Adobe After Effects, the tool of choice for many professionals for animation and video post-production, allows users to design and deliver professional motion graphics and visual effects for film, TV, video, and web. Learn this powerful motion graphics application in hands-on classes, where you’ll work on several real-world animation projects, including GIFs, ads, title sequences, and logos.
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.
Become a Motion Graphics Designer. Learn motion graphics with animation and video editing (plus special effects) created in Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro. Then showcase what you’ve learned by creating a motion graphics demo reel.
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.
This After Effects training covers the basics of the user interface, the timeline, video, layer animation, easing in and out, fade-ins, and more. This one-day After Effects course will give you a strong working knowledge of After Effects’ capabilities for creating GIFs, animating logos, and importing layered files from Illustrator and Photoshop.
Become a Video Editor or Motion Graphics Designer. Learn video editing, motion graphics (animation and video effects), and audio editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Cinema 4D Lite, and Audition. Then showcase what you’ve learned by creating a demo reel with video editing and motion graphics projects.
Master other video editing and animation applications, including Premiere Pro, Final Cut, and Cinema 4D.
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.
This class will get you up and running quickly with the fundamentals of Adobe Premiere Pro: edit videos with audio, add B-roll, create lower third titles, and export a final video for use on social media or anywhere.
Adobe Audition is a powerful digital audio workstation where you can edit and improve the audio used in videos such as those created in Adobe Premiere Pro.
Learn to use Cinema 4D Lite to create 3D models, animations, and motion graphics for your After Effects projects.
In this introductory Final Cut Pro class, you'll learn the core skills to import, edit, and encode your video projects using Final Cut Pro. Work with a top industry professional and receive our proprietary step-by-step training manual in both print and eBook formats, completely included in your course registration!
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In our After Effects courses—beginner to advanced and a one-day workshop—you’ll cover all the essentials needed to bring your videos to life. Learn by completing real-world projects in our step-by-step training workbooks.
Our After Effects courses are taught by Kalika Kharkar Sharma, a leading motion graphics professional who has produced animations for a wide range of clientele including CNBC, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. Kalika teaches motion graphics and traditional and digital character animation techniques at NYU and Noble Desktop, and freelances as an animator, editor and motion graphics artist.
All of our After Effects classes come with a custom step-by-step training manual sold to universities and schools around the world. Recreate the class projects and refresh the After Effects materials anytime after the class.
In our After Effects classes you’ll learn through projects. First by watching a short demo, then by actually practicing on animations and motion graphics including GIFs, ads, title sequences, and logos. Our instructor and course developer has created numerous projects specifically for these classes that draw on her many years of experience to teach you practical, professional skills.
From our hands-on training style to world-class instructors and proprietary curriculum, we deliver a learning experience our alumni can be proud of.
Attend courses 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.
