After effects introduction
Course
In London
Description
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Type
Course
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Location
London
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Duration
2 Days
Upon completion of the Introduction course to After Effects CS3, Delegates will have a good working knowledge of and be able to use After Effects in the workplace.
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About this course
Experience of a graphics program (e.g. Photoshop) would be an advantage.
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Course programme
Upon completion of the Introduction course to After Effects CS3, Delegates will have a good working knowledge of and be able to use After Effects in the workplace.
Prerequisites
Experience of a graphics program (e.g. Photoshop) would be an advantage.
Course Content Overview
- Setting Preferences
- Importing Photoshop + Illustrator Files
- Understanding Composition Settings
- Masks + Modes
- Basic Keyframing
- Render Queue
- Panels + Workspaces
- The Project Panel
- The Composition Window
- The Timeline
- Navigating the Timeline + Adding Markers
- Working with Layers
- Importing Footage + Image Sequences
- Preparing files in Photoshop + Illustrator
- Importing as a Composition
- Importing Layer Styles
- Edit Original Command
- Saving as a Photoshop Document
- Layer Parameters
- Simple Keyframes
- Anchor + Position Keyframes
- Selecting + Modifying Keyframes
- Keyframe Assistant
- Graph Editor
- Roving Keyframes
- Nesting + Precomposing
- Linking Children to Parents
- Intro to Expressions
- Viewing Masks
- Mask Paths
- Closed and Open Masks
- Mask Shapes
- Converting Masks
- Masks from Photoshop and Illustrator
- Editing + Animating Mask Properties
- Creating Masks Using Auto-trace
- Using Shape Layers
- Track Matte
- Using a Composition as a Layer
- Finding + Applying Effects
- Effect Property Controls
- Effect Control Panel
- Using Adjustment Layer
- Compound Effects
- Animating Effects
- Animation Presets and Bridge
- Keying Options
- Image Control Effects
- Stroke + Audio Waveform Effects
- Saving an Animation Preset
- Applying Multiple Instances of the Same Effect
- Character + Paragraph Palettes
- Creating + Editing Type
- Formatting Characters
- Blending Characters
- Text Paths
- Animating Text
- Range Selector
- Text Animation Presets
- The Render Queue
- Making a Movie
- Multiple Output Modules
- Templates
- Single Frames
- Adobe Media Encoder
- Flash Integration
- Clip Notes (Client interaction
- Video for Mobile phones
- Animating Shape Layers
- Photoshop Integration
- The Puppet Tool
- 3D Type
- Brainstorming
- Animating Shape Layers
- Photoshop Integration
- The Puppet Tool
- 3D Type
- Brainstorming
After effects introduction