Adobe After Effects Introduction / Intermediate
Description
Our public scheduled sessions are held in Leatherhead, Surrey and any of our courses can be run as a closed course on your site or on one of ours nationwide.
Overview:
Adobe AfterEffects is a powerful software program used for creating special effects for video and
motion graphics. On Aspect Training's After Effects Fundamentals 3 day training course you will learn
all the tools and skills to master this powerful program.
Here to get filmmakers, Web designers, broadcasters, and digital artists of all kinds up to speed on
After Effects CS4—and in time to meet their next deadline—is Aspect Training's After Effects
Fundamentals. Through step-by-step instructions, enhanced by tips, sidebars, and plenty of visual
aids Aspect Training's After Effects Fundamentals will teach delegates how to effectively and
efficiently import and manage footage,…
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Our public scheduled sessions are held in Leatherhead, Surrey and any of our courses can be run as a closed course on your site or on one of ours nationwide.
Overview:
Adobe AfterEffects is a powerful software program used for creating special effects for video and
motion graphics. On Aspect Training's After Effects Fundamentals 3 day training course you will learn
all the tools and skills to master this powerful program.
Here to get filmmakers, Web designers, broadcasters, and digital artists of all kinds up to speed on
After Effects CS4—and in time to meet their next deadline—is Aspect Training's After Effects
Fundamentals. Through step-by-step instructions, enhanced by tips, sidebars, and plenty of visual
aids Aspect Training's After Effects Fundamentals will teach delegates how to effectively and
efficiently import and manage footage, view and edit layers, apply effects, animate type, and more.
Delegates will learn about key features with real world examples of how and when features should
be used, including what's new in After Effects CS4: the addition of Imagineer System's Mocha for
Adobe After Effects, which allows users to do motion tracking for difficult shots; the ability to export
rich media compositions from After Effects to Adobe Flash; searchable timelines and projects, plus
easier composition navigation; the ability to import Photoshop 3D layers; independent keyframing of
X, Y, and Z axis positions; the new Cartoon effect for creating an animated look to live footage; and
many more enhancements.
Prerequisites:
This course is aimed at Graphic and Video professionals who need an essential understanding of
video editing, motion editing and compositing. Experienced users will also benefit from many hands on
projects and tricks learnt on the class. This is an entry-level class so no prior experience of After
Effects is required.
Course Topics:
Getting to know the workflow
Getting started
Creating a project and importing footage
Creating a composition and arranging
layers
Adding effects and modifying layer
properties
Animating the composition
Previewing your work
Optimizing performance in After Effects
Rendering and exporting your
composition
Customizing the workspace
Controlling the brightness of the user
interface
Finding resources for using After Effects
Creating A basic animation using
EFFECTS and PRESETS
Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
Creating the composition
Working with imported Illustrator layers
Applying effects to a layer
Applying an animation preset
Previewing the effects
Adding transparency
Rendering the composition
Animating text
About text layers
Creating and formatting point text
Using a text animation preset
Animating with scale keyframes
Animating using parenting
Animating imported Photoshop text
Animating text using a path animation
preset
Animating type tracking
Animating text opacity
Using a text animator group
Cleaning up the path animation
Animating a nontext layer along a
motion path
Adding motion blur
Exporting to Adobe Flash CS4
Professional
Working with SHAPE layers
Adding a shape layer
Creating custom shapes
Creating stars
Incorporating video and audio layers
Applying a Cartoon effect
Adding a title bar
Using Brainstorm to experiment
Animating A multimedia
presentation
Animating the scenery using parenting
Adjusting an anchor point
Masking video using vector shapes
Keyframing a motion path
Animating additional elements
Applying an effect
Creating an animated slide show
Adding an audio track
Zooming in for a final close-up
Sending the project to reviewers
Animating layers
Simulating lighting changes
Duplicating an animation using the pick
whip
Animating movement in the scenery
Adjusting the layers and creating a track
matte
Animating the shadows
Adding a lens flare effect
Animating the clock
Retiming the composition
Working with masks
About masks
Creating a mask with the Pen tool
Editing a mask
Feathering the edges of a mask
Replacing the content of the mask
Adding a reflection
Creating a vignette
Adjusting the colour
Distorting objects with THE PUPPET
tools
About the Puppet tools
Adding Deform pins
Defining areas of overlap
Stiffening an area
Animating pin positions
Recording animation
Keying
About keying
Creating compositions in Device Central
Changing the background colour
Adding the foreground subject
Using garbage masks
Applying the Colour Difference Key effect
Choking the matte
Removing spill
Adjusting contrast
Adding the background animation
Adding text
Preparing the composition for mobile
devices
Performing colour correction
Adjusting colour balance
Replacing the background
Removing unwanted elements
Correcting a range of colours
Warming colours with the Photo Filter
effect
Rendering and outputting
Creating templates for the rendering
process
Creating templates for output modules
Exporting to different output media
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