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Adobe After Effects Essentials

  • Length 2 days
  • Price  $869 inc GST
  • Version CC 2024
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Why study this course

Adobe After Effects® enables you to create stunning motion graphics and visual effects for a variety of purposes, including infographics, animated logos, advertisements, kinetic typography (animated titles), social media, e-learning, and broadcast content. Visual effects cover a range of disciplines, including compositing, image correction, animated effects, and, in our Essentials course, an introduction to 3D animation.

This course is designed to equip newcomers to video and graphic animation techniques, as well as self-taught individuals, with the skills to excel in this dynamic software. Our instructors will expedite your learning of After Effects' essential functionality, incorporating hands-on practical exercises, real-world examples, and a wealth of tips and techniques to enhance productivity.

The latest version of After Effects (CC 2024) introduces time-efficient techniques and workflows not present in earlier versions.

Nexacu Public Schedule

Nexacu is part of the Lumify Group, offering you an extensive public schedule of Adobe end user training in Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. You can now access the schedule of courses and book, by clicking on the button below.

What you can expect with Nexacu Adobe Training

  • Small classes (average 4 to 6)

  • Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC) with industry experienced, certified instructors

  • Course eBook and sample files

  • Class exercises relevant to industry

  • AATC Adobe endorsed certificate upon course completion

  • After-course support

  • Free course resit (6 months) *

* Free resit applies to all public courses; does not include custom or private training.

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What you’ll learn

After completing this course, participants will have the knowledge and capability to produce compelling motion graphics and visual effects, ready to apply these skills to enhance their video production projects.


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Nexacu, part of the Lumify Group, is an Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC).


Who is the course for?

This course is suitable for creatives and professionals seeking to enhance their video editing, motion graphics, and visual effects skills with Adobe After Effects.


Course subjects

Introduction to Adobe After Effects

  • After Effects Workflow

  • Video Terminology

  • SMPTE Timecode

  • After Effects Interface

Importing and Managing Footage

  • Importing Assets

  • Looping Video Footage

  • Importing Photoshop and Illustrator Files

  • Converting Photoshop Text Layers

  • Continuous Rasterise

Starting a Project

  • Setting up a Project

  • Setting up a Composition

  • Layers and the Timeline

  • Animating Layers Independently

  • Trimming and Moving Layers

  • Uninterrupted Previews - Customising Preview Panel

  • Keyboard Shortcuts

Understanding Keyframes

  • Layer Attributes/Transform Properties

  • Viewing Layer Attributes Efficiently

  • Changing the Anchor Point

  • Creating Keyframes

  • Auto Orient along Path

  • Keyframe Assistants

  • Copying and Pasting Keyframes

  • Spatial (Position) and Temporal (Speed) Interpolation

  • Simultaneously Editing Keyframes

  • Moving Motion Paths

  • Retiming Animations

  • Efficiently View Keyframes

  • View All changed Properties + Keyframes

Linking Methods

  • Parent/Child Relationships

  • Pre-Compose/Nesting Duplicating Layers

  • Duplicating and Modifying Composition Copies

  • Social Media Formats, e.g. Instagram

  • Workflow for Animated GIFs

Working with Effects

  • Applying Effects

  • Animating Effects

  • Sharpening and Other Useful Effects

  • Wipes, Path Effects

  • Using Adjustment Layers

  • Blending Modes

  • Adding Photoshop Layer Styles to Layers and Text

Working with Text Animation

  • Text Layers

  • Text Attributes, Source Text

  • Animating Text

  • Text on a Path

  • Finding and Applying Presets - 'Reverse Engineering' Layers in Compositions

  • Editing and Saving Custom Animation Presets

Using Masks

  • Drawing Mask Shapes

  • Mask Properties

  • Scale/Rotate/Move Masks

  • Editing Mask Shapes

  • Animating Masks

Track Mattes and Alpha Channels

  • Creating Track Mattes

  • Blending Modes

Motion Tracking

  • Motion Stabilisation

  • Tracking Moving Footage

Keying Techniques (Green Screen)

  • Understanding the Keying Workflow

  • Using Keylight Effects

Time Stretching - Speed Change

  • Changing Playback Speed

  • Reverse Speed

Shape Tools

  • Drawing and Animating Shapes

  • Creating Graphs and Charts for Infographics

  • Converting Illustrator Files to Shape Layers

  • Adding Animators to Shapes

  • Animating Shape Layer Paths

  • Adding Animated, Repeating Elements

Introduction to Working in 3D Space

  • Creating a Layer in 3D Space

  • Animating a Layer in 3D Space

  • 3D Text Animation

Final Rendering - Saving Your Work

  • Adding your Project to the Render Queue

  • Using Adobe Media Encoder to Output .mp4 Files for Web

  • Render Settings for Multiple Outputs

  • Understanding Video Formats

  • TV Broadcast and Web Standards - Common DV Codecs


Prerequisites

None - this is an entry-level course.


Terms & Conditions

The supply of this course by Lumify Work is governed by the booking terms and conditions. Please read the terms and conditions carefully before enrolling in this course, as enrolment in the course is conditional on acceptance of these terms and conditions.


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