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Adobe After Effects CC Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - London
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction to Advanced
Duration:
5
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£750 + vat
Go from being a novice to mastering the advanced tasks in the leading special-effects program. Join us as we show you how to take charge and become an After Effects power user. Create advanced animations, work with 3D, and much more as you learn how to add sparkle to your visuals.
We will guide you on everything from getting started by creating simple animations all the way up to writing advanced expressions and controlling 3D lighting. With our help, you will become confident in using the program's advanced features to apply special effects and produce motion graphics that truly stand out.
Go from being a novice to mastering the advanced tasks in the leading special-effects program. Join us as we show you how to take charge and become an After Effects power user. Create advanced animations, work with 3D, and much more as you learn how to add sparkle to your visuals.
We will guide you on everything from getting started by creating simple animations all the way up to writing advanced expressions and controlling 3D lighting. With our help, you will become confident in using the program's advanced features to apply special effects and produce motion graphics that truly stand out.
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After Effects Masterclass 4 Days
Course Details
This 4-day Introduction Masterclass course helps you learn about the tools and features available for power users of Adobe After Effects CC. We will show you 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. Together, we will study the After Effects environment and give you the abilities you need to become a special-effects expert. 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
- Understand keyframe manipulation and interpolation
- Work with layers, masks, and mattes
- Apply special effects
- Add titles and text
- Use colour effectively
- Write expressions and use expression controllers
- Create advanced animations
- Move cameras and lighting in 3D
- Track motion
- Warp and re-map time
- Export your files
Our goals are for you to be able to apply a wide range of visual effects, to understand both basic and advanced features of After Effects, and to become a confident power user.
This course can be taken in a single 5-day block or split into a 2-day block (Introduction) and then a separate 3-day block (Advanced) taken at a later date.
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.
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Full 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.
User Interface and Animation- What is a project file and what is in it?
- Tools and Panels: how to navigate around the application
- Workspaces: selecting, saving, setting
- Transform properties of layers
- Keyframing: making element move
- Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
- In depth Keyframe manipulation and interpolation
- Graph Editor
- Motion Sketch/Smoother
- Auto-Orient/Motion
- Blur, Roving
- Keyframes
- Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool
- Panning a large graphic: technique
- Hold Keyframes
- Trim-move-stack-split (keyboard shortcuts)
- Quality, SlipTool
- Sequence Layers
- Solo Switches
- Looping Footage
- Image Sequences
- Frame Rate vs. Time Stretch
- Blending Modes
- Effects and Solids with Blending Modes
- Effects and Presets Panel: animation presets
- Adjustment layers
- Masks
- Shape, feather, expansion
- Masking with the Pen Tool
- Bezier curves
- Mask Shape Interpolation
- Mask modes
- Mattes and Stencils
- Mask shapes
- Simple Rules of Titling
- Basic Text
- Text Animators/Range Selectors
- Randomizing
- Applying and Saving Text Animation presets
- Per character animators
- Precomps
- Editing Precomps
- Locking panels, Render Order
- How After Effects put it all together
- Render Queue
- Export As
- Same Frame As
- Prerender Keyframes
- Different types of Keyframe
- Velocity
- Keyframe shortcuts
- Keyframe graph editor
Type, Draw, Paint- All About Alphas
- Working with Photoshop
- Dots, Pixels and Inches
- Working with Illustrator
- Plugging in Type
- Particle Playground
- Production Bundle Effects Round-Up
- Compound Effects
- Additional Assistants
- Motion Fun
- Express Yourself
- Animation and behaviour presets
- Using Keylight
- Time Remapping
- Time Games
- On Stable Ground
- Motion Tracking
- Time warp
- Writing a simple expression
- Linking expressions to motion track
- Cameras
- Lights
- 3D Layers
- Integration 101
- Integration with Nonlinear Editing Systems
- Video Issues
- Playing the Field
- 3:2 Pulldown
- Luminance and IRE Issues
- Working with D1/DV NTSC
- Working with Widescreen
- Pre-rendering and Proxies
- Advanced Rendering-Render Farm Concept
- What’s Your Preference?
- The Secret Preferences
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training London training centre based at:
5 St John’s Lane
Clerkenwell
London
EC1M 4BHSt John’s Lane is located in the heart of Clerkenwell close to the junction of Farringdon and Clerkenwell Road. Farringdon tube & train station is just a few minutes away and the training centre can also be accessed from Chancery Lane and Barbican tubes in about 10 minutes. There is also easy direct access by bus from Waterloo (243) and West End (55) with nearby stops.
Daily course times run between 10am and 4:30pm 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.
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After Effects Masterclass 4 Days - Upcoming London Course Dates
02 Aug - 06 Aug £750 + vat 04 Oct - 07 Oct £750 + vat 29 Nov - 02 Dec £750 + vat After Effects Masterclass 4 Days - Split Date Options
After Effects Introduction
2 Aug - 3 Aug
4 Oct - 5 Oct
29 Nov - 30 Nov
After Effects Advanced
4 Aug - 5 Aug
6 Oct - 7 Oct
1 Dec - 2 Dec
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Client Reviews
"Engaging and informative in a nice environment. Will come again!"
