Adobe After Effects Crash Course for Creatives
What you'll learn
- Learn the Adobe After Effects software from scratch
- You will have a solid understanding of Motion video theory
- Learn how to create compelling social media ads
- Understanding technical terms like resolution, frame rate and more
- Create real world motion projects like a logo animation, a cinematic logo intro, a motion typography project, a video ad project and more!
- Learn to work with motion typography
- Learn After Effects Essentials like Keyframes, Compositions, Easy Ease, Null Objects, Masks, Wiggle, Camera, Effects and More!
- Social Media Video Creation
- Scroll Stopping Video Creation
- NEW! Learn how to create CINEMATIC TITLES in AFTER EFFECTS
Requirements
- Access to After Effects will be required to fully enjoy this course - We will be using the Adobe Creative Cloud version but older versions may still take this class with limitations to newer tools
Description
BIG COURSE UPDATE! - 2024 - CINEMATIC TITLES in AFTER EFFECTS
“Video becomes more popular each day in the social media space. Businesses use videos to get more engagement and eyes on their services and products."
This course is designed to give you the path of least resistance to making scroll stopping, eye catching videos in after effects, FAST.
Join both Ryan Collins (a social media video expert with hundreds of video ads under his belt) and I, Lindsay Marsh, who has the produced hundreds of hours of video content as we study what makes compelling motion video clips and graphics, learn the basics of Adobe After Effects and learn how to complete stunning motion video projects.
I will walk you through motion theory including frame rates, sizes and resolutions, and provide helpful downloadable resources along the way
Ryan Collins will provide you the precise tools and knowledge you need to skip all the headaches and get straight to making high quality videos, in his entertaining yet succinct and calculated manner. He will also walk you through several amazing projects such as Instagram Stories, Typography, video ad creation and tons more!
And yes – you can learn After Effects and start creating compelling motion videos in no time.
All you need is After Effects, and a will to succeed.
Who this course is for:
- Any creative (Graphic Designer, Web Designer, aspiring motion video editors) who wants to learn the basics of After Effects so they can add motion video editing and animation to their skillsets
- Anyone interested in learning how to create compelling social media or motion video ads, logo animations and other short form motion video content
- Beginner to Intermediate After Effects users looking to expand their knowledge of after effects and learn how to use it in new ways.
Instructors
If anyone has questions about which course may work best for them, please feel free to contact or message me.
I have had many self-made titles over the years: Brand Manager, Digital Architect, Interactive Designer, Graphic Designer, Web Developer and Social Media Expert, to name a few. My name is Lindsay Marsh and I have been creating brand experiences for my clients for over 20 years. As a freelance graphic designer, I have worked on a wide variety of projects both in the digital and print space.
I have had the wonderful opportunity of taking classes at some of the top design schools in the world: Parsons at The New School, The Pratt Institute and NYU.
I have had the pleasure of teaching over 400,000+ students globally online. I have provided private tutoring in the the area of design and marketing for over 8 years. I am also now a certified Canva Certified Creative.
The thing I enjoy most of all about being a teacher is seeing my students flourish and to be able to start careers that are passionate and rewarding.
I have a Facebook group dedicated to helping my students thrive and start new freelance design businesses. I want to get to know my students and provide additional challenges that get them ready for wonderful opportunities in the design world.
4 years + in full time video creation.
500 + video ads created.
2500 + happy students.
Back in 2017 I quit my 9-5 job in search for a better life. 500 + video ads later, here I am teaching other people to do what I love doing best!
When I'm not creating video ads for clients, or teaching students, I'm either buried in a book, doing jiujitsu or working out!