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Adobe After Effects CS4 Introduction - London

This course provides the core skills needed to bring your vision to life with blockbuster visual effects and compelling motion graphics in Adobe After Effects. With this powerful software you will work with sophisticated tools and enjoy tight integration with Adobe’s leading design applications while you deliver stunning work to virtually any media type.

You will learn how to use Adobe After Effects to produce motion graphics, compositions and movies that will bring your work to life and equip you with the skills you need to enhance your creativity and produce high quality projects.

By the end of this course, using hands-on practical tuition and with exercises that are both demonstrated and repeated by delegates, you will have gained confidence to use After Effects and an understanding of:

-The After Effects interface
-Creating animations
-Working with layers
-How to apply effects
-Working with masks and mattes
-Effective use of Colour
-File Exporting

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A bespoke version of this scheduled
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Adobe After Effects CS4 training at XChangeTraining
 

Price:

£450
 

Duration:

2 Days
 

Course Location:

Central London
 

Course Dates:

 
20 Feb - 21 Feb
 
23 Apr - 24 Apr
 
18 Jun - 19 Jun
 

 

  Price listed is per delegate and excludes VAT.
 

XChange Training limit class size (4-8 delegates max) to ensure an excellent quality of training is provided so courses can fill up quickly. Please book up early to guarantee your place.
 

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Adobe After Effects CS4 Introduction - London Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

After Effects User Interface and Animation
-What is a project file and what is in it?
-Tools and Panels

Basic animation
-Transform properties of layers
-Keyframing
-Paths

Intermediate animation
-In-depth keyframe manipulation & interpolation
Graph Editor
-Motion Sketch/Smoother
-Auto-Orient/Motion Blur
-Roving Keyframes
-Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool

Layer Control
-Trim-move-stack-split
-Slip Tool
-Sequence Layers
-Solo Switches
-Looping Footage
-Image Sequences
-Frame Rate vs Time Stretch
-Blending Modes
-Effects & Solids with Blending Modes
-Effects & Presets Panel

Transparency
-Masks
-Shape
-Feather
-Expansion
-Masking with the Pen Tool

Type and Titles
-Simple rules of titling
-Basic text

Nesting
-Precomps
-Editing precomps
-Locking panels

Render Order
-How After Effects puts it all together
-Exporting files
-Render Queue
-Export As/Same Frame As/Pre-render

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Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

A person who wishes to work in the video field or who currently works in the field, or an Adobe application user looking to expand his or her skills, looking to add effects to video projects. Some students may be mainly interested in creating video primarily for the Web, and others for film, but the majority are preparing more for work in broadcast video. This course is for people new to After Effects.

Ahead of taking this course the trainee does not need any previous knowledge or experience with After Effects however in order to benefit from the course all delegates must have a solid understanding of basic computer use including copying and saving files, launching and switching between applications.


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Location information for this scheduled course

This course will be offered at the main XChange Training London training centre at:

5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BH

St John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is a few minutes away and the office can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes.

Courses are run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks.

 

Training Centre address
Central London

Tel: 0845 363 1130
Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk

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Advantages of learning Adobe After Effects CS4 with XChange Training

-XChange Training is an Adobe Certified Training Centre
-Our Adobe After Effects CS4 trainers are experienced video professionals with excellent knowledge of all aspects of video workflows.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-Free Course manual provided for each trainee as excellent post-course reference material.
-Free email support service for 6 months after course included in the price.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.

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