After Effects Introduction (one Day Course)

Course Overview
The introduction to After Effects course is designed for those new to post production techniques to get the most from this immensely powerful application.

The emphasis throughout this introduction will be on practical exercises, which will cover incorporating video with Photoshop and Illustrator graphics, video layering techniques, working with transitions and keyframes, creating and animating text along Bezier motion paths, using filters for special effects and rendering the final output for video playback.

After Effects Introduction leads on to our new course,After Effects Intermediate.

Course Outcomes
Upon completing this course, you will have covered:
• controlling keyframes
• using parenting and time remapping
• understanding and using powerful masking and blending modes
• creating mattes
• using adjustment layers to add complex, yet simple, impact to your animations
• importing files
• nesting
• working with transfer modes
• prerendering comps
• finishing

Lesson Structure
Project-led practical exercises