
Importing Photoshop text
Text along a path


MULTIMEDIA ANIMATION
Animating Scenery with parenting
Masking video into vector
Keyframing a motion path
Applying effects
Adding audio tracks
Animating Layers
Simulating changes in lighting
Duplicating animation
Animating movements in scenery
Using a track matte
WORKING WITH MASKS
Creating, Editing and Feathering a mask


COLOUR EFFECTS
Using colour filters to create various effects


MOTION STABLIZATION AND TRACKING
Stablizing a shaky footage
Tracking a point in the footage
Creating tracking overlays
Stabilizing a shaky footage using Warp Stabilizer


USING EXPRESSIONS
Using Expressions to generate random values
Using the selection whip to link property values


UNDERSTANDING PARTICLE GENERATORS
Learn to use particle generators to build particle effects


EXPLORING 3D SPACE
Creating and animating 2D elements in 3D space
Exploring Lighting and Effects


RENDERING AND OUTPUT
Introduction to Rendering and Output options