Introduction to After Effects Creative Cloud (CC) Training
Course duration
- 3 Days
Course Outline
In this Adobe After Effects training course, students new to After Effects CC will learn to create motion graphics and visual effects. It is packed with hands-on exercises so that students can learn by doing.
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- Get familiar with the After Effects CC work area.
- Learn to create and understand Comps.
- Learn to work with Keyframes.
- Learn Layers, Effects, and Modes.
- Learn to work with Masks and Mattes.
- Learn to import and edit text.
- Learn about type.
- Learn to work with music in your animation.
- Getting Started with After Effects CC
- Project Structure
- Main Application Window
- Tools Panel
- Project Panel
- Importing Footage
- Composition Panel
- Timeline Panel
- Layer Panel
- Info, Preview, Audio Panels
- Effects & Presets, Effect Controls
- Workspaces
- Adobe Bridge
- Basic Animation
- Creating Folders In The Project Panel
- Creating A New Composition
- Importing Files And Folders
- Interpreting Alpha Channels
- Adding Layers To The Comp Panel
- Changing The Background Color
- Scrubbing Parameter Values
- Interactively Transforming Layers
- Animating Position; RAM Preview
- Navigating Between Keyframes
- Adding A Background Layer
- Dragging Footage To The Timeline Panel
- Editing A Keyframe's Bezier Handles
- Editing Spatial Keyframes; Motion Paths
- Animating Opacity, Scale, And Rotation
- Arranging And Replacing Layers
- Adding Solid Layers
- Applying, Copying And Pasting Effects
- Rendering
- Understanding The Comp's Alpha Channel
- Importing Layered Photoshop And Illustrator Files
- Advanced Animation
- Keyframe Basics
- The Work Area
- Anchor Point Overview
- Pan Behind Tool
- Motion Control Moves
- The Graph Editor
- Speed Versus Value Graphs
- Panning And Zooming Time
- Editing Graph Curves
- Easing Animations
- Graph Editor Sets
- Separate Dimensions
- Motion Sketch
- Smoother
- Auto-Orient
- Motion Blur
- Roving Keyframes
- Time-Reverse Keyframes
- Hold Keyframes
- Time Display And Timecode
- Layer Control
- Layers And Stacking Order
- Moving Layers In Time
- Trimming Layers
- Trimming In The Layer And Footage Panels
- Slip Editing
- Sequence Layers Assistant
- Looping Footage
- Image Sequences
- Changing The Frame Rate; Time Stretch
- Blending Modes
- Effects And Solids
- Effect Motion Path
- Effects & Presets Panel
- Searching For Effects
- Animation Presets
- Behavior Presets
- Layer Styles
- Adjustment Layers
- Filmic Glow
- Non-Square Pixels
- Creating Transparency
- Masking Tools, Creating Mask Shapes
- Rounded Rectangle Tool
- Free Transform Points
- Masking In The Layer Panel
- Mask Feather
- Animating A Mask Path
- Creating A Vignette; Mask Expansion
- Masking With The Pen Tool
- Creating And Editing Bezier Masks
- Effecting A Masked Area
- Controlling Mask Path Interpolation
- Using Effects With The Mask Path
- Mask Modes And Multiple Masks
- Mask Opacity
- Creating And Editing Rotobezier Masks
- Audio Spectrum Effect
- Alpha Track Matte
- Nesting A Track Matte Composite
- Luma Track Matte
- Animating Matte Layers
- Stencil Alpha And Stencil Luma
- Effects With Track Mattes And Stencils
- Type And Music
- Creating Basic Text
- Creating Text Animators, Range Selectors
- Animating Text Transform Properties
- Randomizing The Order Of Characters
- Creating Cascading Text
- Working With Selection Shapes
- Setting The Text Anchor Point
- Animating By Words
- Title Safe Areas
- Animating Text Blur And Tracking
- Text On A Path
- Per-Character 3D Animators
- Separating Fields
- Adding The Wiggly Selector
- Rendering With An Alpha Channel
- Field Rendering
- Adding Sound To A Comp
- Add Comp And Layer Markers
- Applying Text Animation Presets
- Customizing Presets
- Saving Text Animations As Presets
- Editing Photoshop Text Layers
Adobe After Effects CC Classroom in a Book
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