After effects advanced

Adobe After Effects Advanced

Duration: 20 hours

Teaching Methodology: Hands on

DESCRIPTION

This advanced Adobe After Effects course teaches you advanced techniques such as parenting and nesting, expressions, 3D animations, stabilization, tracking, paint tools, shape layers, and rotoscoping.

OVERVIEW

In this course, students learn how to use Adobe After Effects CC to create advanced motion graphics. They will:

Learn about parenting and nesting
Use expressions
Create 3D Animations
Track and stabilize
Work with paint, roto, and puppet tools
Add shape layers
Use Adobe Media Encoder
Animate Infographics

AUDIENCE

Graphic designers, art students, art directors, architects, artists, animators, and anyone who is interested in creating 2D motion presentations.

PREREQUISITES

Adobe After Effects Essentials

BOOK

After Effects Apprentice: Real-World Skills for the Aspiring Motion Graphics Artist (Apprentice Series) 4th Edition ISBN-10 1138643084 ISBN-13 978-1138643086

After Effects Advanced 01

After Effects Advanced 02

After Effects Advanced 03

After Effects Advanced 04

COURSE CONTENTS

06 - Parenting and Nesting

Parenting, nesting, and expression defined
Assigning a parent
Parenting, opacity, and effects
Parenting with null objects
Nesting to group layers; using guides
Editing precomps
Nesting a common source
Navigating composition hierarchies
Sizing precomps
Precomposing a group of layers
Precomposing a single layer
Render order explained
Splitting work between comps
Precompose options compared
Using precomposing to reorder
Continuous rasterization
Collapsing transformations
Compund effects
Download Lesson 06

Parenting and Nesting

07 - Expressions and Time Games

Using the pick whip to create expressions
Altering expressions
Stabilizing shadows
Matching value ranges
Looping keyframes
Expression tips
The wigglle expression
Keyframing the wiggle expression
Download Lesson 07

Expressions and Time Games

08 - 3D Space

Moving and rotating layers in 3D space
Multiplanning effects
3D motion paths
Multiple views
Adding a camera
Using the camera tools
Animating cameras
Camera depth of field blur
3D lights
Material options
Ray-traced 3D renderer
Extrusion and beveling
Refraction
Reflections
Environment
Download Lesson 08

3D Space

09 - Track and Stabilize

Warp Stabilizer
Reversible Stabilization
Point-based tracking and stabilization
Creating track points
Applying stabilization
2D motion tracking
Radio waves effect
Tracking with mocha AE CC
3D Camera Tracker
Adding 3D Text
Download Lesson 09

Track and Stabilize

10 - Paint, Roto, and Puppet Tools

Basic Painting
Erasing strokes
Paint Channels
Paint blending mode
Brush duration bar
Animating strokes
Revealing a layer
Cloning
Transforming strokes
Basic Roto Brush
Puppet Pin tool
Animating puppet pins
Download Lesson 10

Paint, Roto, and Puppet Tools

11 - Shape Layers

Creating a shape layer
Fill and Stroke settings
Multiple shapes
Even-Odd Fill
Shape effects
Bezier shapes
Convert to Bezier Path
Create Shapes from Text
Repeater
Compound shapes
Gradients
Wiggle Transform
Advanced strokes
Create Shapes from Vector Layers
Extruding shape layers
Download Lesson 11

Shape Layers

12/13- Cinema 4D/Adobe Media Encoder

The Interface
Queue Panel
Preset Browser Panel
Watch Folder Panels
Encoding Panel
Arranging Panels
Importing and Encoding
Working with Preset Settings
Exporting Web Friendly Videos
Exporting High Quality Videos
Download Lesson 12
Download Lesson 13

CINEMA 4D Lite

14 - Creating Animated Infographics

Animating Lines on Maps
Animating Liquid
The Typewriter Effect
The Hand Writing Effect
Animating Sun Rays
Animating Infographics
Animating Bars
Animating Charts
Create Explainer Video Animations
Download Lesson 14

Shape Layers