Adobe After Effects: introduction to film and video effects

- plan, prepare and organise your assets for an After Effects project
- create projects and compositions and import assets
- apply and animate a range of 2D and 3D transformations to video, image and text layers
- apply and animate a range of effects to video, image and text layers
- create and animate masks
- apply compositing using keying
- create and animate a camera
- understand the dynamic link between After Effects and Premiere Pro
- render, back-up and archive your project.
What previous students have achieved on this course:
“I have achieved more knowledge and confidence in post-production. Now I feel that I can play on my own with After Effects.”

“Developed confidence in learning new software for my own teaching practice.”

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). CDs/DVDs are available.

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If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK's leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy

You will be taught through workshops, short lectures, practical exercises, tutorials and handouts. Please note we will be working on Apple Mac computers.
During the course you will be encouraged to practise at home the techniques you’ve learned. You will be invited to develop your own After Effects project and will be able to get feedback on your project from the tutor and other students.