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Course Outline

After Effects User Interface and Animation

  • Understanding project files and their contents
  • Overview of tools and panels
  • Creating a composition
  • Importing media into a project

Basic Animation

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

Intermediate Animation

  • Detailed keyframe manipulation and interpolation
  • Utilising the Graph Editor
  • Motion Sketch and Smoother
  • Auto-Orient and Motion Blur
  • Roving Keyframes
  • Anchor Point and Pan Behind Tool

Layer Control

  • Trim, move, stack, and split operations
  • Sequencing layers
  • Looping footage
  • Handling image sequences
  • Frame rate versus time stretch
  • Blending modes
  • Effects and solids
  • Blending modes
  • Layer styles
  • Masks

Transparency

  • Opacity settings
  • Masks
  • Shape adjustments
  • Feathering
  • Expansion
  • Masking using the Pen Tool
  • Track Mattes

Effects

  • Effects and Presets panels
  • Applying effects to layers
  • Modifying effects via the Effects Control panel
  • Animating effects
  • Adjusting the order of effects
  • Using adjustment layers

The Text Tool

  • Utilising the text tool
  • Animating text
  • Applying text animation presets

Render Order

  • How After Effects synthesises the final output
  • Exporting files
  • Adding to the Render Queue
  • Adding to the Adobe Media Encoder Queue

Requirements

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

You should feel at ease using a computer for basic tasks such as copying, pasting, and opening files or applications. While not mandatory, a familiarity with common video terminology is advantageous.

 14 Hours

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