Adobe After Effects: The comprehensive A-Z course

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Enable autosave in After Effects by going to edit, preferences, general, and set autosave to save every 20 minutes with up to five versions at a custom location.

Master the header area and project hierarchy in Adobe After Effects, create a new project, and set up a welcome hd 1920x1080 composition at 25 fps.

Explore Adobe after effects 2022 basics by creating a background solid and welcome text, adjusting layer order, applying a glow effect, and using masks and tools in a 2D composition.

Explore how to manage the project area in after effects: import sources, create compositions from footage, organize with folders and columns, rename items, search, and relocate missing files.

Navigate the preview area by switching between composition and layer views. Use controls for zoom, title and action safe, grids, rulers, mask toggle, preview time, snapshot, resolution, transparency, and exposure.

Activate and rearrange essential graphics panels on the right, showing info, audio, and character. Adjust position settings, rgb values, color picker usage, and audio channels in the boxes.

Navigate right side preview in after effects, use shortcuts to preview video and audio, adjust the work area, and tweak frame rate, skipping, and quality for faster previews.

Explore applying effects and presets on the right, search glow, and style text with paragraph and character tools—font, size, color, stroke, and leading—plus content aware fill and 3d tracking.

Navigate the composition area basics, using bottom-left controls, the search bar for layers and properties, visibility and audio toggles, solo and lock, renaming, modes, and pick whip linking.

Master the composition area by using the shy switch to hide layers. Apply adjustment layers and fx controls, and enable 3d for z space.

Master the after effects timeline by adjusting the work area, trimming the composition, and using markers to navigate key points. Split layers with Ctrl+Shift+D and undo changes with Ctrl+Z.

Create and animate text in After Effects using basic transformation options. Set up a project, adjust position, scale, rotation, and opacity, and apply keyframes for a fly-by title sequence.

Create your first keyframes to animate text, adjust x and y positions and timing, and explore interpolation options to control motion and add motion blur.

Animate text in After Effects by keyframing opacity for fade in and out, keyframing tracking to grow during display, and enabling motion blur for smoother motion.

Apply gradient ramp effects to text with linear and radial options, adjusting start and end colors. Use masks to blend two backgrounds for a smooth fly-by title sequence.

create a fly-by title sequence by animating 3D text with z-position and opacity keyframes, applying gradient background and glow, syncing with swoosh audio, and mastering render and export settings.

Render an After Effects composition via the render queue, selecting lossless AVI output and adjusting render settings, output location, and color options for full hd at 25 fps.

Export a video sequence from After Effects using the mov container. Compare QuickTime mov and AVI, and queue multiple render outputs while preserving render settings.

Use Adobe Media Encoder with After Effects and Premiere Pro to render in mp4 with h.264 (8.264), manage a render queue, and watch folders for automated conversions.

Learn to export from After Effects without Adobe Media Encoder by using a free video converter, import avi, apply x264, keep frame rate and aspect auto, and save as mp4.

Discover import options in Adobe After Effects for video formats (avi, mp4, mov), audio (mp3, wav), and image formats (png, jpeg), image sequences, 3D models, and converting unsupported formats.

Create a 3d mobile phone from two 2d images and animate the screen independently in After Effects, exploring a spontaneous project that builds a solution-oriented workflow.

Create a final composition in After Effects, import the phone video, craft a front view mask, straighten rotation, pre-compose to keep the mask flat, and apply a time freeze frame.

Create a front view in After Effects by freezing a frame. Render as JPEG or PNG with alpha channel to preserve transparency, and proceed to the back view.

Adapt the technique from the front side to create the mobile's backside in a new back composition, then set a frame, rounded rectangle, and freeze frame.

Sync and align the phone's backside with its front view in After Effects, using pre composition, a generate fill effect, and opacity and scale to reveal a three dimensional look.

Duplicate the front composition to a mid composition, enable 3D to add z-axis thickness, then orbit a camera to preview the outer face.

Combine back, front, and mid compositions in a 4k 29.97 project, enable 3D and collapse transformations, then set front at z -2 and back at z 80 to render phone.

Learn to use color correction and brightness to darken side details, manage collapsed transformations with pre compositions and masks, and prepare the final mobile model to fly in 3D space.

Import the 3d mobile composition into the final full hd scene, scale to 50%, and animate its position and x, y, z rotation for a parabolic movement in space.

Import a screencast into the front composition and scale it to 95% to fit the phone screen. Adjust brightness and contrast for a realistic 3D integration.

Learn to animate elements to the beat of a music file in After Effects using expressions, new effects, and the included mp3.

Explore building a music wheel in After Effects by using the audio spectrum, polar coordinates, and aligning to a mask path to drive circular visualizations.

