Adobe Aftereffects - Introduction (Adobe Authorised)

Mekon Creatives

Course

In London, Sutton, Surrey, Nottingham

£ 499 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    London, sutton, surrey, ...

  • Duration

    2 Days

This Adobe AfterEffects training course will introduce you to Adobe AfterEffects so that you will develop a full understanding of high resolution multilayer compositing, animation and visual effects. The footage you create in Adobe AfterEffects will be suitable for digital output to film, videotape, CD-ROM and the Web. Suitable for: This Adobe AfterEffects training course will appeal to those who are interested in developing their skills in the field of multimedia, video and presentation graphics using Adobe AfterEffects.

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Location

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London, Sutton, Surrey, Nottingham (Surrey)
Mekon House, 31-35 St Nicholas Way, Sutton, Surrey, Sm1 1jn, SM1 1JN

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On request

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Course programme

Included in this course:
  • Course book
  • Lunch
  • 3 Months post training support
  • Certificate of attendence
    Course Outline
  • Setting preferences
  • Setting up a project and planning ahead
  • Overview of all the windows
  • Creating compositions
  • File formats:
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Premiere
  • Quicktime integration
  • Importing and using images from Photoshop (including layers and alpha channels)
  • Importing and interpreting video clips
  • Importing external files as compositions
  • Creating and animating text
  • Mixing footage from different sources
  • Understanding adjustment layers
  • Working with vector versus bitmap images
  • Layer transfer modes and Track mattes
  • Types of keyframes and their uses
  • Fine-tuning animations by manually and numerically altering keyframe parameters
  • Controlling speed, acceleration and deceleration along a motion path
  • Pre-composing; nesting compositions to create complex animations
  • Understanding rendering order - how AfterEffects thinks
  • Understanding and applying filters and effects
  • Animating masks - rotoscoping
  • Using slow motion and variable speed during a clip
  • Chromakeying
  • Working with sound
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Safe zones, frame rates and compression
  • Export and output options
  • Rendering the final output (for output to video, for CD playback and for webplayback)
  • Working with DV/Mini DV
  • Use of rendering templates and efficient use of RAM
  • Organising large projects
  • Working with layers in time and space
  • Understanding layer properties
  • Understanding keyframes
  • Animating layer properties over time
  • Animation on Bézier motion paths
  • The RAM playback engine and its parameters
  • Previewing your work
  • Using the tools in the tool palette
  • Understanding layer masking
  • Multiple masks and their parameters
  • Using markers
  • 3D compositing:-
  • Manipulating layers in 3D space
  • Animating lights and cameras
  • Parenting - animating layers hierarchically and synchronising their motion
  • Vector paint tools - painting nondestructively on layers over time
  • Expressions - creating live relationships between layer properties
  • New visual effects:-
  • Shatter
  • Radio Waves
  • Vegas
  • Fractal Noise, etc
  • Enhanced masking:-
  • Drawing masks in the comp window
  • Adding motion blur to masks
  • Enhanced productivity features:-
  • Improved interactivity
  • Enhanced RAM Previews
  • Tighter integration with Photoshop, Illustrator and Premiere
  • Output to Macromedia Flash (SWF) - creating animations for Web sites
  • 16-bit per channel colour support - using high-fidelity colour support for film & HDTV

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