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After Effects Interface and Animation Fundamentals

  • Understanding project files and their contents
  • Overview of Tools and Panels
  • Creating a Composition
  • Importing Media into a Project

Basic Animation Techniques

  • Adding layers to a composition
  • Navigating the timeline
  • Exploring Transform properties of layers
  • Keyframing layer properties
  • Utilizing RAM preview

Intermediate Animation Strategies

  • Advanced keyframe manipulation & interpolation
  • Using the Graph Editor
  • Employing Motion Sketch/Smoother
  • Applying Auto-Orient/Motion Blur
  • Managing Roving Keyframes
  • Working with Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool

Layer Management

  • Trim, move, stack, and split operations
  • Sequencing Layers
  • Looping Footage
  • Handling Image Sequences
  • Frame Rate vs Time Stretch
  • Blending Modes
  • Effects & Solids
  • Blending Modes
  • Layer Styles
  • Masks

Transparency Control

  • Opacity
  • Masks
  • Shape
  • Feather
  • Expansion
  • Masking with the Pen Tool
  • Track Mattes

Applying Effects

  • Effects and Presets Panels
  • Applying Effects to layers
  • Modifying Effects via the Effects Control Panel
  • Animating Effects
  • Reordering Effects
  • Utilizing Adjustment Layers

The Text Tool

  • Using the text tool
  • Animating text
  • Text animation presets

Render Sequence

  • How After Effects integrates all elements
  • Exporting files
  • Adding to Render Queue
  • Adding to Adobe Media Encoder Queue

Requirements

This course is tailored for individuals seeking to professionally edit and manipulate video files, applying post-production effects to a high standard.

Participants should possess basic computer literacy, such as the ability to copy, paste, and open files and applications. Familiarity with common video terminology is also beneficial.

 14 Hours

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