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Learning After Effects

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Overview

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Get an introduction to the industry-standard motion graphics application from Adobe.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Adobe After Effects puts design into motion
  • Using the exercise files and relinking the footage
1. The Six Foundations of After Effects
  • Start with the composition, where everything happens
  • Layers are the building blocks of After Effects
  • After Effects keyframe animation is a superpower
  • 3D adds more than depth
  • Effects: Right there in the name
  • Render or it didn't happen
2. The Timeline Puts Ideas in Motion
  • Create a new After Effects project
  • Standardize and customize your After Effects UI
  • Use the power of compositions wisely
  • Take control of the After Effects viewers
  • Explore After Effects layer controls
  • Get creative combining layers
  • Bring layers to life with keyframes
  • Refine motion with timing and keyframe controls
3. Add Effects, 3D, and Output
  • Enter the third dimension
  • Create 3D within After Effects
  • Freely experiment with effects
  • Three basic effects types
  • Add an adjustment layer
  • Get those Render Queue settings right
4. Use Automated Tools to Integrate Text and Video
  • Import a Premiere Pro edit
  • Create cloudy skywriting text using Fractal Noise
  • Pre-compose to solve timing and workflow blockers
  • Create a complex moving matte automatically with Roto Brush
  • Use layer styles to integrate text
  • Match 2D motion with the Tracker
  • Ramp speed with Time Remapping and Easy Ease
  • Camera track a shot in 3D to match motion
  • Integrate graphics into a 3D camera-matched scene
  • Add a logo image sequence
5. Add Motion Graphics Animation with Shapes
  • Block in motion with hold keyframes
  • Create motion graphics with vector shape layers
  • Extract a moving holdout matte from the sky
  • Draw in a shape with Trim Paths
  • Design a dynamic animation with a single shape
  • Animate a displacement map to organically glitch graphics
  • Publish the master composition to YouTube

Taught by

Mark Christiansen

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