After Effects CS5 Advanced
Class timetable | Course outline
Course Description
After Effects Advanced covers topics such as Motion tracking, Particle simulation, advanced 3D, advanced Masking, Roto Brush Tool, Puppet Tools, Time-warp / Time-lapse simulations and more.
Target Audience
This class is aimed at existing After Effects users who need to take their video production to a higher level. Students should have already completed After Effects Fundamentals or have the equivalent experience. Training available on both Mac and Pc platforms.
For added peace of mind, Training Connection’s Adobe After Effects training comes with a 100% Money Back Guarantee. If by lunchtime on Day 1 you don't feel that the program is for you, then you can leave the course at this point and receive a full refund of your course fees.
After Effect Advanced Classes
| Chicago | Jun 14 - 15 ! | Register |
| Los Angeles | Jun 21 - 22 ! | Register |
| Chicago | Aug 16 - 17 | Register |
| Los Angeles | Aug 23 - 24 | Register |
| Chicago | Oct 18 - 19 | Register |
| Los Angeles | Oct 25 - 26 | Register |
* Class almost full ! Class guaranteed to run † Class is full
HANDS-ON UNIT 1: Motion Tracking
- Using motion stabilization
- Working with track points
- Using single-point motion tracking
- Using multipoint tracking
- Importing Mocha data
HANDS-ON UNIT 2: Particle Simulations
- Applying Particle Simulation effects
- Adjusting birth rate, longevity, and other effect properties
- Adding additional effects
- Compositing Particle Simulations
HANDS-ON UNIT 3: 3D Advanced Concepts
- Switching views and perspectives
- Working with multiple views
- Adding and animating lights
- Adding and animating cameras
- Cutting between multiple cameras
- Working with DigiEffects Freeform
HANDS-ON UNIT 4: Advanced Masking
- Adapting complex masks
- Positioning and scaling complex mask elements
- Feathering complex masks
- Animating complex masks
HANDS-ON UNIT 5: Color Keying
- Understanding blue and green screen keys
- Creating garbage mattes
- Refining mattes and masks
- Using Keylight
HANDS-ON UNIT 6: The Roto Brush Tool
- Rotoscoping with the Roto Brush tool
- Creating a segmentation boundary
- Using multiple base frames
- Fine-tuning a matte
- Animating a matte
HANDS-ON UNIT 7: Cloning and Painting
- Understanding the Paint tools
- Modifying and saving custom Brushes
- Creating Brush strokes
- Animating strokes
- Duplicating video with the Clone tool
- Animating with the Eraser tool
HANDS-ON UNIT 8: Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
- About the Puppet Tools
- Adding Deform pins
- Stiffening an area
- Animating pin positions
HANDS-ON UNIT 9: Time-warp and Time-lapse Simulations
- Using the Timewarp effect to retime video
- Establishing keyframes to control speed
- Using the Graph Editor to adjust fast or slow motion
- Simulating Time-lapse photography
- Manipulating light over time
- Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
- Creating a track matte
- Animating shadows
- Adding a lens flare effect
- Working with Edit Time Remap keyframes
HANDS-ON UNIT 10: Using Expressions
- Writing Expressions
- Pick Whip Expressions
What's included
Adobe After Effects Training Manual
Adobe Certificate of Course Completion
6 Months FREE Repeat Policy
2 AMC Movie Vouchers
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