Description
Course Overview
This 4-day Masterclass course helps you learn about the tools and features available for power users of Adobe After Effects CC. We will show you how this industry-leading program takes visual effects and motion graphics to a new level. You will use the program’s powerful tools to add a slick, professional look to all your movie projects. Together, we will study the After Effects environment and give you the abilities you need to become a special-effects expert. Our tips are sure to enhance the quality and creativity of your visual output.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the After Effects environment
- Understand keyframe manipulation and interpolation
- Work with layers, masks, and mattes
- Apply special effects
- Add titles and text
- Use colour effectively
- Write expressions and use expression controllers
- Create advanced animations
- Move cameras and lighting in 3D
- Track motion
- Warp and re-map time
- Export your files
Our goals are for you to be able to apply a wide range of visual effects, to understand both basic and advanced features of After Effects, and to become a confident power user.
This course can be taken in a single 4-day block or split into a 2-day block (Introduction) and then a separate 2-day block (Advanced) taken at a later date
Who Should Attend?
This course is intended for anyone new to the field of video and motion graphics who wants to learn about applying special effects.
Prerequisites
You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer’s operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media. You can install TRIAL here: Adobe.com.
You will receive a comprehensive course manual for this class selected by the Adobe Certified Instructors at Sharingbasics. A certificate is issued upon course completion.
How online training works?
Most regularly scheduled online training classes start at 10AM – 2PM (4hours) / 10-5 PM (7 Hours). Upon your class registration, you will receive a web address and code to log-in and participate in your training. You may always call a training consultant at +6013-9337594 or whatsapp if you have questions.
Private & Customized Training
Custom classes and private training are available online and can be arranged to accommodate your schedule. Call a training consultant at +6013-9337594 or email here to discuss details for private online training classes or complete our contact form here.
HRD Corp Reimbursement (if applicable):
HRD Corp – Training is claimable under Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad (PSMB) through SBL / SBL KHAS Scheme.
Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
User Interface and Animation
- What is a project file and what is in it?
- Tools and Panels: how to navigate around the application
- Workspaces: selecting, saving, setting
Introduction to Animation
- Transform properties of layers
- Keyframing: making element move
- Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
Intermediate Animation
- In depth Keyframe manipulation and interpolation
- Graph Editor
- Motion Sketch/Smoother
- Auto-Orient/Motion
- Blur, Roving
- Keyframes
- Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool
- Panning a large graphic: technique
- Hold Keyframes
Control of Layers
- Trim-move-stack-split (keyboard shortcuts)
- Quality, SlipTool
- Sequence Layers
- Solo Switches
- Looping Footage
- Image Sequences
- Frame Rate vs. Time Stretch
- Blending Modes
- Effects and Solids with Blending Modes
- Effects and Presets Panel: animation presets
- Adjustment layers
Transparency
- Masks
- Shape, feather, expansion
- Masking with the Pen Tool
- Bezier curves
- Mask Shape Interpolation
- Mask modes
- Mattes and Stencils
- Mask shapes
Type and Titles
- Simple Rules of Titling
- Basic Text
- Text Animators/Range Selectors
- Randomizing
- Applying and Saving Text Animation presets
- Per character animators
Nesting
- Precomps
- Editing Precomps
- Locking panels, Render Order
- How After Effects put it all together
Exporting Files
- Render Queue
- Export As
- Same Frame As
- Prerender Keyframes
- Different types of Keyframe
- Velocity
- Keyframe shortcuts
- Keyframe graph editor
Type, Draw, Paint
- All About Alphas
- Working with Photoshop
- Dots, Pixels and Inches
- Working with Illustrator
- Plugging in Type
The Matrix
More On Effects
- Production Bundle Effects Round-Up
- Compound Effects
Animation Assistants
- Additional Assistants
- Motion Fun
- Express Yourself
- Animation and behaviour presets
Keying
Time and Tracking
- Time Remapping
- Time Games
- On Stable Ground
- Motion Tracking
- Time warp
Expressions
- Writing a simple expression
- Linking expressions to motion track
Working with 3D
NLE Integration
- Integration 101
- Integration with Nonlinear Editing Systems
Format Issues and Rendering
- Video Issues
- Playing the Field
- 3:2 Pulldown
- Luminance and IRE Issues
- Working with D1/DV NTSC
- Working with Widescreen
- Pre-rendering and Proxies
- Advanced Rendering-Render Farm Concept
- What’s Your Preference?
- The Secret Preferences
Location Details
Online Class
This course is provided as a remote online course with live training provided by our Certified Trainer.
Accessing the live online course, anywhere is easy and all you will need is:
- Computer with the trial or full version of the software
- Separate screen or device for the shared video display
- Sound output via computer or headset
- Ideally a camera and microphone on the computer for remote contact
Our goal is for you to be able to create simple but professional documents that are ready to use for the web and for print.
It is important to note this is not a classroom based training.
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