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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

After Effects Interface and Animation

  • Understanding project files and their components
  • Utilizing Tools and Panels
  • Establishing a Composition
  • Bringing Media into the Project

Foundational Animation

  • Inserting layers into a composition
  • Interacting with the timeline
  • Adjusting layer transform properties
  • Keyframing specific layer attributes
  • Using RAM preview

Advanced Animation Techniques

  • Detailed keyframe manipulation and interpolation
  • Utilizing the Graph Editor
  • Applying Motion Sketch and Smoother
  • Configuring Auto-Orient and Motion Blur
  • Managing Roving Keyframes
  • Working with Anchor Points and the Pan Behind Tool

Layer Management

  • Trimming, moving, stacking, and splitting layers
  • Sequencing layers
  • Looping video footage
  • Handling Image Sequences
  • Distinguishing Frame Rate from Time Stretch
  • Applying Blending Modes
  • Working with Effects and Solids
  • Advanced use of Blending Modes
  • Applying Layer Styles
  • Creating and editing Masks

Transparency and Masking

  • Adjusting Opacity
  • Refining Masks
  • Modifying Shape
  • Applying Feathering
  • Using Expansion
  • Masking using the Pen Tool
  • Implementing Track Mattes

Effects Integration

  • Working with the Effects and Presets Panels
  • Applying Effects to specific layers
  • Modifying Effects via the Effects Control Panel
  • Animating Effects
  • Reordering Effects
  • Leveraging Adjustment Layers

Text Tool Mastery

  • Using the Text Tool
  • Animating text elements
  • Applying Text animation presets

Rendering and Export

  • Understanding the After Effects render pipeline
  • Exporting final files
  • Adding tasks to the Render Queue
  • Submitting to the Adobe Media Encoder Queue

Requirements

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

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

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