Introduction to Adobe After Effects CC
Introduction to Adobe After Effects CC Course Details:
After Effects CC software lets you deliver cinematic visual effects and motion graphics faster than ever before.
For Connected Classroom attendees:
Connected events will be held at a local training center with state-of-the-art video conferencing equipment allowing the course to be broadcast to multiple locations. Students will have the same classroom experience and interact live with the connected classroom instructor. The instructor will be on a large, HD quality screen with interactive video and audio to listen and communicate with students. A second large HD quality screen will display the instructor’s live presentation.
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1. Fundamentals of Motion Graphics
- RGB Color Model
- Frame Size
- Resolution
- Pixel Aspect Ratio
- Alpha Channels
- Frame Rate
- Time Code
- Interpreting Footage
2. Getting to Know the Workflow
- How After Effects Works
- Overview of panels
- Creating a project and importing footage
- Creating a composition and arranging layers
- Adding effects and modifying layer properties
- Animating the composition
- Previewing your work
- Optimizing performance in After Effects
- Customizing workspaces
- Controlling the brightness of the user interface
- Finding resources for using After Effects
3. Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
- Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
- Importing video clips
- Importing stills
- Importing a sequence of stills (interpreting)
- Importing multilayered photoshop and illustrator files
- Creating a new composition
- Applying effects to a layer
- Changing parameters globally
- Creating keyframes
- Keyframe interpolation: auto, continuous, and bezier interpolation
- Temporal and spatial Interpolation
- Roving in time for spatial properties
- Creating and applying an animation preset
- Previewing your work
4. Working With Masks
- About masks
- Creating a mask with the Pen tool
- Editing a mask
- Feathering the edges of a mask
- Replacing the content of the mask
- Mask interpolation
- Using masks from Illustrator and Photoshop
- Masks for spatial keyframes
5. Animating Text
- About text layers
- Creating and formatting point text vs paragraph text
- Using a text animation preset
- Text on a path
- Animating imported Photoshop text
- Animating text using a path animation preset
- Using a text animators
- Adding properties
- Adding a range selector
- Using a text animator group
6. Working with Shape Layers
- Adding a shape layer
- Creating custom shapes
- Creating stars
- Default properties of shape layers
- Add properties
- Creating Groups
- Stack your shapes & properties
- Using Brainstorm to experiment
7. Other Effects
- Time remapping
- Motion sketch
- The smoother
- The wiggler
- Auto orient
- Splitting a layer
- Adjustment layers
- The effects and presets panel
8. 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
9. Rendering and Output
- Creating templates for the Render Queue
- Exporting using the Render Queue
- Rendering movies with Adobe Media Encoder
*Please Note: Course Outline is subject to change without notice. Exact course outline will be provided at time of registration.
- Global performance cache
- Text and shape extrusion
- Mask feathering options
Video, animation, and graphics professionals who need a working knowledge of Adobe After Effects CC