After Effects CS5 Intermediate

Adobe CS5 After Effects (Intermediate)

This intermediate course covers some of the more challenging aspects of working in After Effects. It aims to familiarise delegates with aspects of the software that may not be obvious, and to give delegates the confidence to apply the techniques taught in daily creative work. During training, delegates will be encouraged to explore new techniques that will greatly enhance their working knowledge of the software.

Course Description:

Whether you're working in broadcast and film or delivering work online and to mobile devices, Adobe® After Effects® CS5 software enables you to create groundbreaking motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects.

Included:

Lesson 1
Setting up custom preferences
• Making decisions for the most important preferences

Lesson 2
Animation
• Understanding animation rules
• Understanding Velocity and Influence
• Using the Speed graphs to perfect timing

Lesson 3
Compositing
• Adjustment effects & colour correction
• Channel effects
• Smart Mask interpolation
• Auto-tracing Movies
• Keying tools
• Matte Tools

Lesson 4
Motion tracking & image stabilising
• Tracking position and rotation
• Using Mocha to track motion
• Stabilising shaky footage
• Perspective corner pinning

Lesson 5
Time-based effects
• Slow motion techniques / stop frames
• Time stretching, ramping and blending
• Animating footage to audio

Lesson 6
Basic expressions and scripting
• Basic Expression commands
• Linking properties together
• Applying simple arithmetic
• Randomising properties

Lesson 7
Paint
• Repairing images and movies
• Stop-frame animation techniques
• Write-on text effects and other tricks

Lesson 8
Intermediate 3D & parenting
• Animating in 3D space
• Independent keyframing of x,y,z values
• Tricks with Lights
• Tricks with Cameras

Lesson 9
Effects
• Effects categories explained
• Combining effects successfully
• Favourite effectsn
• Speeding up your workflow
• Working with Proxies

Lesson 10
Shape Layers
• Create shape layers

Lesson 11
Puppet Tool
• Natural motion
• Raster images and vector graphics
• Still images
• Shapes
• Text characters

Lesson 12
Brainstorm
• Experiment and explore settings