Extract music data with convert audio to keyframes and drive text scale from the audio amplitude. Build an expression to keep a minimum 100% scale and react to beats.

Use a linear expression in After Effects to map a slider value, dismissing changes below 40 and triggering scale on hits around 50, with 0–100 to 0–100 or 0–200 mappings.

Link the music data to text and glow effects by centering the anchor point, aligning the text, and using linear expressions to drive glow radius and threshold on beat hits.

Learn to animate text in After Effects 2022 using keyframes to change words at beat moments. Apply time and wiggle expressions to create dynamic motion that syncs with music.

Learn how to use greenscreen in after effects to place yourself in a Caribbean setting, apply the key light technique, and refine with masking, color correction, and multi-layer composites.

Explore the roto brush tool, cutting a subject without a green screen and placing the person on its own layer to add text, shadows, and multi-clip effects.

Master the roto brush tool to isolate a subject and define edges in video. Use refine edges, adjust feather and alpha, and freeze frames to composite text with horizon alignment.

Master the roto brush and refine edges to track a moving dancer, adjust masks frame-by-frame, and enhance with color changes, text, and a three-dancer composition.

Learn to set up an interview in After Effects by syncing audio timing, masking hands, and coordinating a fist bump. Adjust lighting and timing with time stretch.

Master filling methods and blending modes in Adobe After Effects to edit images, texture text, and create a bitcoin to the moon t shirt design for online platforms.

Explore blending modes to combine a solid and texture, try multiply, screen, overlay, and soft light, and apply color correction for a cinematic poster.

Learn practical After Effects techniques to create a Bitcoin moon shirt, using blending modes, track matte, luma matte, masking, and alpha exports for Merch by Amazon.

Learn how to build the course image from multiple assets in After Effects, using masks, roto brush, color corrections, and 3D layering to blend logos, photos, and textures.

Learn to use the 3D camera tracker to integrate text into a landscape, replace objects in scenes, remove people or a boat, and animate bank birds flying in space.

Use 3d camera tracker to place text on a drone shot by defining a grass plane with three points, align the text, set the anchor below, and rotate 90 degrees.

Learn to integrate 3D text into a drone shot by using a point light and a shadow catcher, guided by 3D camera tracker for realistic shadow placement in After Effects.

Place a second text in the drone shot by turning it into a 3d layer, adjust position and rotation, then fly through with a stroked border.

Explore lights and shadows in After Effects by building a basic 3D room, adding 3D layers, and experimenting with light types, camera angles, and multiple sources to observe their effects.

Master content aware fill in after effects to remove objects from scenes, demonstrated by removing pedestrians from a Miami beach and a boat from the sea near Mexico.

Master content aware fill in after effects 2022 to remove a boat and replace water, using masks, png sequences, and layered adjustments for seamless motion.

Create a 3D levitation scene in After Effects using a camera tracker to position multiple 3D bills with varied Z and rotations, while syncing audio for a dynamic sequence.

Explore After Effects 2022 techniques to animate levitating bills with warp. Apply CC cylinder to a 2D bill to create a 3D cylinder, using keyframes.

Animate a 3d levitating bill inside a poker case by keyframing position, masking the path, animating rotation, and applying motion blur and color correction to blend 2d and 3d layers.

Introduce the final project by comparing the enhanced car sequence with the original, and demonstrate adding hood damage, brake lights, skid marks, smoke, fog, and shadows.

Learn to use time remapping in After Effects to create a brake effect for a car scene, adjusting velocity with keyframes and the speed graph in the graph editor.

Learn to coordinate layers in After Effects by syncing audio with remapped car and person footage, creating crash compositions, and timing adjustments for realistic audio-visual alignment.

Isolate the person by freezing a frame and using the roto brush tool for a precise cut, then refine the mask across frames to keep only the person.

Learn to use a null object to store the car's position and drive a character's motion with expressions and conditions, linking position through pick whip and refining with transforms.

Mask the car hood with an alpha matte on the person composition, animate the mask path, and apply motion blur for a realistic accident.

Reintroduce the shadow of the person into the main scene by duplicating the person composition, masking the shadow, and aligning it with the car. Animate the mask path, adjust the shadow with the extract and matte simple choker effects, freeze frame, and link the shadow to a null object to track the car's movement.

Create a brake light with a red solid, mask, feather, apply glow, and animate its position to follow the car; add skid marks for both wheels using masks.

Create a glass shatter effect in After Effects using CC Particle World to generate three-dimensional glass shards that burst from a windshield, with motion blur and floor bounce.

Create smoke on the car hood by adding a new solid and fractal noise, lower the contrast, and animate evolution, mask expansion, position, and opacity for smoke behind the car.

Duplicate the car, mask the hood, freeze the frame, and apply a CC split to bend the hood, then animate the damage and add skid marks and shattered glass.