After Effects Introduction

  • Duration
  • 3 days
  • Cost
  • £660.00 per delegate + VAT.
  • Dates
  • 16th to 18th Feb 2011
  • 19th to 21st Sep 2011
  • Venue
  • The New Technology Institute in Birmingham City Centre.
  • Exam
  • N/A

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  • Course Code
  • AEI

Course Description

Delegates will use the latest version of After Effects and will explore a broad range of essential tools and techniques enabling them to develop an understanding of high-resolution multilayer compositing, animation and visual effects. Delegates will be able to navigate their way through the software with confidence and competently use a range of tools and features that this powerful software provides.

Pre-Requisites

Basic IT and Windows for PC users or OSX skills for Apple Mac users.

What you will learn

  • Workspace & file formats
  • Bridge & templates
  • Importing files
  • Projects & compositions
  • Useful keyboard shortcuts
  • Working with layers
  • Timeline V’s composition window
  • Layers
  • Basic animation and keyframing
  • Applying effects
  • Importing files from other applications
  • Animation types & rules
  • Working with paths
  • Spatial & temporal keyframes
  • Working with audio
  • About time
  • Adding basic effects
  • Switches, buttons and modes
  • Animation presets
  • Workflow issues
  • Image planning
  • Previewing
  • Basic text
  • Text animators
  • Working with the pen tool
  • Basic masking
  • Types of keying
  • Blending modes
  • Garbage mattes
  • Precomposing
  • Nesting
  • Basic parenting and expressions
  • Render settings
  • Rendering
  • Making templates
  • Output modules

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