After Effects CC bootcamp – Beginner to Advanced

BY
Simpliv Learning

Mode

Online

Duration

40 Hours

Quick Facts

particular details
Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study, Virtual Classroom
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based
Frequency of Classes Weekdays

Course and certificate fees

certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Simpliv Learning

The syllabus

Getting to Know the Workflow

  • 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  
  • Rendering and exporting your composition  
  • Customizing workspaces  
  • Controlling the brightness of the user interface  
  • Finding resources for using After Effects  

Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

  • Importing footage using Adobe Bridge  
  • Importing footage using Adobe Bridge  
  • Creating a new composition  
  • Working with imported Illustrator layers  
  • Applying effects to a layer  
  • Applying an animation preset  
  • Previewing the effects  
  • Adding transparency  
  • Rendering the composition  
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Animating Text

  • About text layers  
  • Creating and formatting point text  
  • Using a text animation preset  
  • Animating with scale keyframes  
  • Animating using parenting  
  • Animating imported Photoshop text  
  • Animating text using a path animation preset  
  • Animating type tracking  
  • Animating text opacity  
  • Using a text animator group  
  • Cleaning up the path animation  
  • Animating a nontext layer along a motion path  
  • Adding motion blur  

Working with Shape Layers

  • Adding a shape layer  
  • Creating custom shapes  
  • Creating stars  
  • Positioning layers with snapping  
  • Incorporating video and audio layers  
  • Applying a Cartoon effect  
  • Adding a title bar  
  • Using Brainstorm to experiment  

Animating a Multimedia Presentation

  • Animating the scenery using parenting  
  • Adjusting an anchor point  
  • Masking video using vector shapes  
  • Keyframing a motion path  
  • Animating additional elements  
  • Applying an effect  
  • Creating an animated slide show  
  • Adding an audio track  
  • Zooming in for a final close-up  

Animating Layers

  • Simulating lighting changes  
  • Duplicating an animation using the pick whip  
  • Animating movement in the scenery  
  • Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte  
  • Animating the shadows  
  • Adding a lens flare effect  
  • Animating the clock  
  • Retiming the composition  

Working with Masks

  • About masks  
  • Getting started  
  • Creating a mask with the Pen tool  
  • Editing a mask  
  • Feathering the edges of a mask  
  • Replacing the content of the mask  
  • Adding a reflection  
  • Creating a vignette  
  • Adjusting the color  

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  

Using the Roto Brush Tool

  • About rotoscoping  
  • Getting started  
  • Creating a segmentation boundary  
  • Fine-tuning the matte  
  • Freezing your Roto Brush tool results  
  • Changing the background  
  • Adding animated text  
  • Outputting your project  

Performing Color Correction

  • Adjusting color balance  
  • Replacing the background  
  • Removing unwanted elements  
  • Correcting a range of colors  
  • Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect  

Using 3D Features

  • Creating 3D Text  
  • Using 3D Views  
  • Importing a background  
  • Adding 3D Lights  
  • Adding a camera  
  • Repositioning layers  
  • Adding a text layer  
  • Working with Cinema 4D Lite  

Working with the 3D Camera Tracker

  • About the 3D Camera Tracker effect  
  • Getting started  
  • Tracking the footage  
  • Creating a ground plane, a camera, and the initial text  
  • Creating realistic shadows  
  • Adding ambient light  
  • Creating additional text elements  
  • Locking a layer to a plane with a null object  
  • Animating the text  
  • Adjusting the camera’s depth of field  
  • Rendering the composition  

Advanced Editing Techniques

  • Using Warp Stabilizer VFX  
  • Using single-point motion tracking  
  • Using multipoint tracking  
  • Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect  

Rendering and Outputting

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

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