Adobe After Effects: beginning motion graphics

- an awareness of current successful motion graphics
- understand how to set format and pixel dimensions of compositions
- importing images and footage
- apply and animate transformations of images
- create, set and animate text
- create and animate masks
- apply effects to layers
- render your project using the appropriate format and codec.

Our high definition cameras and the latest professional equipment and software are available for your use throughout the course. It would be useful to bring a memory stick (or portable hard drive – please note PC formatted hard drives can be read by Apple mac computers, but not written to.).

You will be taught using a range of techniques including short lectures, demonstrations, practical exercises, tutorials, group and individual assistance and hand-outs. Please note the City Lit uses Apple Mac computers in Animation, Cartooning, Digital arts, Film, Graphics, Illustration, Photography and Web design.