Adobe After Effects

Our Adobe After Effects Course will teach you how to create stunning industry standard broadcast quality visual effects and motion graphics that can be used in the post-production process of film making and television production. Learn how to animate and alter composite media in 2D and 3D space.

Adobe After Effects Course Sydney Level 1:

Our 1 day After Effects essentials course has a maximum recommended class size of 6 ensuring that the day is fully utilised and focused on the most useful content.

Content:

Introduction

Starting a project

• The Composition window
• Using the Project window
• Working with layers over time
• Animating layers independently

Importing footage:

• Importing layers from Photoshop & Illustrator
• Understanding Alpha channels
• Looping video footage
• Interpreting footage

Working with layers:

• Different layer masking techniques
• Trimming and moving layers
• Changing playback speed and direction
• Working with Shape layers
• Using Brainstorm to experiment and refine designs

Understanding key frames:

• Animating graphic elements
• The Auto Keyframe button
• Roving & Hold Keyframe
• Key frame assistants
• Precisely controlling animations
• Synchronizing Audio to Video
• Graph editor

Linking Methods in AE

• Parent/child relationships
• Pre-Compose
• Trimming layers
• Working with nested Compositions

Working with text:

• Composing text
• Text Layout
• Animating text
• Synchronising Text to speech
• Applying Animation text presets
• Adding Layer styles to text

Introduction to using mattes:

• Creating Track mattes
• Making layers react interactively
• Using adjustment layers
• Using the Keylight keyer

Using masks:

• Drawing mask shape
• Animating masks
• Using stencils and silhouettes
• Using RotoBezier masks