Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
After Effects is the industry-leading application for creating motion graphics and visual effects.
Introduction to After Effects training provides a thorough grounding, teaching key techniques for creating stunning visual results.
Course summary
Provides the essential knowledge you need to use After Effects effectively. Sessions include:
Creating your first After Effects project
Animation techniques
Layer control
Working with shapes
Effects
Type and type animation
Exporting your compositions
How can I attend my course?
METHOD OF DELIVERY
Training is designed for the busy professional, being short and intensive and combining lecture and demonstration. Practical exercises carried out under guidance help delegates to learn the techniques taught.
You’ll have ample opportunity to discuss specific requirements with the trainer.
Course Content
Introduction to After Effects
Getting started with After Effects
• How does After Effects work? Tour of the interface
• Setting preferences Setting Auto-Save
• Help and further sources of information
Creating your first After Effects project
• Creating a new project/composition
• Creating a composition from footage
• Importing assets
• Organising assets
• Working with layers
Animation techniques
• Keyframing
• Temporal and spatial keyframes
• Motion paths
• Modifying motion paths
• Orientation
• Anchor point essentials
• Roving across time
• Easing keyframes
• Exponential scale
• The Graph Editor
• Motion sketch
Layer control
• Arranging, organising and navigating layers
• Locking and hiding layers
• Solo layers
• Switches and Modes view•
Working with shapes
• Shape layers in After Effects
• Creating shape layers
• Multiple shapes on the same layer
• Shapes and their anchor points
• Moving anchor points
• Animating shapes
Effects
• Examples of effects
• Applying effects
• Customising effects properties
Type and type animation
• Working with type
• Basic text animation
• Text animation presets
• Layer styles
Exporting your compositions
• Export options in After Effects
• Exporting directly from After Effects
• Exporting through Media Encoder
AFTER COURSE SUPPORT
Following training, you’re entitled to 30 days’ email support from your trainer