Course Details
In this course, you’ll get a thorough overview of general introduction of multimedia and graphics by computer and will use a workshop technique to produce a real example by the end of the course to conclude and cover all the course essential knowledge areas by a practical example.
* It will cover the theoretical knowledge and practical using the software: the interface, tools, features, and production flow for Adobe After Effect.
* The course is an ideal combination of instructor-led demonstration and hands-on practice to introduce you to Adobe After Effect software, a revolutionary 64-bit nonlinear video-editing application.
* You will learn powerful real-time video and audio editing tools that give you precise control over virtually every aspect of your production.
Pre Requisites:
Practical working knowledge of Mac OS X or Windows Basic knowledge of editing terminology is highly recommended.
Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Motion Graphics
ïâ· RGB Color Model
ïâ· Frame Size
ïâ· Resolution
ïâ· Pixel Aspect Ratio
ïâ· Alpha Channels
ïâ· Frame Rate
ïâ· Time Code
ïâ· Interpreting Footage
Lesson 2: Getting to Know the Workflow
ïâ· How After Effects Works
ïâ· Overview of panels
ïâ· Creating a project and importing footage
ïâ· Creating a composition and arranging layers
ïâ· Adding effects and modifying layer properties
ïâ· Animating the composition
ïâ· Previewing your work
ïâ· Optimizing performance in After Effects
ïâ· Customizing workspaces
ïâ· Controlling the brightness of the user interface
ïâ· Finding resources for using After Effects
Lesson 3: Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
ïâ· Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
ïâ· Importing video clips
ïâ· Importing stills
ïâ· Importing a sequence of stills (interpreting)
ïâ· Importing multilayered photoshop and illustrator files
ïâ· Creating a new composition
ïâ· Applying effects to a layer
- Changing parameters globally
- Creating keyframes
- Keyframe interpolation: auto, continuous, and bezier interpolation
- Temporal and spatial Interpolation
- Roving in time for spatial properties
- Creating and applying an animation preset
- Previewing your work
Lesson 4: Working With Masks
ïâ· About masks
ïâ· Creating a mask with the Pen tool
ïâ· Editing a mask
ïâ· Feathering the edges of a mask
ïâ· Replacing the content of the mask
ïâ· Mask interpolation
ïâ· Using masks from Illustrator and Photoshop
ïâ· Masks for spatial keyframes
Lesson 5: Animating Text
ïâ· About text layers
ïâ· Creating and formatting point text vs paragraph text
ïâ· Using a text animation preset
ïâ· Text on a path
ïâ· Animating imported Photoshop text
ïâ· Animating text using a path animation preset
ïâ· Using a text animators
ïâ· Adding properties
ïâ· Adding a range selector
ïâ· Using a text animator group
Lesson 6: Working with Shape Layers
ïâ· Adding a shape layer
ïâ· Creating custom shapes
ïâ· Creating stars
ïâ· Default properties of shape layers
- Add properties
- Creating Groups
- Stack your shapes & properties
- Using Brainstorm to experiment
Lesson 7: Other Effects
ïâ· Time remapping
ïâ· Motion sketch
ïâ· The smoother
ïâ· The wiggler
ïâ· Auto orient
ïâ· Splitting a layer
ïâ· Adjustment layers
ïâ· The effects and presets pane
Lesson 8: Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
ïâ· About the Puppet tools
ïâ· Adding Deform pins
ïâ· Defining areas of overlap
ïâ· Stiffening an area
ïâ· Animating pin positions
ïâ· Recording animatio
Lesson 9: Rendering and Output
ïâ· Creating templates for the Render Queue
ïâ· Exporting using the Render Queue
ïâ· Rendering movies with Adobe Media Encoder