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After Effects User Interface and Animation

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

Basic Animation

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

Intermediate Animation

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

Layer Control

  • Trim, move, stack, and split operations
  • Sequencing Layers
  • Looping Footage
  • Working with Image Sequences
  • Managing Frame Rate vs Time Stretch
  • Applying Blending Modes
  • Working with Effects & Solids
  • Advanced Blending Modes
  • Applying Layer Styles
  • Creating Masks

Transparency

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

Effects

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

The Text Tool

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

Render Order

  • Understanding how After Effects composites final output
  • 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, with the goal of adding high-standard post-production effects to their work.

Participants should be comfortable using a computer for basic tasks, such as copying and pasting text or opening files and applications. Additionally, a general understanding of common video terminology is considered an advantage.

 14 Hours

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