Simon Crossley, Great Places Housing Group, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
"A very good syllabus that covered the basics needed for After Effects with links to other Creative Cloud packages."
Lori Smith, IKM Consulting, After Effects - Two Day Introdcution
"Good instructor, fun and informative. "
Nolan Ward, Carbon Creative, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
"Great amount of content covered without being too overwhelming. Support from the instructor was excellent."
Helen Robertson, Brothers & Sisters, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
"Great course - in depth knowledge of the software. The instructor had a great attitude and it was a friendly environment to learn in. Great experience overall, thank you."
Pablo Segovia, After Effects - 5 Day Masterclass
"Really great course content taught in a friendly informal environment. The instructor was patient and knowledgeable so I'm really happy with the course."
Callum Aldcroft, Asda, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
"Excellent course, the instructor provided detailed exercises to complete tasks, making them memorable. I would recommend to the our wider organisation."
Trish Palmer, IKM Visual Solutions, Adobe After Effects - Two Day Introduction
"Very detailed and informative. The overall experience was very good and I would definitely attend another class."
Shane Pennington-Cooper, Shop Direct, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
"The course was fantastic. I have learnt so much in just 2 days, so I would recommend the course to anyone."
Arron Voice, Long Road, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
"Good course with a very knowledgeable instructor. I have a come away with a solid knowlege of After Effects."
Darren Mael, Billington Cartmell, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
£750 + vat
Next Dates:
02 Aug - 06 Aug
04 Oct - 07 Oct
29 Nov - 02 Dec
Split Course Date Options:
After Effects Introduction
2 Aug - 3 Aug
4 Oct - 5 Oct
29 Nov - 30 Nov
After Effects Advanced
4 Aug - 5 Aug
6 Oct - 7 Oct
1 Dec - 2 Dec
Over 15 years of providing certified Adobe After Effects training courses UK wide
5/5 Stars
Mike has been such a great and accommodating tutor, he has vast amounts of knowledge and is so friendly, he's made the classes really enjoyable.
22/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Mike was amazing during this course, learnt so much important techniques in After Effects. Helped me and my career going forward for sure.
22/07/2021
4/5 Stars
Enjoyed the course but was already experienced in many of the early lessons. Would have preferred a more in-depth class. I was able to fine-tune my current skills rather than learn new ones. Teacher/Mike was great and he has a-lot of knowledge in the field and answered every question I had. He was very hands on which helped my confidence when using the software (after effects)
20/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Prior to this course, I had no insight of After Effects at all. I now feel that I could approach a job and create it from start to finish. The instructor was very informative and extremely patient.
20/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Two days of training in After Effects learnt the fundamentals up to intermediate level
20/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Excellent course and Instructor!
20/07/2021
5/5 Stars
Simon had great knowledge of the software and was extremely helpful and supportive throughout. I would highly recommend Simon in the future. Great job - the session was held with a person in the classroom and myself via zoom. It felt very interactive and useful. What would be great in the future would be step by step actions on how to do a specific task.
11/05/2021
4/5 Stars
Marek was a great I structor, patient, knowledgeable with a personable manner. He took us through each of the training blocks really well and answered any questions I had. I did find with the more complex exercises he did go at a fair pace. Sometimes I got a little behind with these due to my computer opening software for the first time. I did ask Marek to go back over the steps which he was very happy to do. One thing I'd suggest is that he could perhaps check in at regular stages with the trainees on these longer, more complex exercises just to make sure we're going at the same pace, have completed each stage and understood fully. A minor comment as overall I felt I got a lot out of the two days!
20/04/2021
5/5 Stars
Simon was great! Super helpful and so clear. Given the technical difficulties of teaching over zoom, he was extremely patient and explained things well!
25/02/2021
4/5 Stars
Friendly staff :-)
26/01/2021
5/5 Stars
Great course and great instructor.
04/12/2020
5/5 Stars
Mike was an excellent coach and explained things in a very easy to understand way. Would certainly use again! Just a shame we didn't get longer to learn for the exam.
04/12/2020
5/5 Stars
Online course was great, really easy to follow along!
01/12/2020
5/5 Stars
Really pleased with the course and Simon as the instructor! He managed to condense many of the questions I would have had into a really fun course - plus, I learned so much I wasn't even aware of prior to the course. I wish there was an extra advanced course with him because I'd love to continue learning motion graphics! Thanks again. :)
01/12/2020
4/5 Stars
Equipment can be very slow at times and crashes.
08/10/2020
5/5 Stars
Simon is a great teacher and he covered everything we would need to know and more. Nice guy, very friendly and knowledgeable.
