Adobe After Effects CC Essentials
This 2-day Essentials course covers the tools and features of Adobe After Effects CC, focusing on its capabilities for visual effects and motion graphics. Participants will learn to use the program's powerful tools to enhance the quality and creativity of their movie projects, gaining a strong understanding of how to add a professional look to their visual output.
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Level
Duration
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face / Virtual Class
per person
Level
Duration
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face (F2F) / Virtual Class
Class types
Public Class
Private Class
In-House Training
Bespoke
About this course
This 2-day Essentials course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe After Effects CC. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes visual effects and motion graphics to a new level. You will use the program’s powerful tools to add a slick, professional look to all your movie projects. Our tips are sure to enhance the quality and creativity of your visual output.
Who should attend?
This course is intended for anyone new to the field of video and motion graphics who wants to learn about applying special effects.
Learning Outcome
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the After Effects environment.
- Create intermediate animations.
- Understand keyframe manipulation and interpolation
- Work with layers, masks, and mattes
- Apply special effects
- Add titles and basic text
- Use colour effectively
- Export your files
Prerequisites
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer’s operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.
Course Content
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available, and preferences of your course booking.
Lesson 1: Getting Started
- Workspace overview
- Importing and organising assets
- Projects & compositions
- Working with layers
- Adding Effects (FX)
Lesson 2: Starting with FX
- Fixed and applied FX
- Understanding animation
- Modifying motion paths
- All about keyframes
- Basic graph editor
Lesson 3: All about Text
- Creating text in After Effects
- Layer styles
- Animation options
- Motion blur
- Understanding range selectors
- Animation presets
Lesson 4: All about Shapes
- Introduction to shape layers
- Creating shapes from Ai files
- Paths and how to use them
- Animation options
Lesson 5: Exporting your Final Projects
- Project management
- Export options
- Exporting through Media Encoder
- Dynamic link to Premiere Pro
Lesson 6: Masks & Chroma-keying
- Creating & animating masks
- Tracking masks
- Limiting FX to specific areas & Track Mattes
- Property links
- Green-screen chroma-keying with Keylight 1.2
Lesson 7: Some Other Effects
- Warp-stabilizer
- Camera tracker
- Motion tracking
- Puppet-Pin tool
- Write-on effect
Certification
This course is a non-certification course.
If you require certification, please do reach out to us.
Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Effects & Motions Graphic Using Adobe After Effects
Advance your skills, demonstrate clear business impact, and get hired. Adobe offers a wide range of online certification programs designed to help you take your career to the next level.
Show what you know
- Validate your knowledge of Adobe After Effects, the industry-standard tool for video compositing, motion graphics design, and animation.
- Adobe has worked with creative industry experts and the test design specialists at Certiport to identify the skills and concepts that are critical to using After Effects effectively in a professional context.
- The resulting 50-minute exam is integrated with the After Effects application, allowing for an authentic assessment of job-ready skills.
- 150 hours of instruction and hands-on experience is recommended.
At this time, this course is available for private class and in-house training only. Please contact us for any inquiries.