Introduction to After Effects Creative Cloud (CC) Training (AFTCC.1)

In this Adobe After Effects training course, students new to After Effects CC will learn to create motion graphics and visual effects. It is packed with hands-on exercises so that students can learn by doing.

1. Getting to Know the Workflow
   1. About the After Effects Work Area
   2. Getting Started
   3. Creating a Project and Importing Footage
   4. Creating a Composition and Arranging Layers
   5. About Layers
   6. Adding Effects and Modifying Layer Properties
   7. Animating the Composition
   8. About the Tools Panel
   9. About Timecode and Duration
   10. Previewing Your Work
   11. Optimizing Performance in After Effects
   12. Rendering and Exporting Your Composition
   13. Customizing Workspaces
   14. Controlling the Brightness of the User Interface
   15. Finding Resources for Using After Effects
2. Creating A Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
   1. Importing Footage Using Adobe Bridge
   2. Creating a New Composition
   3. Working with Imported Illustrator Layers
   4. Applying Effects to a Layer
   5. Applying and Controlling Effects
   6. Applying an Animation Preset
   7. Previewing the Effects
   8. Adding Transparency
   9. Rendering the Composition
3. Animating Text
   1. About Text Layers
   2. Installing a Font Using Typekit
   3. Creating and Formatting Point Text
   4. Using a Text Animation Preset
   5. Animating with Scale Keyframes
   6. Animating Using Parenting
   7. About Parent and Child Layers
   8. Animating Imported Photoshop Text
   9. Animating Type Tracking
   10. Animating Text Opacity
   11. Using a Text Animator Group
   12. About Text Animator Groups
   13. Animating a Layer's Position
   14. Timing Layer Animations
   15. Adding Motion Blur
4. Working with Shape Layers
   1. Adding a Shape Layer
   2. Creating Custom Shapes
   3. Duplicating Shapes
   4. Duplicating and Modifying a Composition
   5. Positioning Layers with Snapping
   6. Adding Compositions to a 3D Project
   7. Adding the Finishing Touches
5. Animating a Multimedia Presentation
   1. Using Creative Cloud Libraries in After Effects
   2. Adjusting Anchor Points
   3. Parenting Layers
   4. Precomposing Layers
   5. Keyframing a Motion Path
   6. Animating Additional Elements
   7. Applying an Effect
   8. About Solid-color Layers
   9. Animating Precomposed Layers
   10. Animating the Background
   11. Adding an Audio Track
   12. Supported Audio File Formats
   13. Editing Audio Files in Adobe Audition

Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.