After Effects in a Day
This hands-on After Effects class is designed to get you the essentials of the user interface, the timeline, video, layer animation, easing in and out, fade-ins, and more.
This hands-on After Effects class is designed to get you the essentials of the user interface, the timeline, video, layer animation, easing in and out, fade-ins, and more.
Learn to start using After Effects to animate photos, text, video, and add music/sounds. You can even import files from Illustrator (such as a logo) or Photoshop and animate their elements.
Get started in this 6-hour workshop, or dive in deeper with our 18-hour After Effects Bootcamp
From our hands-on training style to world-class instructors and custom-crafted curriculum, we deliver results our alumni are proud of.
After Effects in a Day is rated 4.8 stars by 104 students
in the past 24 months
After Effects In a Day is a great beginner class to learn simple animation basics. Great variety of exercises in the training book. Kalika is a fun and entertaining instructor and she shared some of her own work which is amazing and inspiring!
Victoria Greiss
After Effects in a Day was awesome. We started by watching, then doing. I like that the approach was exercise-based, as opposed to going through every single tool and interface (like some other trainings I’ve been to). It’s my preferred way to learn, and I came away learning more than I anticipated!
Lisa Keller
Penguin Random House
A learning experience that is personal and that actually WORKS, I feel equipped with the right skills I can use on my own!
Jane Crager
Noble Desktop is a great place to take courses and learn a significant amount in a day. I've taken several classes (Photoshop, InDesign, After Effects ) and will continue to return.
Brian Kaplan
BrainKap Communications
I've already messed around with After Effects to create little animations, so I didn't expect to learn a whole lot new in a six hour workshop. Totally wrong; I feel so much more empowered to create more complicated animation projects.
Wen Lung
Landor
This class is perfect if you're looking for an easy, but in-depth introduction to After Effects.
Danny Menendez
BuzzFeed
"Super helpful! For an intro class I learned everything I needed to fool around and explore the program for myself without being frustrated looking up "how to's on Google."
Michael Cracco
After Effects In A Day is a fantastic introduction to After Effects and some of the basic animation possibilities. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking to get their feet wet with After Effects.
Alanna Kellogg
EYP Architecture & Engineering
Noble Desktop has always been my go to place. Their attention to detail, cooperation in working with scheduling and providing top notch instructors makes it a pleasure to work with them. I'll be back!
Lori Zalbowitz Roux
Whole Story Productions
A wonderful introduction! I feel more comfortable playing around with After Effects on my own.
Catherine Gonzalez
Colorlines
As a broad spectrum type of class, it hit on so many key points and features of After Effects. I feel much more capable and confident now. GREAT class!
Kelly Vail
Alpha1 Marketing
After Effects in a Day was a great primer on a very powerful piece of software. I loved the instructor, and am excited to explore more about what AE can do!
Nicholas Moy
Nikon
Fabulous class, taught with personality and real-world situations as examples. Would highly recommend for the graphic designer wanting to put motion into their work.
Sonia
TripleLift
After Effects in a day pretty much gets you up to speed fast. It is like a bullion cube of condensed knowledge that expands into a tasty, filling broth.
Jeff Faerber
Spotco
I came in as a complete beginner, and now I feel like I have enough knowledge to teach myself what I need to know about After Effects. David was super clear and flexible. He helped everyone individually, but explained things very clearly in lecture style as well. Great class!
Natasha Bunzl
This was a very informative class. Jordon was a great instructor who answered questions well and made the experience fun ! :)
Michael Conroy
SkinCeuticals
Overall, a very good intro class if you've never touched After Effects before. You get to learn simple animation that's useful, especially in the world of social media that we live in.
Lisa Llanes
Kalika was super helpful and engaging throughout the entire course! Looking forward to taking more classes.
Emily Visich
Hearst
I got the basics down and enough to get me up and running! Dan R. was very thorough and knowledgeable. I liked that he showed how the book does something then he would show other variations of doing the same tasks for options. I would recommend!
Andrew Wong
Great instruction! Took the time to share notable shortcuts and workflow tips! Always a great thing when looking to refresh your skills!
Maui Uy
Freelance Designer
After Effects is overwhelming, but Dan R. explained it clearly, shared lots of tips and best practices from his own experience, and was friendly and approachable. A great way to spend a day!
Ilene Manacher
I have taken a lot of classes at Noble. All have been good. This was among the best.
Abigail Park
Very good starting class that gave me time and assistance in areas where I would struggle.
Jackson Dye
Great experience on Zoom thanks to Jerron, an excellent instructor. He is extremely passionate about the program and an excellent teacher and speaker. I found his tutorials very engaging.
Hanna L.
