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Course Outline
After Effects Interface and Animation Basics
- Understanding project files and their contents
- Utilizing tools and panels
- Creating a new composition
- Importing media assets into a project
Foundational Animation
- Inserting layers into a composition
- Navigating the timeline interface
- Managing layer transform properties
- Applying keyframes to layer properties
- Using RAM preview for playback
Advanced Animation Techniques
- Detailed keyframe manipulation and interpolation
- Working with the Graph Editor
- Using Motion Sketch and Smoother
- Applying Auto-Orient and Motion Blur
- Utilizing Roving Keyframes
- Employing Anchor Point and Pan Behind tools
Layer Management
- Trimming, moving, stacking, and splitting layers
- Sequencing layers effectively
- Looping footage sources
- Handling image sequences
- Differences between Frame Rate and Time Stretch
- Exploring Blending Modes
- Working with Effects and Solids
- Further applications of Blending Modes
- Applying Layer Styles
- Using Masks
Managing Transparency
- Adjusting Opacity
- Applying Masks
- Modifying Shape
- Using Feather settings
- Adjusting Expansion
- Masking using the Pen Tool
- Working with Track Mattes
Applying Effects
- Exploring Effects and Presets panels
- Applying effects to specific layers
- Modifying effects via the Effects Control panel
- Animating effect properties
- Adjusting the order of effects
- Utilizing Adjustment Layers
Text Tool Capabilities
- Basics of the text tool
- Animating text elements
- Applying text animation presets
Rendering and Output
- How After Effects compiles the final output
- Exporting finished files
- Adding items to the Render Queue
- Integrating with the Adobe Media Encoder Queue
Requirements
This course is tailored for individuals seeking to professionally edit and manipulate video files, aiming to add post-production effects to a high standard.
Participants should feel at ease using a computer, performing tasks such as copying, pasting, and opening files or applications. A working knowledge of common video terminology is also beneficial.
14 Hours
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