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After Effects Essential Skills

Inspiring, instructor-lead, detailed.

  • Course Name: After Effects Master Class
  • Course code: AE-100E
  • Level 1: Basic to Intermediate
  • Prerequisite/s: None, but Photoshop is an advantage
  • Course Classification: Stand-Alone-Course
  • Duration: 4 weeks, 12 evenings
  • Times: Mon – Wed / Tues – Thurs , 5:30pm to 8:30pm
  • Dates: 2012 – TBC
  • Then: TBC

Intro

This course has been designed to give you an extremely comprehensive introduction to Adobe After Effects and will cover all of the main areas and uses of the application.

Description

At the end of this course you will be able to import footage items, add text and effects, animate various parameters, incorporate design elements into video footage, and export to a number of different formats for viewing.

Software modules

  • Overview & Getting started
  • Importing Files
  • Compositions & Layers
  • Using the Timeline
  • Animation Essentials
  • The Principles of Animation
  • Animation : The Next Level
  • Getting Creative with After Effects
  • Introduction to Effects
  • Working with Text
  • Video Editing
  • Masks, Mattes and keying
  • Working with Audio
  • Introduction to 3D
  • Photoshop & After Effects
  • Integration with Other Adobe Applications
  • Exporting
  • Helpers

What our students say about us

“I never thought I’d pick up on a technical programme like AfterEffects so quickly but I did and would make the most of the knowledge I have learnt now” Megan Mitchell (June 2011 AfterEffects Essential Skills)

“IThe course was excellent, inspirational and a great basis for Motion Graphics!”  Roger Williams (December 2011 AfterEffects Essential Skills)

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