Adobe AfterEffects visual effects and compelling motion graphics professional software, with tight integration with Adobe's leading design applications while you deliver stunning work to virtually any media type. Design from scratch or jump-start projects from hundreds of customizable presets and templates — all from within a streamlined interface.

With this course, you learn by doing, getting your feet wet straight away as you progress through a series of hands-on projects that build on your growing AfterEffects knowledge. Simple step-by-step instructions by our qualified instructor make learning a breeze.

This course assumes no prior knowledge of Adobe AfterEffects. However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system as you will be required to start applications, work with and copy files and locate file folders.

At the completion of this courseware participants will be able to:

• Create basic animation using effects and presets
• Animating Text & Multimedia Presentations
• Shape Layers
• Animating Layers
• Working with Masks
• Distorting objects with the Puppet tools

Getting to Know the Workflow

• Creating a project and importing footage
• Creating a composition and arranging layers
• Adding effects and modifying layer properties
• Animating the composition
• Previewing your work
• Exporting your composition
• Customizing the workspace
• Controlling the brightness of the user interface
• Using AfterEffects Help
• Using Adobe online services

Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

• Setting up the project
• Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
• Creating composition
• Working with imported Illustrator layers
• Applying effects to a layer
• Applying an animation preset
• Previewing the effects
• Adding transparency
• Rendering the composition

Animating Text

• About text layers
• Creating and formatting point text
• Using a text animation preset
• Animating with scale key frames
• Animating using parenting
• Animating imported Photoshop text
• Animating test using a path preset
• Animating type tracting
• Animating the letter’s opacity
• Using a text animator group
• Cleaning up the path animation
• Animating the dragonfly
• Adding motion blur

Shape Layers

• Adding a shape layer
• Creating custom shapes
• Creating starts
• Incorporating video and audio layers
• Adding a title bar
• Using Brainstorm to experiment

Animating a Multimedia Presentation

• Animating the scenery using parenting
• Adjusting an anchor point
• Masking video using vector shapes
• Key framing a motion path
• Animating additional elements
• Applying an effect
• Creating an animated slide show
• Adding an audio tract
• Zooming in for a final close-up
• Sending the project to reviewers

Animating Layers

• Simulating lighting changes
• Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
• Animating movements in the scenery
• Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte
• Animating the shadows
• Adding a lens flare effect
• Animating the clock
• Retiming the composition

Working with Masks

• Creating a mask with the Pen tool
• Editing a mask
• Feathering the edges of a mask
• Replacing the content of the mask
• Adding a reflection
• Creating a vignette
• Adjusting the color

Distorting objects with the Puppet tools

• About the Puppet tools
• Adding Deform pins
• Defining areas of overlap
• Stiffening an area
• Animating pin positions
• Recording animation
  
  

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