My Noble Desktop After Effects in a Day class was incredible. It helped me really grasp the way the program works and truly will help me build graphics for my company in the future. So glad I took the course, and it's very much worth it for anyone working in the Film and Media industry.
Sofia Zinger
HBO
As one of our smaller courses, tuition for this course is due in full before the start date. The best way to save on this course is to take it as part of a certificate program.
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Attend this course in-person in NYC or Live Online via Zoom. Engage with expert instructors, ask questions, and get feedback on your exercises and projects. Switch between live-online and in-person as needed, even after the course has started.
Unlike other providers, these are not mass open-enrollment classes. At Noble Desktop, you’ll learn in small groups (typically 8-15 students) and receive personalized attention.
Get face-to-face interaction with an instructor and other students when you learn at our NYC campus. Courses are hands-on with a computer and software provided.
Get the same interactivity and access to the instructor as in-person students. There are no extra fees and we’ll work with you to ensure your remote setup is perfect.
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Upon completion of this course, you’ll receive an official certificate testifying to your mastery of the curriculum. We’ll send you a link where you can download your certificate, share it online with your friends, post it to your professional network on LinkedIn, and view all your earned certificates. Congratulations on your achievement!
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We offer a single free retake of the the class within a year.
You can also access recordings of each session in your student portal within one business day of the session’s end. Recordings are available for one month after the session.
Learn practical skills by working on real projects with instructor guidance and lectures to strengthen and improve your skill.
Learn to animate photos, text, graphics, add visual effects, and incorporate sound. Unmute the video to hear its audio.
Learn to animate logos. Learn how to create staggered and sequential animations for dramatic effects.
No. We provide computers (Mac or PC) with After Effects installed. Choose your operating system at checkout.
After Effects will run on either Mac or PC.
Make sure your computer meets the minimum system requirements for After Effects
Students must be comfortable using a computer. No other prior knowledge is required.
This course does not qualify for payments plans or student financing. See our Payment Plan FAQ to find related programs that qualify.
You may attend this training virtually (online) at the scheduled time the course is offered (New York, Eastern Time).
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Adobe After Effects is a powerful tool for animation and video post-production. It can be used to create stand-alone videos, animations, special effects, animated titles, and much more. Use it to create compelling video content for social media, web, or even broadcast TV.
In this advanced After Effects course, you’ll master text and shape animations and learn how to create transitions between different compositions, learn motion and camera tracking, chroma keying to remove a greenscreen and much more. Through several hands-on real-world projects integrating graphic elements with audio, video and photo elements, we'll master the motion graphics and compositing workflows: the process motion graphics animators and compositors take, to create projects from conception to final delivery.
Learn how to use Premiere Pro in this comprehensive 18-hour class. You’ll learn how to import and organize footage, put those elements into a timeline (sequence), clean up audio, color correct video, add titles, and more. We’ll then move onto more advanced features including multi-cam editing, color correction, speeding up and slowing down footage, green screen removal, and much more. By the end of the course, you’ll have the skills to create compelling video content using Adobe Premiere Pro.
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The first installment is due one week before the first class. Subsequent installments are spread out evenly across the duration of the course.
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Program Director & Instructor
Jerron has an M.A. in Communication Arts and expert-level certifications in Adobe After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Illustrator.
He also has a good knowledge of other animation programs like Cinema 4D, Adobe Animate, and 3DS Max from his two decades of experience in and around the design industry.
He has authored multiple books and video training series on computer graphics software such as: After Effects, Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Flash (back when it was a thing).
Before joining Noble Desktop, Jerron taught at the college level at schools such as The New York Institute of Technology, New York City College of Technology, and The Fashion Institute of Technology.
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Stephen teaches classes in the Motion Graphics and Video Editing Certificate programs.
In addition to his work with Noble Desktop, Stephen teaches Nonfiction and Fiction Video Production, Motion Graphics, and Introduction to Film Production to grades 9-12 at LREI, a private K-12 school in New York’s Greenwich Village.
In addition to teaching media classes, he runs his own production company, Indian summer Media. Through ISM he works as a freelance producer, specializing in documentary style films.
Stephen holds a B.A. in Classics from Concordia University in Montreal and an MFA in Screenwriting from Columbia University.
While an accomplished professional his most beloved project has been raising his two young daughters, Margaret and Grace.
Social Media Director & Instructor
Eternally upbeat and outgoing creative cybernaut and instructor.
Mover and shaker with authentic ideas that build brand stories on social media for consumers.
Justine Sanborn has over a decade of experience in both Art Direction and Social Media. She uses data and insights to develop creative ideas that can build organic engagement. Justine leads the social media development for Noble Desktop and instructs the Social Media Marketing Certificate and Graphic Design Certificate programs.