Adobe After Effects Crash Course for Creatives

Discover the three core components of a successful social media ad: visuals that stop the scroll in the first seconds, a succinct relatable script, and a strong call to action.

Explore the default After Effects 2020 layout and learn the main panels. Understand composition, timeline, project, and essential tools like align, character, and paragraph, plus setting up autosave.

Understand how to create and manage compositions in After Effects, import and arrange layers from assets like footage and text, and set size, frame rate, and duration for rendering.

Master keyframes in After Effects to control positions and scales, using the stopwatch and easing (F9) for motion. Build compositions, adjust the anchor point, and add motion blur and text.

Learn how to turn linear keyframes into smooth motion by using f9 to apply easy ease and adjusting the speed graph with handles in the graph editor.

Master text basics in After Effects: create and format typography, adjust font, alignment, tracking, leading, and stroke, and explore animation with presets, custom animators, and masking.

Learn to control animation speed with linear keyframes and easy ease, using speed graphs to slow in and speed out for natural motion.

Learn how to create dynamic windows for your footage using track matte techniques with alpha and luma maps, applying text, shapes, and gradient ramps for creative transitions.

Use masks to reveal or hide parts of a layer, noting they move with the layer, unlike a track matte; apply masks to text animations with feather and range selector.

Learn how to use a null object to control multiple layers in After Effects, enabling you to move all circles at once using a single invisible control.

Use a null object in After Effects to link layers and control multiple properties, enabling edits without rekeyframing with practical examples on images and text.

Learn to craft social media ads in After Effects with script hooks, banner typography, aspect ratios, stock footage, and a 30-day boot camp in Cardiff.

Explore creating a crazy glitch effect in After Effects by using fractal noise, displacement map on an adjustment layer, and a GB split with glow and wiggle animation.

Analyze client ads and theory through cinematic titles, hooks, and trailer-style edits that sell products. Observe typography, depth, texture, logos, and transitions shaping premium trailer aesthetics.

Explore two Masterclass ad breakdowns and theory by analyzing cinematic trailer techniques, typography hierarchy, motion with text and icons, and music-driven pacing for effective after effects storytelling.

Learn three typography tips in After Effects to make titles pop. Use the 100% size/weight rule, stack words, adjust color contrast, and experiment with fonts for film-style titles.

Create three distinct title designs in After Effects, exploring horror, romance, and space styles with font choices, tracking, and background color to convey mood.

Learn to apply textures to title art in Adobe After Effects using alpha and luma mattes, pre-compositions, and null objects, with glow, gradient, and motion techniques.

Explore overlays in After Effects to add depth and style, using blending modes like add, screen, and lighten to enhance titles with fog, VHS, dust, and lens flares.

Master After Effects title animation techniques by organizing assets, using folders, and applying keyframed scale, blur, and opacity. Create dynamic text with 3D depth, motion blur, and per-character animation.

Learn to create a quick Premiere Pro trailer using stock footage and text titles. Explore integrating Premiere Pro with After Effects compositions, track mattes, and cinematic title reveals.

Learn to add text in After Effects using the horizontal type tool, adjust size and alignment, apply curves for contrast, and use a black solid behind the text for readability.

Learn how to animate text in After Effects using position keyframes, masks, and wipes, with easy ease and graph editor for smooth motion, speed graphs, and timing tricks.

Add royalty-free music from Soundstripe, license the track, and synchronize it with your project using keyframes and subtle fades. Render with Adobe Media Encoder in H.264 for Instagram video ads.

Master anchor point positioning and independent scaling in after effects to control growth from a chosen edge, and learn to unlink scale for horizontal or vertical animation.

Animate a text box in after effects with keyframes on scale, apply easy ease, and explore the speed graph and keyframe assistant for smoother motion.

Create and align a text box with a shape layer in After Effects, then prepare to animate the text to appear with the box.

Learn to create track mattes with alpha mattes on shape layers, then animate and offset duplicates to reveal text behind a shape, and prep for reuse in future projects.

Organize and reuse text and media in After Effects by precomposing text layers, adjusting composition settings, and duplicating compositions for efficient workflows. Render with alpha to produce reusable lower thirds.

Create rhythmic typography videos in Adobe After Effects, mastering text animations synced to the beat, scripting, and music integration, while considering Facebook's 20 percent text rule and thumbnail text constraints.

Explore screen capture tools like Snagit, Camtasia, and Screenflow for creating course videos, using scrolling window captures, region capture, and blur, and prepare footage for After Effects.

Create a branded color palette in After Effects, set up a background and text with Gotham fonts, and design a call-to-action button for an animated social media post.

Learn to use trim paths on circles and squares, adjusting start, end, and offset to create cutoffs, and apply venetian blinds to a shape layer for stylistic animation.

In this adobe after effects crash course for creatives, animate a button with rotation wiggle and anticipation using keyframes, easy ease, and speed graph adjustments.

Create texture in After Effects by layering a wall photo, testing blend modes and levels, applying black-and-white adjustments, and animating an overlay with position, scale, and rotation.

Discover when and why to use sound on social media, from captions for videos in After Effects or Premiere Pro to music-driven ad storytelling on YouTube and Facebook.

Balance primary and secondary audio in video by using voiceover, music, and sound effects to enhance the vibe and keep viewers watching.

Learn how royalty free assets and licenses apply to audio and video, and discover key sources for music and sound effects for projects.

Create a cinematic scene in After Effects by integrating voiceover, sound effects, and music, while balancing audio levels with waveforms, fading, and simple title animations.