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Duration 14 hours
Course Outline
After Effects User Interface and Animation
- Understanding project files and their contents
- Overview of tools and panels
- Creating a new composition
- Importing media into your project
Basic Animation
- Adding layers to a composition
- Navigating the timeline effectively
- Working with layer transform properties
- Keyframing layer properties
- Using RAM preview for efficiency
Intermediate Animation
- Advanced keyframe manipulation and interpolation
- Utilising the Graph Editor
- Applying Motion Sketch and Smoother
- Using Auto-Orient and Motion Blur
- Implementing Roving Keyframes
- Mastering the Anchor Point and Pan Behind Tool
Layer Control
- Techniques for trimming, moving, stacking, and splitting
- Sequencing layers
- Looping footage
- Working with image sequences
- Understanding Frame Rate vs Time Stretch
- Applying Blending Modes
- Using Effects and Solids
- Refining Blending Modes
- Applying Layer Styles
- Creating and editing Masks
Transparency
- Adjusting Opacity
- Working with Masks
- Using Shapes
- Applying Feather effects
- Mask Expansion
- Masking with the Pen Tool
- Implementing Track Mattes
Effects
- Navigating the Effects and Presets panels
- Applying effects to layers
- Modifying effects via the Effects Control panel
- Animating effects dynamically
- Changing the order of effects
- Using Adjustment Layers
The Text Tool
- Utilising the text tool effectively
- Animating text elements
- Applying text animation presets
Render Order
- How After Effects compiles the final output
- Exporting files correctly
- Adding items to the Render Queue
- Adding items to the Adobe Media Encoder Queue
Requirements
This course is tailored for individuals seeking to edit and manipulate video files at a professional level, adding high-standard post-production effects to their work.
You should feel confident using a computer for basic tasks such as copying and pasting, or opening files and applications. Additionally, having a foundational understanding of common video terminology is highly beneficial.
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