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Adobe After Effects is a powerful tool for animation and video post-production. After Effects can be used to create stand alone videos and animations but is often more powerful when used in conjunction with other programs such as Dreamweaver, Flash, or Premiere to add special effects and titles to web and video content. This course will take students from the basics of After Effects such as understanding the workspace and basic animation techniques all the way through to advanced animation techniques, motion tracking, and particle effects.
- 18 hours of hands-on training, one person per computer
- Includes workbook with CD (used by teachers and colleges worldwide)
- Workshop fee: $975
- Course Schedule | Register Now
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Session 1: Intro to After Effects |
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Exercises |
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Creating projects, importing footage, and After Effects interface
Using the Project, Composition, and Timeline panels to create compositions
Animating with basic keyframes and effects
Importing and working with Illustrator files
Basic text animations
Rendering for broadcast and web output |
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Working in After Effects
Animating using keyframes
Adding effects to video footage
Importing and animating Illustrator files
Exporting video for broadcast |
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Session 2: Text, More Animation, Effects |
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Creating, stylizing, and animating text
Setting animation presets
Exporting files for use with Adobe Flash
Creating, editing, and animating shapes
Working with video effects |
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Creating and editing text.
Advanced animation using paths and parenting
Import and animate Photoshop files
Create and animate artwork in After Effects
Stylize video using effects |
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Session 3: Working with Time and Depth |
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Creating complex animation with multiple layers
Masking video
Using time remapping to loop audio tracks
Importing and animating layered Photoshop files
Track mattes
Using time remapping to retime footage
Working in 3D space |
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Masking video using masks and mattes
Create an animated slideshow
Importing and working with Adobe Flash files
Lighting scenes in After Effects
Animate track mattes and masks
Use time remapping to change the speed of video |
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Session 4: Deforming and Polishing Video Footage |
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Deforming footage with the Puppet tool
Rotoscoping and working with mattes
Color correcting
Sky replacement
Removing unwanted footage elements with the Clone Stamp |
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Create a walk cycle
Cut out footage with the roto brush
Make a freeze frame
Color correct footage
Retouch images |
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Session 5: After Effects' 3D Capabilities |
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Creating 3D objects with Photoshop and After Effects
Working with and animating After Effects' cameras
Viewing scenes from multiple angles
Blurring multiple layers with an Adjustment Layer
Using lights in After Effects |
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Build a 3D object
Use a camera to animate the 3D object
Building an advanced 3D scene |
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Session 6: Finishing a Project |
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Stabilizing shaky video footage
Tracking motion with After Effects and Mocha
Creating particle systems
Advanced rendering options
Working with pixel aspect ration and NTSC standards |
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Stabilize footage with motion tracking
Link graphics to motion in video
Create a particle field
Render composition for TV and web output |
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