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After Effects Interface and Animation Basics

  • Understanding project files and their contents
  • Navigating Tools and Panels
  • Establishing a Composition
  • Importing Media Assets

Fundamental Animation Techniques

  • Integrating layers into compositions
  • Navigating the Timeline
  • Adjusting Layer Transform Properties
  • Setting Keyframes for Layer Properties
  • Utilizing RAM Preview

Intermediate Animation Skills

  • Advanced Keyframe Manipulation and Interpolation
  • Using the Graph Editor
  • Motion Sketch and Smoother Tools
  • Auto-Orient and Motion Blur Features
  • Implementing Roving Keyframes
  • Adjusting Anchor Points with the Pan Behind Tool

Managing Layers

  • Trimming, Moving, Stacking, and Splitting
  • Sequencing Layers
  • Looping Footage Clips
  • Working with Image Sequences
  • Frame Rate vs. Time Stretching
  • Applying Blending Modes
  • Adding Effects and Solid Layers
  • Exploring Blending Modes
  • Customizing Layer Styles
  • Creating and Using Masks

Controlling Transparency

  • Adjusting Opacity
  • Utilizing Masks
  • Working with Shapes
  • Softening Edges with Feathering
  • Expanding Mask Regions
  • Precise Masking Using the Pen Tool
  • Implementing Track Mattes

Applying Effects

  • Navigating Effects and Presets Panels
  • Applying Effects to Layers
  • Customizing Effects via the Effects Control Panel
  • Animating Applied Effects
  • Reordering Effects Layers
  • Leveraging Adjustment Layers

The Text Tool

  • Fundamental Use of the Text Tool
  • Animating Text Elements
  • Accessing and Using Text Animation Presets

Rendering and Output

  • Understanding After Effects Render Order
  • Exporting Final Files
  • Adding Projects to the Render Queue
  • Adding Projects to the Adobe Media Encoder Queue

Requirements

This course is ideal for individuals seeking to professionally edit and manipulate video files, aiming to apply high-quality post-production effects.

Participants should be comfortable with basic computer operations, such as copying and pasting, as well as opening files and applications. A foundational understanding of common video terminology is advantageous.

 14 Hours

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