08/10/2020
5/5 Stars
Brilliant course, thoroughly enjoyed the past 2 days! Learnt so much, I can't wait to use my new skills in a live project - Thanks so much :)
08/10/2020
5/5 Stars
loved it, very useful and can see my self coming back for the advanced course. Simon was extremely helpful and engaging.
06/10/2020
5/5 Stars
Probably my 4th or 5th time training with Simon! Great experience as usual, definitely feeling way more confident in my abilities with AE now.
30/09/2020
4/5 Stars
Great advice from instructor. Very informative and thorough We had a lot of technical issues on the first day resulting in us loosing some valuable time in the morning.
10/09/2020
4/5 Stars
Instructor was very friendly and extremely knowledgable. sometimes spoke a little fast and so struggled to catch up. overall very good. would recommend!
10/09/2020
5/5 Stars
Had a very enjoyable time and learned a lot over the course of the week! Would definitely come again if I need further training in a subject.
08/09/2020
5/5 Stars
Great course content and it was delivered well. Marek was very helpful, trained us well and answered whatever questions we had during the course of training. The pace was great as well as he wasn't going too fast! Thank you Marek :)
21/08/2020
5/5 Stars
Very informative and helpful training. 6 month extended support is good to know incase I have any questions once I put the new skills into practice.
18/08/2020
5/5 Stars
excellent instructor
18/08/2020
5/5 Stars
I gave IT a satisfactory score as I'm at home and had a bit of trouble finding the windows in Zoom (shared screen window disappeared) but once I realised the problem it was easily fixed. Simon was always happy to go back and explain something if I didn't understand. (Jen was very prompt and helpful in her responses too.)
18/08/2020
5/5 Stars
Top class as i learned lots and have troubleshooted all my problems
13/08/2020
5/5 Stars
course covered all the key points for introductory level of AE. Good Job. Cheers
21/07/2020
5/5 Stars
Marek is very knowledgeable and clearly really enjoys teaching, I really enjoyed the two days here. A+
21/07/2020
5/5 Stars
very knowledgeable instructor, who kept it interesting
16/07/2020
5/5 Stars
Simon's very personable and helpful and has excellent knowledge and experience. He keeps the information interesting and has designed some fun exercises. He clearly loves the subject matter and his enthusiasm is very engaging and infectious. Many thanks to him
16/07/2020
5/5 Stars
Really enjoyed the course learnt a lot over the two days. Worked well even though I was using Zoom.
16/07/2020
4/5 Stars
Good structure to the course, learning new techniques and then putting them into practice. Even with some prior experience of AE, the course was a good for relearning some skills, reinforcing others and picking up new ones.
16/07/2020
5/5 Stars
Simon was enthusiastic and very knowledgable about after effects, he listened where we were coming from with the software and tailored the tuition to ensure that all the areas we were interested in were covered, and kept us engaged in what we were doing. He offered great support and was more than happy to help. I'm actually dissapointed he won't be my instructor on the continuation of the course in July! I was also very curious to see how the course would work over zoom - and was plesantly surprised at how well it worked, and would definately consider taking further courses in this way.
16/06/2020
5/5 Stars
Given that it was all done through Zoom, it went remarkably well. Simon was a lovely guy, super approachable and never made anyone feel silly for the questions asked. Even on the first day when I didn't have access to a mic, he still gave time to read my questions in the chat which was much appreciated. His passion for what he does also showed, it encouraged me to work harder which was nice. It showed he cared about it
16/06/2020
5/5 Stars
I thought a virtual course would be a bit difficult but Marek was excellent. He made everything very clear, consistent and easy to follow. I really enjoyed the After Effects Intro course and can't thank Marek enough.
21/04/2020
5/5 Stars
Andrew was brilliant. Great instructor, clear, polite and structured. I think we only just tapped into his After Effects knowledge. I want more ;)
24/03/2020
5/5 Stars
I was impressed with the training, especially how well it was delivered via an online video meeting (and with everything going on at the moment with the Corona Virus lockdown etc). Andrew Devis was excellent at delivering a fun and informative session, answering questions along the way and tailoring the session to everyone's needs.
24/03/2020
5/5 Stars
great loved it! everything was thouroughly explained and will be coming back with colleagues
17/03/2020
5/5 Stars
Thank you for the sessions! Mike is an excellent teacher and has a huge amount of knowledge regarding After Effects!
17/03/2020
5/5 Stars
Brilliant course and tutor
12/03/2020
5/5 Stars
The tone and speed of the course suited me perfectly. I really enjoyed the content of the exercises and will certainly be using more of this in the future.
10/03/2020
5/5 Stars
Very Engaging and knowledgeable
05/03/2020
4/5 Stars
Very good energetic person and easy to get along with. Made the day go quickly.
05/03/2020
5/5 Stars
Trainer, Nick Dale, has a great knowledge and excellent teaching skills - makes sure that you have a thorough understanding of everything that is required in the exam and more! extremely friendly and makes learning easy! The course itself was very good and have helped developed goos skills
27/02/2020
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate 
Lunch and refreshments
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the London Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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