After effects essentials

Adobe After Effects Essentials

Duration: 16 hours

Teaching Methodology: Hands on

DESCRIPTION

Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems, used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Its main uses are the origination of 2D and 2.5D animation, visual effects compositing, and finishing (image adjustment, color correction, etc...).

Adobe After Effects is primarily used for creating motion graphics and visual effects. After Effects allows users to animate, alter, and composite media in 2D and 3D space with various built-in tools and third-party plug-ins.

OVERVIEW

In this course, students learn how to use Adobe After Effects CC to create 2D motion graphics. They will:

Learn about the workflow
Manipulate keyframes
Edit layers and effects
Create animations for Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
Create transparencies
Add type and music
Create still Graphic Designs and export to Photoshop
Export multimedia, cinema, and TV file formats

AUDIENCE

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

PREREQUISITES

Adobe Photoshop 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 Essentials 01

After Effects Essentials 02

After Effects Essentials 03

After Effects Essentials 04

COURSE CONTENTS

00 - The Interface

Project Structure
Main Application window
Tools panel; Project panel
Importing footage
Footage panel
Transparency and alpha channels
Composition panel
Timeline panel
Layer panel
Info, Preview, Audio panels
Effects & Presets; Effect Controls; other panels
workspaces; stacked panels
Previewing
Work area
Preview behaviors
Download Lesson 00

The Interface

01 - Basic Animation

Composition basics
Starting a project, creating folders
Importing footage; alpha channels
Creating a new composition
Adding Layers to the Comp panel
Changing property values
Animating Position, the motion path
Previewing the animation
Navigating between keyframes
Managing the comp view; zooming
Applying Easy Ease In
Adding the foreground layers
Duplicating and replacing layers
More precise placement; snapping and grids
Adding solid layers
Applying, copying, and pasting effects
Dragging footage to the Timeline panel
Editing motion paths, spatial keyframe types
Animating scale, rotation, and opacity
Rendering
Importing Layered Photoshop and Illustrator files
Download Lesson 01

Basic Animation

02 - Advanced Animation

Graph Editor Sets
Keyframe basics
Anchor Point overview
Anchor Point tool
Motion control moves
Graph Editor
Speed versus value graphs
Panning and zooming the timeline
Editing graph curves
Easing animations
Improving the timing; Graph Editor Sets
Separate Dimensions
Motion Sketch
Smoothing keyframes
Auto-Orient
Motion Blur
Roving keyframes
Time-Reverse Keyframes
Hold keyframes
Time display and time timecode
Download Lesson 02

Advanced Animation

03 - Editing Layers and Effects

Layers and stacking order
Moving layers in time
Trimming layers
Trimming in the Layer and Footage panels
Slip Editing
Sequence layers keyframe assistant
Looping footage
Image sequences
Changing the frame rate; Time Stretch
Applying Effects
Blending modes
Effects and solids
Effect motion path
Effects & Presets; searching for effects
Animation presets
Behavior presets
Layer styles
Adjustment layers
Filmic glow trick
Property links with effects
Third-party effects
Higher-quality scaling
Download Lesson 03

Editing Layers and Effects

04 - Creating Transparency

Masking tools; creating mask shapes
Free Transform Points
Masking in the Layer panel; Ellipse tool
Maks feather
Animating a mask path
Creating a vignette; Mask Expansion
Masking with the Pen tool
Effecting a masked area
Mask path interpolation; First vertex
Mask Interpolation keyframe assistant
Effects that can use the mask path; Scribble effect
Mask Modes and multiple masks
Mask Opacity
Creating and editing RotoBezier masks
Audio Spectrum effect
Rigid Mask Tracker
Face Tracking
Variable mask feathering
Alpha Track Matte
Nesting a track matte composite
Luma Track Matte
Animating matte layers
Stencil Luma and Stencil Alpha
Color Keying; Keylight; greenscreen
Key Cleaner and Advanced Spill Suppressor
Effects with track mattes and stencils
Download Lesson 04

Creating Transparency

05 - Type and Music

Creating basic text
Creating text Animators; Range Selectors
Animating text Position, Rotation, and Opacity
Randomizing the order of characters
Creating Cascading text; working with selection Shapes
Setting the text Anchor Point
Animating by words
Title safe areas
Animating text Blur and Tracking
Text on a path
Adding the Wiggly Selector
Rendering with an alpha channel
Multiple selectors and animators
Using text animation presets
Saving text animations as presets
Editing photoshop text layers
Adding audio to a comp
Spotting audio
Mixing and enhancing the audio
Download Lesson 05

Type and Music

07 - Rendering

Rendering under the hood
Render templates
Adobe Media Encoder
Rendering movies
Rendering sequences
Issues that affect image quality
Flickering
Fields and interlacing

Rendering

08 - Creating an Add for Facebook and Instagram

Determining the recommended add size
Creating the composition
Importing footage and music
Creating the add
Exporting using AVI or Quicktime formats
Using Adobe Media Encoder to create a light high-quality movie
Uploading

Type and Music