Online Introduction to After Effects Training Course

After Effects training course for beginners, teaching key techniques for creating motion graphics and visual effects to show on websites and use in apps.

Introduction to After Effects training covers key tools and features you’ll use to achieve stunning visual results, including animation techniques, layer control, effects, track mattes and masks.

This course is ideal for newcomers to After Effects, and those with limited After Effects experience.

Course content

Getting Started with After Effects

• What is Adobe After Effects…?
• Tour of the interface
• Setting preferences
• Setting Auto-Save

Getting started

• Creating a new project/composition
• Creating a new composition from footage
• Importing assets
• Organising assets
• Working with layers

Animation techniques

• Keyframing
• Temporal and spatial keyframes
• Motion paths
• Modifying motion paths
• Orientation
• Anchor point essentials
• Roving across time
• Easing keyframes
• Exponential scale
• The Graph Editor
• Motion sketch

Layer control

• Arrange, organise and navigate layers
• Lock, hide and solo layers
• Understand Switches and Modes view

Working with Shapes

• Understanding how shape layers work in After Effects
• Creating shape layers
• Multiple shapes on the same layer?
• Shapes and their anchor points
• Moving anchor points
• Animating shapes

Effects

• Examples of effects
• Applying effects
• Customising effects properties

Track Mattes and Masks

• Creating Masks
• Creating Track Mattes
• Differences between masks and track mattes
• Animating masks and track mattes

Type and type animation

• Working with type
• Basic text animation
• Text animation presets
• Layer styles

Exporting your Compositions

• Export options in After Effects
• Exporting directly from After Effects
• Exporting through Media Encoder

Duration: 2 Days

Cost: £345 + Vat