Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is a powerful video editing and production tool with a wide range of special effects and features for professional video creation. This course aims to bring new users of video editing software up-to-date with the features available in After Effects and its integration with other Adobe products including PhotoShop.

The course will start with the importation of raw video footage from firewire and other digital video sources and move on to explore the advanced features and special effects available in After Effects for producing and editing professional video footage. Although no experience with Adobe After Efffects is required - experience using other popular Adobe products such as PhotoShop and Illustrator is assumed due to the nature and style of the After Effects interface.

 Adobe After Effects    Duration 3 Months

  • Program Outline

  • Overview of features in After Effects 
  • Color Channels and 32 bit space 
  • Pixel Motion 
  • Camera Raw
  • After Effects Foundation Elements 
  • Interface Overview 
  • Windows and Workspaces 
  • Browse Presets 
  • Composition Dimensions 
  • Transform Functions 
  • 3D Space and Cameras
  • Working with Layers 
  • Time Remap 
  • Masking 
  • Using Cameras to Move Through Objects 
  • Pre-Composing Layers 
  • Working with Photoshop Layers 
  • Sequence Layers 
  • Creating Mask Wipes 
  • Working with Text Preset Animations 
  • Importing an After Effects Project
  • Animated Backgrounds 
  • Working with Nested Compositions 
  • Adding an Alpha Matte 
  • Animating a Masked Glow Effect 
  • Adding Titles 
  • Animating Fonts 
  • Rendering a Composition
  • Timing out titles
  • Adding Text Layers as a Foreground 
  • Using the Thumbprint in the Background 
  • Switching Red Solid with a Gradient Preset 
  • Organizing Compositions 
  • Working with Illustrator Layers
  • Creating Layers for the Final Title 
  • Changing the Source of Nested Compositions 
  • Using a Lens Flare to Reveal Layers 
  • Adding Effects to Final Title
  • Working with Audio, Video and Stills 
  • Importing a Video Montage 
  • Working with Camera Raw 
  • Placing the Montage in the Main Composition
  • Syncing Final Timing with a Music Track 
  • Working with Timeline Markers 
  • Using Effects to Integrate Opening Movie 
  • Adjusting Camera Move with Graph Editor 
  • Timing Out Thumbprint with Titles 
  • Time Remapping a composition 
  • Adjusting End Title and background
  • Getting Out of After Effects
  • Render Queue for Output

 Program Schedule

Course Duration: 6 months

Normal Track
2 hrs / 5 days a week
Fast Track
4 hrs / 6 days a week

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