After Effects Online Training Course Content
STARTING A PROJECT
- The Composition window
- Using the Project window
- Working with layers over time
- Animating layers independently
IMPORTING FOOTAGE
- Importing layers from Photoshop & Illustrator
- Understanding Alpha channels
- Looping video footage
- Interpreting footage
WORKING WITH LAYERS
- Different layer masking techniques
- Trimming and moving layers
- Changing playback speed and direction
- Working with Shape layers
- Using Brainstorm to experiment and refine designs
UNDERSTANDING KEY FRAMES
- Animating graphic elements
- The Auto Keyframe button
- Roving & Hold Keyframe
- Key frame assistants
- Precisely controlling animations
- Synchronizing Audio to Video
- Graph editor
LINKING METHODS IN AE
- Parent/child relationships
- Pre-Compose
- Trimming layers
- Working with nested Compositions
WORKING WITH TEXT
- Composing text
- Text Layout
- Animating text
- Synchronising Text to speech
- Applying Animation text presets
- Adding Layer styles to text
INTRODUCTION TO USING MATTES
- Creating Track mattes
- Making layers react interactively
- Using adjustment layers
- Using the Keylight keyer
USING MASKS
- Drawing mask shape
- Animating masks
- Using stencils and silhouettes
- Using RotoBezier masks
CLONE TOOL
- Adding more objects to a scene
- Removing objects in Time
- Erasing Clone strokes
KEYING TECHNICS (GREEN SCREEN)
- Understanding the Keying workflow
- Matte chocker
- Channel Blur
- Using Keylight
MOTION TRACKING
- Tracking moving footage
- Track Transform, Perspective corner pin
- Tracking effects
- Motion stabilization
TIME STRETCHING – SPEED CHANGE
- Controlling speed over time
- Time remapping
- Reverse speed
- TimeWarp
PUPPET PIN TOOL
- Puppet pin
- Overlap & Starch tool
DESIGNING A BACKGROUND SCENE
- Adding elements from Photoshop & Illustrator
- Using Fractal noise filter
- Exploring the Filter effects
SHAPE TOOLS
- Drawing and Animating Shapes
- Adding Animators to Shapes
- Brainstorm
INTRODUCTION TO WORKING IN 3D SPACE
- Creating a layer in 3D space
- 3D text animation
- Understanding the Camera controls
- Moving the camera through a scene
FINAL RENDERING – SAVING YOUR WORK
- Adding your project to the render Queue
- Setting render settings for multiple output
- Understanding video Formats
- Saving Alpha channels
- Creating custom rendering templates
