After Effects CS5 Fundamentals
Class timetable | Course outline
Course Description
Adobe After Effects CS5 is a powerful software program used for creating special effects for video and motion graphics. On this 3 day hands-on workshop you will learn all the tools and skills to master this powerful program.
Target Audience
Graphic and Video professionals who need an essential understanding of video editing, motion editing and compositing. Experienced users will also benefit from many hands-on projects and tricks learnt on the class. No prior experience of After Effects is required. Training available on both Mac and Pc.
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 Fundamentals Classes
| Los Angeles | Feb 20 - 22 ! | Register |
| Chicago | Feb 20 - 22 ! | Register |
| Chicago | Apr 16 - 18 | Register |
| Los Angeles | Apr 23 - 25 | Register |
| Los Angeles | Jun 18 - 20 | Register |
| Chicago | Jun 18 - 20 | Register |
* Class almost full ! Class guaranteed to run † Class is full
INTRODUCTION: Real-World Usage of After Effects
- What is After Effects?
- What kind of media can it be used to create?
- What kind of media can be imported into After Effects?
- The advantages of Adobe product integration
- The components of an After Effects file
- After Effects workflow: Best practices
- Utilizing nested Compositions and Pre-Composing
BEFORE YOU BEGIN: After Effects Project Management
- What kind of media output is required?
- What is the playback format for final output?
- What restrictions are there for the project’s physical window frame size?
- What restrictions are there for the project’s frame rate?
- What restrictions are there for graphical screen-based assets?
HANDS-ON UNIT 1: Setting Up an After Effects Project
- About RAM and real-time rendering
- Understanding linked media; reloading clips
- Setting Preferences and Project Settings
- Creating a project and importing footage
- Creating a Composition and arranging layers
- Customizing the After Effects Workspace
- Adding effects and modifying layer properties
- Animating a Composition
- Working with the Time Controls Panel
- Working with Switches and Modes in the Timeline
- Optimizing performance in After Effects
- Deployment: Rendering versus Exporting a Composition
HANDS-ON UNIT 2: Creating Basic Animation With Effects and Presets
- Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
- Working with imported Illustrator layers
- Applying effects to a layer
- Applying an animation preset
- Previewing effects
- Adding transparency
- Rendering a Composition
HANDS-ON UNIT 3: Working with Text
- Title design: Adding text layers
- Creating and formatting text
- Creating a lower third title
- Using text animation presets
- Animating with keyframes
- Animating using parenting
- Animating imported Photoshop text
- Animating text using a path animation preset
- Animating type tracking
- Animating text opacity
- Using a text animator group
- Cleaning up path animation
- Animating a layer on a motion path
- Adding motion blur
- Exporting to Adobe Flash Professional CS5
HANDS-ON UNIT 4: Working with Shape Layers
- Adding a shape layer
- Creating shapes
- Incorporating video and audio layers
- Applying a Cartoon effect
- Adding a title bar
HANDS-ON UNIT 5: Skills Summation Project
- Adjusting layer anchor points
- Masking video using vector shapes
- Keyframing a motion path
- Applying effects
- Creating an animated slide show
- Adding an audio track
- Adjusting audio levels
HANDS-ON UNIT 6: Working with Masks
- Transparency in the After Effects environment
- Understanding alpha channels, masks, mattes, and keying
- Importing masks from Photoshop
- Animating masks
- Basics of keyframe interpolation with the Graph Editor
- Creating masks with the Pen tool
- Editing a mask
- Feathering the edges of a mask
- Replacing the content of a mask
- Creating a vignette
- Balacing color
HANDS-ON UNIT 7: Working in 3D
- Manipulating text and objects in 3D space
- Adding 3D lights
- Shading and shadowing layers
- Animating 3D-enabled layers
- Incorporating third-party 3D capabilities
HANDS-ON UNIT 8: Color Correction
- Adjusting color balance
- Replacing a background
- Removing unwanted elements
- Correcting a range of colors
- Warming colors with the Photo Filter effects
HANDS-ON UNIT 9: Rendering and Exporting
- Testing for final Renders and Exports
- Understanding video and audio compression
- Working in the Render Queue
- Creating templates for the rendering process
- Rendering and Exporting to a variety of media types:
- High-resolution recompositing
- DVD-V
- Web video (including Flash video formats)
- YouTube
- Mobile devices
- Flash XML
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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