Learning Adobe After Effects CC 2014

Name: Learning Adobe After Effects CC 2014
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Dive into animation and special effects using Adobe's powerful compositing tool to enhance and revitalize your videos.

Created byInfinite Skills

Last updated 1/2017

English

What you'll learn

utilize After Effects in a workflow with other Adobe Creative Cloud applications such as Photoshop and Illustrator.
stabilize shaky video footage and make other touch-ups and corrections
create custom animations and effects that blend with live action video

Course content

25 sections • 94 lectures • 9h 59m total length

Important - Download These First - Working Files0:01
Content Of The Course8:10
Master the basics of Adobe After Effects CC 2014, from compositions and layers to animating properties, applying effects, masking, tracking, 3d camera work, text, and exporting with render queue.
Application System Requirements5:18
Application Overview3:19
How To Access Your Working Files3:22
Locating Missing Media5:13
New Features Overview4:42

Understanding The Default AE Workspaces10:05
After Effects Workflow And Sample Project Tour14:03
Saving Custom Workspaces10:03
Create and save custom workspaces in After Effects, switch between standard, minimal, and text layouts, and reset or delete configurations to tailor your workflow.
Setting Application Preferences7:02
learn to reset After Effects preferences to restore default behavior. access preferences to adjust memory and autosave, and appearance, and use the startup keyboard shortcut on Windows and Mac.

Understanding After Effects Projects4:24
Understand the nature of the After Effects project, including how it stores media links and compositions. Learn basic project settings and how to import media.
Importing Video, Images, And Audio Files5:38
Importing Photoshop And Illustrator Files6:39
Organizing Footage In The Project Panel8:23
Organize your project by creating and nesting folders in the project panel for still images, video, audio, and compositions, and rename items for quick navigation.

Understanding Layer Types6:20
Working With Layers In A Composition6:36
Adjusting Layer Blending Modes6:37
Adjust layer blending modes in After Effects to control how layers interact, using the transfer controls pane or keyboard shortcuts to preview options like screen, overlay, and multiply.
Adjusting Layer Duration5:44
Nesting Compositions And Pre-Composing8:27
Master nesting compositions and pre-composing in After Effects to treat multiple layers as a single unit. See how importing Illustrator or Photoshop files creates nested compositions for reusable, organized animations.

Setting The Layer Transform Properties7:37
Apply and animate layer transform properties—position, rotation, scale, and opacity. Master the anchor point as the origin of transformations and use keyboard shortcuts to reveal or hide properties.
Animating The Position Property5:48
Temporal Interpolation: Adding Easy Easing6:49
Animating Scale And Rotation7:02
Creating A Staggered Animation6:20
Animating The Opacity Property5:36
Animating The Volume Property4:53
Animate the audio volume in After Effects by keyframing the waveform, fading from -25 dB to 0 dB over about two seconds. Preview audio separately to verify the fade.
Previewing Compositions On The Timeline5:47
Preview your After Effects timeline with scrubbing, spacebar playback, and ram previews, control the work area, and adjust audio, frame rate, and resolution for efficient animation review.

Creating Text Layers6:15
Learn to create text layers in after effects cc 2014 using horizontal type, area text and point text, and apply text animators within the title safe area.
Formatting Text Properties9:46
Adding A Text Animation Preset5:03
Modifying A Text Animation Preset5:29
Saving A Text Animation Preset5:25
Beyond Presets: Creating Your Own Text Animators6:27
Creating And Animating Text On A Path6:53

Understanding Shape Layers6:27
Creating Simple Shapes8:03
Creating Custom Shapes With The Pen Tool8:08
Creating Shapes From Imported Illustrator Files And Text3:58
Learn to convert Illustrator vector data and After Effects text layers into editable shapes, then apply strokes, fills, and animations in After Effects CC 2014.
Working With Shape Animators6:29
Learn to animate shapes in after effects cc 2014 using shape animators and a repeater to create a circular burst, with centered shapes, keyframed motion, and motion blur.

Understanding Mask Properties4:56
Master mask properties in After Effects by editing the mask path and vertices, applying feather and expansion, and switching between add, subtract, or intersect modes.
Creating Masks With The Shape Tools4:54
Creating Custom Masks With The Pen Tool4:01
Animating Mask Paths6:19
Animate the mask path in After Effects by keyframing the mask vertices to follow the figures and reveal text, then interpolate keyframes and convert vertex to handles when needed.

Requirements

a working copy of Adobe After Effects CC

Description

This beginner-focused After Effects course will help you enter the world of creative effects and video compositing by giving you the fundamentals and going step by step through onscreen examples.

You will start by learning to understand the workspace and workflow of After Effects, then jump into learning how to create a new composition. From there, Jerron will show you how to import and organize footage, as well as work with compositions and arrange and adjust layers. This video tutorial also covers topics including animating layer transform properties, adding and animating effects, creating, editing, and animating text, shapes, and masks, and using track mattes. You will also learn how to use the roto brush, create 3D layers, create and animate cameras and lights, and create and animate 3D objects with Cinema 4D Lite. Finally, Jerron will teach you how to work with green screen footage, stabilize shaky video, set up a motion track, and use the graph editor.

Once you have completed this computer based training course, you will be fully capable of using After Effects for your graphic design and video editing needs.

Who this course is for:

anyone wanting to learn After Effects; no prior experience required.

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Introduction7 lectures • 30min

Understanding The Workspace And Workflow4 lectures • 41min

Introduction To Video Standards And Composition Settings3 lectures • 20min

Importing - Organizing And Previewing Footage4 lectures • 25min

Working With Compositions And Arranging Layers5 lectures • 34min

Animating Layer Transform Properties8 lectures • 50min

Adding Effects And Animating Them7 lectures • 42min

Creating, Editing, And Animating Text7 lectures • 45min

Creating, Editing, And Animating Shapes5 lectures • 33min

Creating, Editing, And Animating Masks4 lectures • 20min

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