Introduction

This Adobe After Effects training course will show you how to make best use of this powerful graphics and visual effects package.

Our friendly, expert trainers will soon have you compositing in 2D and 3D and bringing your ideas to life quickly and simply.

When you finish this course you’ll be comfortable using a wide range of After Effect’s features:

✔ This is a complete beginners’ After Effects course that covers all of the basics.
✔ Plenty of one-to-one attention and time to ask questions.
✔ Friendly expert Adobe trainers, small groups and a comfortable place to learn.

What Will I Learn?

This course is the fastest way to get started with After Effects. You’ll be creating your own effects in no time.

It is instructor-led with an emphasis on hands-on, practical exercises.

You’ll learn about:

Incorporating video with Photoshop and Illustrator graphics.
Video layering techniques.
Working with key frames.
Using filters for special effects.
Different rendering techniques.
Rendering your final project.
Ways to optimise the finished production.

Am I Ready For This Course?

This is a beginners’ course and so does not assume any prior knowledge of After Effects.

It only assumes that you have a basic understanding of Windows, including an ability to work with multiple windows, navigate the desktop and that you have an understanding of computer file storage (i.e. drives, files and folders).

The Training Day

You don’t need to bring anything with you to attend this course. We provide everything you’ll need for 2 busy, fun-filled days of training.

Our courses run from 9.30 am to roughly 4.30 pm with refreshments throughout the day and a break for lunch.

We offer a relaxed, supportive learning environment and comfortable, fully air-conditioned facilities. We also have some of the nicest instructors on the planet!

Also, you’ll receive:

✔ A full-colour A4 After Effects manual covering everything in the course.
✔ A USB stick for the course exercises to let you practise more in your own time.
✔ A Certificate of Attendance to show that you have been professionally trained.

Course Details

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Overview of using Adobe After Effects
Setting up a new project
Setting Video preferences
Using the scrubbable hot text controls
Importing files from different sources
Photoshop, Premiere and Illustrator
Setting Still Images durations
Setting Frame Rate and Pixel Aspect Ratios
Managing footage and creating folders
Creating compositions
Adding compositions to the Timeline
Creating solid and adjustment layers
Working with layers
Switching video and audio on and off
The Time Graph
Trimming and overlapping layers
Working with In and Out points
Using markers
Working with the Transform properties
Using the Audio Waveform properties
Using the Audio Waveform effect
Using the Stereo Mixer
RAM previews and regions of interest
Working with masks, including drawing, scaling and editing
Setting an effect point
Feathering mask edges
Adding effects including Time and Echo
Saving an effect as a Favourite
Blending, distorting and perspective effects
Advanced effects, such as gradient wipe
Layer modes and frame blending
The motion blur
Using the Speed and Velocity graph and temporal interpolation
Bezier curve interpolation
Using 3D in After Effects
Orientation and rotation of a 3D object
Moving Lights through 3D
Moving a camera view through 3D
Depth of field
Nesting layers and Parenting layers
Exporting to Quicktime and SWF
Understanding codecs for exporting

Online Training Requirements

To attend this After Effects course online, you will need:

✔ After Effects on your Windows PC/laptop with a camera, speakers & microphone
✔ A stable internet connection capable of running Zoom
✔ To be a confident computer user and able to use Zoom to attend the course

If you have access to a second screen, we would encourage you to use it as it improves the experience.

Adobe After Effects Training: Introduction & Intermediate Course