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Introduction to After Effects CS5 Training
Delivery Options
- Live Online Training - Public Class (): $1,185.00 (Register)
- Customized Onsite Training (2 days): Request a Proposal
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| $1,185.00 or 3 vouchers vouchers | ||
| $1,185.00 or 3 vouchers vouchers | ||
| $1,185.00 or 3 vouchers vouchers |
Class Description
Class Overview
In this Adobe After Effects training course, students new to After Effects CS5 will learn to create motion graphics and visual effects. It is packed with hands-on exercises so that students can learn by doing.
Class Goals
- Get familiar with the After Effects CS5 work area.
- Learn to create and understand Comps.
- Learn to work with Keyframes.
- Learn Layers, Effects, and Modes.
- Learn to work with Masks and Mattes.
- Learn to import and edit text.
- Learn about type.
- Learn to work with music in your animation.
Class Outline
- Getting Started With After Effects CS5
- Project Structure
- Main Application Window
- Tools Panel
- Project Panel
- Importing Footage
- Composition Panel
- Timeline Panel
- Layer Panel
- Info, Preview, Audio Panels
- Effects & Presets, Effect Controls
- Workspaces
- Adobe Bridge
- Basic Animation
- Creating Folders In The Project Panel
- Creating A New Composition
- Importing Files And Folders
- Interpreting Alpha Channels
- Adding Layers To The Comp Panel
- Changing The Background Color
- Scrubbing Parameter Values
- Interactively Transforming Layers
- Animating Position; RAM Preview
- Navigating Between Keyframes
- Adding A Background Layer
- Dragging Footage To The Timeline Panel
- Editing A Keyframe's Bezier Handles
- Editing Spatial Keyframes; Motion Paths
- Animating Opacity, Scale, And Rotation
- Arranging And Replacing Layers
- Adding Solid Layers
- Applying, Copying And Pasting Effects
- Rendering
- Understanding The Comp's Alpha Channel
- Importing Layered Photoshop And Illustrator Files
- Advanced Animation
- Keyframe Basics
- The Work Area
- Anchor Point Overview
- Pan Behind Tool
- Motion Control Moves
- The Graph Editor
- Speed Versus Value Graphs
- Panning And Zooming Time
- Editing Graph Curves
- Easing Animations
- Graph Editor Sets
- Separate Dimensions
- Motion Sketch
- Smoother
- Auto-Orient
- Motion Blur
- Roving Keyframes
- Time-Reverse Keyframes
- Hold Keyframes
- Time Display And Timecode
- Layer Control
- Layers And Stacking Order
- Moving Layers In Time
- Trimming Layers
- Trimming In The Layer And Footage Panels
- Slip Editing
- Sequence Layers Assistant
- Looping Footage
- Image Sequences
- Changing The Frame Rate; Time Stretch
- Blending Modes
- Effects And Solids
- Effect Motion Path
- Effects & Presets Panel
- Searching For Effects
- Animation Presets
- Behavior Presets
- Layer Styles
- Adjustment Layers
- Filmic Glow
- Non-Square Pixels
- Creating Transparency
- Masking Tools, Creating Mask Shapes
- Rounded Rectangle Tool
- Free Transform Points
- Masking In The Layer Panel
- Mask Feather
- Animating A Mask Path
- Creating A Vignette; Mask Expansion
- Masking With The Pen Tool
- Creating And Editing Bezier Masks
- Effecting A Masked Area
- Controlling Mask Path Interpolation
- Using Effects With The Mask Path
- Mask Modes And Multiple Masks
- Mask Opacity
- Creating And Editing Rotobezier Masks
- Audio Spectrum Effect
- Alpha Track Matte
- Nesting A Track Matte Composite
- Luma Track Matte
- Animating Matte Layers
- Stencil Alpha And Stencil Luma
- Effects With Track Mattes And Stencils
- Type And Music
- Creating Basic Text
- Creating Text Animators, Range Selectors
- Animating Text Transform Properties
- Randomizing The Order Of Characters
- Creating Cascading Text
- Working With Selection Shapes
- Setting The Text Anchor Point
- Animating By Words
- Title Safe Areas
- Animating Text Blur And Tracking
- Text On A Path
- Per-Character 3D Animators
- Separating Fields
- Adding The Wiggly Selector
- Rendering With An Alpha Channel
- Field Rendering
- Adding Sound To A Comp
- Add Comp And Layer Markers
- Applying Text Animation Presets
- Customizing Presets
- Saving Text Animations As Presets
- Editing Photoshop Text Layers
Class Materials
All students receive a course manual or book and all the class examples.
Students in private onsite classes will also receive:
- After Effects Apprentice, Second Edition
Technical Requirements
Our computer technical requirements and setup process is easy, with support just a click away.
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