What you'll learn

To Master Adobe After Effects and Learn The Techniques Required to Creating Stunning Special Effects and Carry Out Video Correction

Course content

24 sections • 109 lectures • 16h 43m total length

Important - Working Files - Download These First0:01
0101 What Is Covered In This Course3:38
0102 How We Combine After Effects CS6 And CS Lessons2:23
Compare After Effects CS6 and Creative Cloud versions, highlighting Cinema 4D Lite integration and export to Adobe Media Encoder, while repurposing CS6 lessons for CC.
0103 An Overview Of Adobe After Effects - Part 19:26
Explore adobe after effects by opening a multi‑composition project, navigating panel layouts, using nested comps, and animating text, shapes, and masks with effects.
0104 An Overview Of Adobe After Effects - Part 28:39
0105 Setting Up The Exercise Files2:11
Set up course assets with a working files folder and subfolders for after effects projects and stock assets, and create an empty After Effects exercise files folder on your desktop.
0106 Re-Linking Assets4:52

0401 Creating A New Composition7:22
0402 Adding Assets To A Composition6:30
Create a new comp from selection, add assets including video, music, and images, and arrange layers with proper scaling and transparency.
0403 Adding Layers To A Composition5:12
0404 Adjusting Composition Panel Settings8:29
0405 Viewing And Previewing A Composition11:36
0406 Selecting, Moving, Trimming And Splitting Layers13:22
0407 Working With Image Sequences6:02

0501 Setting Layer Transform Property Values12:12
0502 Animating Transform Properties With Keyframes12:11
0503 Creating And Changing Motion Paths15:16
Learn how to create and customize motion paths in After Effects CC by animating position with keyframes, adjusting bezier curve handles, and manipulating transform properties like scale and anchor point.
0504 Using Easy Ease And Hold Keyframes19:24
Learn to use hold keyframes and easy ease to craft realistic motion in After Effects, adjusting temporal interpolation and easing for looping text and object animations.
0505 Using Anchor Points And Motion Blur To Create Whip Pans12:31
0506 Setting Scaling Quality Using Bicubic Or Bilinear Sampling5:14
Explore how bicubic and bilinear sampling affect scaling in After Effects. Bicubic sharpens images and video, while bilinear suits graphics; vector art remains crisp with continuous rasterization.

0601 Creating And Editing Text10:37
Learn to create and edit text in After Effects using the type tool, adjust font, size, color, stroke, tracking, kerning, leading, and paragraph alignment within a text layer.
0602 Using Layer Styles With Text13:46
Explore how text layer styles in After Effects mirror Photoshop, applying drop shadow, inner shadow, bevel, satin, gradient overlay, color overlay, and stroke with lighting, blending, and keyframing.
0603 Importing, Converting And Editing Text From Photoshop9:27
0604 Moving Text Along A Path10:32
0605 Using Source Text Property - Changing Text Characteristics4:33

1001 Using Shape Tools To Make Masks10:18
Discover how to create masks with shape tools to reveal or hide parts of a layer, and adjust mask properties like path, feather, expansion, and invert.
1002 Using The Pen Tool To Make Masks15:03
Learn to use the pen tool to create masks in After Effects, control vertices and curves, apply feathering, and isolate subjects with key light for clean composites.
1003 Creating Vignettes With Masks11:54
1004 Animating And Morphing Masks11:17

Requirements

PC or Mac

Description

In this Adobe After Effects CC training course from Infinite Skills you will learn how to get the most out your post-production effects and compositing with this powerful software from Adobe. Designed for the beginner, you will learn how to use After Effects CC from the ground up, no previous experience is necessary!

You will start this video based tutorial with an overview of the After Effects workflow, and a tour of the interface to become familiar with the location of the tools you will use. The course then immediately gets you working hands-on with projects; importing video, importing assets, creating and arranging your layers and working with text. You will learn how to work with shapes, and techniques for using the paint tools. The course introduces you to masks, matts and stencils, and distorting and animation using Puppet Tools. As you continue through the After Effects CC training you will learn how to apply effects and transitions, track motion, stabilize video, and work within 3D space. An amazing new feature to After Effects CC is the ability to bring in Cinema 4D scenes as layers using the Live 3D Pipeline, and Jeff will show you how!

Once you have completed this Adobe After Effects CC video tutorial, you will have a solid grasp on how to apply the tools in this visual effects software to your own video projects. Working files are included, allowing you to follow along with the author throughout the lessons.

Who this course is for:

Beginners to Intermediate Videographers

What you'll learn

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Course content

Introduction7 lectures • 31min

Explaining The After Effects Workflow And Workspace5 lectures • 44min

Creating A Project And Importing Footage5 lectures • 39min

Creating,Arranging And Compositing Layers In A Composition7 lectures • 59min

Modifying And Animating Layer Transform Properties6 lectures • 1hr 17min

Working With Text5 lectures • 49min

Animating Text3 lectures • 34min

Working With Shapes8 lectures • 1hr 19min

Working With Paint Tools- Brush, Eraser, Clone Stamp And Roto-Brush5 lectures • 1hr 2min

Working With Masks4 lectures • 49min

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