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Adobe After Effects - Complete Course
Rating: 4.2 out of 5(18 ratings)
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Adobe After Effects - Complete Course

Adobe AE complete guide for Begginers to be Ninja!
Created byDIGIFLAX E-LEARNING
Last updated 7/2021
English

What you'll learn

  • Starting with Introduction to After Effects
  • After Effects Interface
  • Creating a New Composition
  • Customizing Workspaces and Importing Files
  • Setting Preferences
  • Object Properties and Timeline panel
  • The Basic Tools
  • Working with layers
  • Creating and Animating Objects
  • Rendering Clips and Images
  • Parenting layers and anchor point
  • Advanced parenting controls
  • Working with Texts
  • Applying Effects
  • Masking
  • Masking Properties
  • Working with 3D layers

Course content

1 section • 18 lectures • 1h 26m total length

  • Introduction to After Effects3:09

    Explore adobe after effects, a digital motion graphics and compositing software, covering its 2.5d behavior, .aep project files, and tools for motion graphics, video editing, and text or logo animations.

  • AFter Effects Interface4:58

    Explore the after effects interface, learn the standard workspace, and navigate the project panel, time line panel, composition panel, and info panel to preview and apply effects.

  • Creating a New Composition4:55

    Discover two ways to create a new composition in After Effects and learn to name it, set the frame rate and resolution, choose the pixel aspect ratio, and adjust duration.

  • Customizing Workspaces and Importing Files.mp45:13

    Explore customizing workspaces in Adobe After Effects, including presets and creating a custom workspace, and learn to import media and files using multiple import methods.

  • Setting Preference4:56

    Set adobe after effects preferences to 99 undo levels, enable graphics-card previews with adaptive resolution, and configure autosave every 1–2 minutes with 2–5 versions, plus RAM and CPU allocation.

  • Object Properties and timeline panel4:52

    Explore object properties in the timeline panel of Adobe After Effects, including anchor point, scale, position, rotation, and opacity, and learn how the current time indicator and resets work.

  • The Basic Tools4:35

    Explore the basic tools in Adobe After Effects, create a new composition and solids, and use the selection, hand, zoom, and rotation tools in the composition and timeline panel.

  • Working with layers4:57

    Manage and arrange multiple layers in After Effects, create a new composition, add solids, adjust layer order, and edit position and scale with shortcuts.

  • Creating and Animating objects4:58

    Create a new composition, add and name objects, adjust scale, and toggle visibility with the eye icon; apply keyframes with the stopwatch to animate position and rotation, then preview.

  • Rendering Clips and Images4:51

    Learn how to render clips and still images in After Effects by creating a quick composition, animating objects with position and rotation, and exporting via render settings and output module.

  • Parenting layers and anchor point4:48

    Learn how to use the anchor point to control rotation and how to apply parenting to make one layer follow another in After Effects.

  • Advanced parenting controls5:12

    Explore advanced parenting controls in after effects by linking multiple solids to a red solid, using dropdown or drag methods, and animating position and rotation with a single controlling layer.

  • Working with text: Part-14:51

    Learn to create and format text in Adobe After Effects, including creating a composition, using the text tool, centering the anchor, and adjusting color, font, size, and scale.

  • Working with text: Part-24:59

    Animate text in After Effects using position, scale, and opacity keyframes, with rotation tweaks, motion blur, and a reveal from behind the camera into the screen.

  • Applying basic effects4:24

    Apply basic effects in After Effects by creating a solid layer, selecting an effect, and adjusting its properties such as anchor point, size, border, and opacity.

  • Masking4:32

    Learn to create masks in After Effects using the pen tool to define a path, adjust curvature with handles, and reveal or hide image areas in a new composition.

  • Masking Properties4:57

    Learn to adjust masking properties in Adobe After Effects, including mask expansion, opacity, feather, and transformation, to blend a masked koala with the background.

  • Working with 3D layers5:14

    Discover how to enable and work with 3D layers in After Effects, rotate objects on the X, Y, and Z axes, and adjust their position in a 3D space.

Requirements

  • Prerequisites. Before starting this module, you don't need any previous designing module, You must have passion to become pro designer!

Description

Adobe After Effects allows you to create videos containing animation and special effects for graphics-related projects. You can use After Effects to animate, alter, and composite media using various tools and optional plug-ins. The program is widely used by motion-graphics professionals, website designers, and visual effect artists for post-production on digital films, DVD, video, and the web.

This course teaches students how to successfully use After Effects, no matter if they have ever used the program before or not. Both the beginner and seasoned user can benefit from this course. We'll start with the basics of the program including navigation and continue on to more advanced features.

The course includes,

· The basics of creating projects, compositions, and layers

· Importing footage, including video, audio, and still images

· Creating special effects using the Effects menu

· Creating animation for shapes, objects, and layers

· Adding and animating text

· Drawing shapes

· Animating shapes

· Creating and using masks and track mattes

· Working in 3D

· Using the puppet tools to create animated characters and effects

· Extracting and removing objects from layers

· Exporting to video

· And more

This course walks all students through the process of creating their first movie using the program. You do not need to have access to After Effects to take or complete this course. However, it is recommended. Please note that a 30 day free trial of After Effects CC is available on the Adobe website for those who want to practice what they learn and follow along.

Who this course is for:

  • Web designers
  • Graphics designers
  • UI/UX designers
  • Digital Marketers
  • Video Creators
  • Video editors
  • Branding makers

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