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Overview

Welcome to the complete Beginner’s Guide To Adobe After Effects.

If you are a designer and looking to apply effects and transitions to your video, or create animated logos, illustrations or infographics After Effects is the program to edit in.

The tools in After Effects make it very easy
to build video compositions, add video effects and motion graphics to bring your presentation to life.

Now a lot of videos you see on youtube and TV with animated sequences have been created using After Effects. This is the industry standard software for simple video animation and I create all my videos in After Effects.

Now This course has been carefully created to bring you up to speed with the program so not only will you be able to create a simple project yourself you will be able to watch many more

On this course you will learn all the methods I use to create my videos, so if you have never used After Effects before, wonder how the software works and want to try some simple animation.

This course is for you.

Now the topics that are going to be covered in this course are the basics so whether you have the most up to date version of After Effects or you’re using an older version, you should be able to follow along just fine.

In this series we will be starting from the very beginning and working our way across 48 episodes to learn all the basics and eventually put it all into practise and build a video presentation project of your own.

Now this may seem like a lot of episodes, but trust me, after this creative adventure, you will be able to use Adobe After Effects proficiently.

After watching this series you will be able to create your very own video presentation in After Effects ready to export and share.

To help break down the process I have structured the course in 3 main sections:

1 - Introduction

2 - Essential Practice

3 - Create a project

So that is an overview of this After Effects beginners course

Once you have downloaded the project PDF and the project folder,

Let’s get into it!

Syllabus

The Complete Beginner’s Guide To Adobe After Effects.
What is After Effects? Ep1/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Interface Introduction to Adobe After Effects Ep2/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners.
Layers & The Timeline Panel In Adobe After Effects Ep3/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Compositions in Adobe After Effects Ep4/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
The Project Panel ‘Links panel’ In Adobe After Effects Ep5/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animation Principles in After Effects Ep6/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Keyframes in Adobe After Effects Ep7/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Simple Video Editing in After Effects Ep8/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Simple Animation in After Effects Ep9/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Easing in After Effects Ep10/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Time Stretching in After Effects Ep11/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Precomposing in After Effects Ep12/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Importing Files Into After Effects Ep13/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Creating Shapes in After Effects Ep14/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Pen Tool & Paths in After Effects Ep15/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Fill & Stroke Effects in After Effects Ep16/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animating Along a Path in After Effects Ep17/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Effects & Presets in After Effects Ep18/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Text Animation Presets in After Effects Ep19/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Transition Presets in After Effects Ep20/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Colour Effects in After Effects Ep21/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Adjustment Layers in After Effects Ep22/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Blending Modes in After Effects Ep23/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Masking in After Effects Ep24/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animate a Shape Layer Mask In After Effects Ep25/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Track Mattes in After Effects Ep26/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Null Objects and Parenting in After Effects Ep27/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Exporting in After Effects Ep28/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
10 Handy Tips In After Effects For Beginners Ep29/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
What We Will Be Creating on This Course Ep30/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Plan & Design for an After Effects Video Presentation Ep31/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Prepare & Set Up a Document for After Effects Ep32/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animating Type With an Image In After Effects Ep33/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animating a Bouncing PIN In After Effects Ep34/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animating a Simple Transition In After Effects Ep35/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animating a British Flag Sequence In After Effects Ep36/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Synchronising to Music After Effects Ep37/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Edit a Video Sequence In After Effects Ep38/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Duplicate & Edit an Animation Sequence in After Effects Ep39/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Build a Complex Layout & Animate in After Effects Ep40/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animate a Shape Layer Mask in After Effects Ep41/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Duplicate & Edit Sequences In After Effects Ep42/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animating Still images in After Effects Ep43/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Colour Enhancing Footage in After Effects Ep44/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Create a 2D Scene in After Effects Ep45/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Animate a simple 2D Scene in After Effects Ep46/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Simple 2D Animation in After Effects Ep47/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].
Exporting in After Effects Ep48/48 [Adobe After Effects for Beginners].

Taught by

Gareth David Studio

Reviews

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  • This course is absolutely great.
    Do spend the money to get the asset folder that is used in this course, there are tons and tons of assets, videos, images and more!
    Well worth the $10 or so (Australian dollars).
    I love the pace, the delivery and the subtle repetitions ensures the steps are well understood and become second nature in no time.
    In my opinion, this is the best FREE beginners course in AE.
    The only negative I have come across is the Masking and Track Mattes have been updated since this course, otherwise, everything is spot on.
    Take this course, you won't regret it :)
  • I like this cours , it's free and conceptual and simple to explain, I enjoyed the explanation and gained new information.
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    Saddam Salad
    I learn a lot in this course and help me to develop my skills and i need to continue to achieve my goals
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    Siddhant Jaywant
    The After Effects course was an invaluable experience, providing comprehensive knowledge and practical skills in a concise format. The instructor's expertise and clear explanations made complex concepts easily understandable. The course structure was well-paced, allowing for thorough exploration of key features and techniques. Hands-on exercises and projects provided ample opportunities to apply newfound knowledge, reinforcing learning outcomes effectively. Overall, the course was both enjoyable and insightful, equipping me with the proficiency to create captivating visual effects and animations confidently. Highly recommended for anyone looking to enhance their After Effects skills in a short span of time.
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    Chloe Vb
    Very interesting course! Did not know how adobe after effects worked, but now i do! Thank you for the nice presentation and the way you explained it, it was very helpful. Thank you!
  • Ashok
    Yah, I dont know After Effects before, i gain lot of knowledge on AE.
    I like this course. Thank you.

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