Adobe After Effects Training Institute

After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, & motion picture composing application developed by Adobe Systems and used in the post-production process of filmmaking, video game and television production, TV, and web video (youtube, etc.) creation.

This software is used in the post-production phase, & has hundreds of effects that can be used to manipulate imagery. This allows you to combine layers of video and images into the same scene. After Effects can be used for keying, tracking, composing, & animation. It also functions as a very basic non-linear editor, audio editor, and media transcoder.

Module 1: Fundamentals of Motion Graphics

• RGB Color Model
• Frame Size & Frame Rate Settings
• Resolution with Pixel Aspect Ratio and Alpha Channel
• Time Code & Interpreting Footage

Module 2: Getting to know the Workflow

• How After Effects Works
• Overview of panels
• Creating a project and importing footage
• Creating a composition and arranging layers
• Adding effects and modifying layer properties
• Animating the composition
• Previewing your work
• Optimizing performance in After Effects
• Customizing workspaces
• Controlling the brightness of the user interface

Module 3: Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

• Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
• Importing video clips and stills
• Importing a sequence of stills (interpreting)
• Importing multilayered photoshop and illustrator files
• Creating a new composition
• Applying effects to a layer
• Creating keyframes
• *Keyframe interpolation: auto, continuous, and bezier interpolation
• Temporal and spatial Interpolation
• Roving in time for spatial properties
• Creating and applying an animation preset
• Previewing your work

Module 4: Working With Masks

• About masks
• Creating a mask with the Pen tool & Editing a mask
• Feathering the edges of a mask
• Replacing the content of the mask
• Mask interpolation
• Using masks from Illustrator and Photoshop
• Masks for spatial keyframes

Module 5: Animating Text

• About text layers
• Creating and formatting point text vs paragraph text
• Using a text animation preset & using text animators
• Text on a path
• Animating imported Photoshop text
• Animating text using a path animation preset
• Adding properties, Adding a range selector
• Using a text animator group

Module 6: Working with Shape Layers

• Adding a shape layer
• Creating custom shapes
• Creating stars
• Default properties of shape layers
• Add properties
• Creating Groups
• Stack your shapes & properties
• Using brainstorming to experiment

Module 7: Other Effects

• Time remapping
• Motion sketch
• Auto orient
• Splitting a layer & Adjustment la yera
• The effects and presets panel

Module 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

Module 9: Rendering and Output

• Creating templates for the Render Queue
• Exporting using the Render Queue
• Rendering movies with Adobe Media Encoder

Module 10: Parenting

• Understanding Parenting
• Simple Pickwhipping
• Parenting to a Null
• Using Parenting for positioning
• Using Parenting in Special Effects

Module 11: Other Effects

• Time remapping
• Understanding Compound Effects
• Gradient Wipe
• Displacement Map

Module 12: Transfer Controls

• Understanding Layer Blending Modes and how to change those using shortcuts
• Using Track Mattes
• Understanding precomposing and nesting
• Stencil and Silhouette
• Preserve Transparency
   

Module 13: INTRODUCTION TO THE 3D ENGINE

• Introduction to Camera Angles & Monitor Views
• Creating 3D Text with Lights & Shadows
• Setting Up a 3D Scene
• Animating a 3D Scene
• Working with Vanishing Point

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Module 14: AUDIO EDITING AND MIXINGAudio Clips,

• Tracks and Master Volume
• Adjusting Audio Clip Levels in the Timeline
• Essential Sound Panel
• Auto-ducking music to Dialogue

Module 15: SPEED CHANGE

• Changing Speed
• Reverse Speed
• Time Stretch Tool
• Variable Time Remapping

Module 16: ADVANCED EDITING

• Arranging a Storyboard and Automating Timeline Shuffle Edits
• Advanced Editing Tools Introduction to Nesting J/L edits (Separate Audio and Video)
• Replacing Clips and Retaining FX Attributes in a Picture

Module 17: WORKING WITH EFFECTS-INBUILT AND EXTERNAL

• Applying Effects Effect Controls Panel
• Fixed Effects vs 'Added Effects
• Saving and Re-using Effects
• Basic Introduction to the Lumetric Color Panel
• Copying FX vs Copying Attributes
• Frequently Used Effects Adjustment Layers

Module 18: ADVANCED TRANSITIONS

• Adding Transitions
• Editing Transitions
• Applying Video Transitions to Multiple Clips
• Changing Default Transitions
• Replacing Transitions
• Changing Default Duration of Transitions Audio Transitions

Module 19: SETTING UP A RECORDING-AREA

• Voicing professional narrations
• Examining audio characteristics
• Adjusting audio volume
• Adding J-cuts and L-cuts

Module 20: IMPORTING ASSETS

• Techniques for Importing Assets
• Importing Video and Audio Formats (Assets)
• Importing Photoshop,
• Illustrator Files & Images Organizing Footage

Module 21: Vector Layouts & the Graph Editor

• Using the Invert effect to swap black & white
• Using the Graph Editor to customize easing speed
• Animating vector shapes using the Trim Paths feature
• More null objects: animating the three paid television content descriptors

Module 22: RENDERING & EXPORTING

• Using the Render Queue
• Working with Adobe Clip Notes
• Exporting files In Video and Animation

Adobe After Effects PROJECTS Module

• An Introduction to Adobe After Effects
• The basics of creating projects, compositions, and layers
• Importing footage, including video, audio, and still images
• Creating special effects using the Effects menu
• Creating animation for shapes, objects, and layers
• Getting Started in After Effects
• Working with Text: Adding and animating text in After Effects
• Shape Layers, 2d and 3D, and create motion graphics
• Further Exploring Animation
• Working with Masks and track mattes
• Animating Layers
• Using the puppet tools to create animated characters & effects
• Using the Roto Brush to Create Mattes and Extract Objects
• Working in 3D
• Advanced Video Creation and Editing Techniques
• Rendering and Exporting Your Work