Adobe After Effects CC Introduction Masterclass 4 Days - Manchester
Key Course Details:
Level:
Introduction to Advanced
Duration:
4
Days - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£795 + 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 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 4-day block or split into a 2-day block (Introduction) and then a separate 2-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. -
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 Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
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 Manchester Course Dates
10 Feb - 13 Feb £795 + vat 07 Apr - 10 Apr £795 + vat 02 Jun - 05 Jun £795 + vat 21 Jul - 24 Jul £795 + vat After Effects Masterclass 4 Days - Split Date Options
After Effects Introduction
10 Feb - 11 Feb
7 Apr - 8 Apr
2 Jun - 3 Jun
21 Jul - 22 Jul
After Effects Advanced
12 Feb - 13 Feb
9 Apr - 10 Apr
4 Jun - 5 Jun
23 Jul - 24 Jul
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Client Reviews
"Engaging and informative in a nice environment. Will come again!"
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Shane Pennington-Cooper, Shop Direct, After Effects - 2 Day Introduction
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Trish Palmer, IKM Visual Solutions, Adobe After Effects - Two 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
"A very good syllabus that covered the basics needed for After Effects with links to other Creative Cloud packages."
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"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."
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