After Effects Training | Los Angeles
Fast Facts
Duration
3 days
3 days
Class Size
Max 8 students
Max 8 students
Times
9.00am to 4.30pm
9.00am to 4.30pm
Computer
One per student
One per student
Training Manual
Included
Included
Price
1295.00
1295.00
After Effects CS5 Fundamentals
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. This is an entry-level class so no prior experience of After Effects is required. Training available on both Mac and Pc platforms.
Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this After Affects course students will be able to:
- Real-World Usage of After Effects
- After Effects Project Management
- Setting Up an After Effects Project
- Animation Basics with Layered Photoshop Raster Graphics
- Sound-Synchronized Step Animation with Illustrator Vector Graphics
- Video Clip Compositing and Animating
- Animating Titles and Creating Text in After Effects
- Working with Transitions and Visual Effects
- Color Correction and Custom Effects
- Working with Masks, Mattes and Color Keys
- 3-D Layers and Compositing
Upcoming Classes
Chicago |
Sep, 2010 | Oct, 2010 | Nov, 2010 | Dec, 2010 |
| After Effects CS5 Fundamentals |
Los Angeles |
Sep, 2010 | Oct, 2010 | Nov, 2010 | Dec, 2010 |
| After Effects CS5 Fundamentals | Oct 18 - 20 | Dec 6 - 8 |
* Class almost full ! Class guaranteed to run † Class is full
Course Outline
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: Animating Layers
- Adjusting layer anchor points
- Masking video using vector shapes
- Keyframing a motion path
- Applying effects
- Creating an animated slide show
- Adding an audio track
- Zooming in and out
HANDS-ON UNIT 6: Animation Options
- Simulating lighting changes
- Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
- Animating movement
- Adjusting layers and creating a track matte
- Animating shadows
- Adding a lens flare effect
- Retiming a Composition
HANDS-ON UNIT 7: 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
- Adding a reflection
- Creating a vignette
- Adjusting color
HANDS-ON UNIT 8: Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
- About the Puppet Tools
- Adding Deform pins
- Defining areas of overlap
- Stiffening an area
- Animating pin positions
- Recording animation
HANDS-ON UNIT 9: Using the Roto Brush Tool
- About rotoscoping
- Creating a segmentation boundary
- Fine-tuning a matte
- Creating a transition from a full clip to the foreground
- Creating a logo
- Animating text
- Adding a background image
- Adding audio
HANDS-ON UNIT 10: Color Correction
- Adjusting color balance
- Replacing a background
- Removing unwanted elements
- Correcting a range of colors
- Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect
HANDS-ON UNIT 11: Building 3D Objects
- Understanding X, Y, and Z space in After Effects
- Building a 3D object
- Working with a null object
- Working with 3D text
- Creating a backdrop for 3D animation
- Nesting a 3D composition
- Adding a camera
HANDS-ON UNIT 12: Using 3D Features
- Animating 3D objects
- Adding reflections to 3D objects
- Animating a camera
- Adjusting layer timing
- Using 3D lights
- Adding effects
- Adding motion blur
HANDS-ON UNIT 13: Advanced Editing Techniques
- Using motion stabilization
- Using single-point motion tracking
- Using multipoint tracking
- Creating a particle simulation
- Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect
HANDS-ON UNIT 14: Rendering and Outputting
- Testing for final Renders or Exports
- Understanding video and audio compression
- Working in the Render Queue
- Creating templates for the rendering process
- Creating templates for output modules
- Rendering and Exporting to a variety of media types:
High-resolution recompositing
Disc-based playback
DVD-V
Web video
After Effects Training Testimonial
"Excellent course that has opened up many new possibilities for us work wise. The instructor shared many real world concepts that will help us apply these new skills to what we do on a regular basis."
Chris Jones - USC School of Pharmacy
After Effects Training Testimonial
"I can't say enough how fantastic McKinley is as an instructor. Her real world experience coupled with examples that are extremely useful, make this seem more like personal one-on-one training rather than a class. I am definitely going to look into the other classes she teaches and see about signing up for them. She is very professional and extremely pleasant and I will recommend to colleagues that they take any class she teaches."
Sean Tom - USC School of Pharmacy
