Adobe After Effects CC Introduction 2 Days - Glasgow

After Effects Introduction 2 Days Overview

This 2-day Introduction course helps you learn about the tools and features available in Adobe After Effects CC. We will help you understand how this industry-leading program takes visual effects and motion graphics to a new level. You will use the program's powerful tools to add a slick, professional look to all your movie projects. Our tips are sure to enhance the quality and creativity of your visual output.

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Navigate the After Effects environment
• Create intermediate animations
• Understand keyframe manipulation and interpolation
• Work with layers, masks, and mattes
• Apply special effects
• Add titles and basic text
• Use colour effectively
• Export your files

Our goal is for you to understand the basic techniques for enhancing and applying effects to your visual projects.

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

This course is intended for anyone new to the field of video and motion graphics who wants to learn about applying special effects.

You will need basic PC or Mac skills, including a solid understanding of a computer's operating system (Windows or Mac OS). You will also need to know how to launch a program, create and save files, and copy files from CDs and other media.

After Effects CC Introduction 2 Days Course 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.

• Workspace overview
• Importing and organising assets
• Projects & compositions
• Working with layers
• Adding Effects (FX)

• Fixed and applied FX
• Understanding animation
• Modifying motion paths
• All about keyframes
• Basic graph editor

• Creating text in After Effects
• Layer styles
• Animation options
• Motion blur
• Understanding range selectors
• Animation presets

• Introduction to shape layers
• Creating shapes from Ai files
• Paths and how to use them
• Animation options

• Project management
• Export options
• Exporting through Media Encoder
• Dynamic link to Premiere Pro

• Creating & animating masks
• Tracking masks
• Limiting FX to specific areas & Track Mattes
• Property links
• Green-screen chroma-keying with Keylight 1.2

• Warp-stabilizer
• Camera tracker
• Motion tracking
• Puppet-Pin tool
• Write-on effect

What's Included

The following are provided for your best experience on this course:

• All computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac systems
• Small class size (limited to a maximum of 4-6 attendees on all sessions)
• Quality reference manual for post course reference to take away with you
• 6 months post course support to assist you where needed
• Official Adobe Authorised Certificate for your successful completion of the course
• Lunch To give you the most flexible options for lunch we provide lunch vouchers which can be redeemed locally at a number of popular eateries including Pret A Manger, EAT, Starbucks, Tesco, Sainsburys, Boots and Greggs
• Refreshments to keep you on top form are available for you throughout the course with a full range of teas, coffees and biscuits
• Pads and pens

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.

Further details on benefits included with this Adobe After Effects CC course:

Training Location

This course is provided at our Scotland training centre located in central Glasgow at:

Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.

Scheduled Course Enquiry

If you are considering this After Effects CC Introduction 2 Days Course but would like further information simply send us your query quickly & easily with the form below. Whether you would like to check date availability, pricing, course suitability or just need further information about a course send us your query and we will get you a swift reply, usually within 2 business hours!

If you would prefer to check course details by phone please call us on 0345 363 1130.

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A very good syllabus that covered the basics needed for After Effects with links to other Creative Cloud packages.

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