After Effects CS5: Essentials

Overview:

This After Effects CS5 course is taught by an accomplished Videographer, Editor, 3D Animator and Graphics Designer, and focuses on setting up compositions and importing files, to more complex animations, masks, text, and even 3D! During this After Effects CS5: Essentials course you’ll get an insider’s view of the features of After Effects CS5, and will be given plenty of insider tips and tricks to help you succeed. In addition, this After Effects CS5 course will teach you excellent techniques that you can use to create your own compositions. After Effects is a standard in the industry for compositing and graphics animation, so if you want to enhance your job search and stay competitive, this course is for you.

Our learning material is available to students 24/7 anywhere in the world, so it’s extremely convenient. These intensive online courses are open to everyone, as long as you have an interest in the topic! We provide world-class learning led by IAP, so you can be assured that the material is high quality, accurate and up-to-date.

What will I learn?

• Learn to create compositions, use Roto Brush and Auto Keyframes
• Discover how to use and interpolate masks
• Explore how to animate using the text animation engine
• Learn to use the parenting capabilities of After Effects
• Use the After Effects’ 3D engine

Meet the instructor:

Luisa Winters is an accomplished videographer, editor, 3D animator and graphics designer. Her compositions have been seen on broadcast TV as well as in private video productions. She has created and edited scores of video and web projects for dozens of corporate, government, and educational, commercial and private clients. An accomplished non-linear editor and instructor, Luisa has conducted training sessions and master classes for Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Flash, Deamweaver, Captivate and Encore DVD.

This course covers the following programmes:

• Module 01: Introduction To After Effects
• Module 02: Animation Basics
• Module 03: Working With Masks
• Module 04: Animating Text
• Module 05: Animation Assistants
• Module 06: Parenting & Basic Expressions
• Module 07: Basic Compositing
• Module 08: Particles & Paint
• Module 09: Basic Effects
• Module 10: Introduction to The 3d Engine
• Module 11: Rendering & Exporting

What are the requirements?

• You must be 16 or over
• You should have a basic understanding of English, Maths and ICT
• You will need a computer or tablet with internet connection (or access to one)

How will I be assessed?

• You will have one assignment. Pass mark is 65%.
• You will only need to pay £19 for assessment.
• You will receive the results within 72 hours of submittal, and will be sent a certificate in 7-14 days.

What certification will I receive?

Those who successfully pass this course will be awarded a After Effects CS5: Essentials certificate. Anyone eligible for certification will receive a free e-certificate, and printed certificate.

What careers can I get with this qualification?

This excellent After Effects CS5 course will qualify you to be a Video Producer. The average salary of a Video Producer in the UK is £26,978, and this will go up with experience (payscale.com). With this course you could enter any of the following industries:

• Video Producer
• Video Editor
• Videography
• Editor
• Motion Graphics Producer