Complete Adobe After Effects Bootcamp: Basic to Advanced

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Learn to use Adobe After Effects to create incredible motion graphics, VFX visual effects, and VFX overlays, and test your skills with 50+ practise projects.

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Online

Fees

₹ 549 3099

Quick Facts

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Medium of instructions English
Mode of learning Self study
Mode of Delivery Video and Text Based

Course overview

Motion graphics and visual effects are becoming highly emphasized and crucial in the creation of any video. Discovering how to create these animations in Adobe After Effects has become critical. Adobe After Effects: Complete Course from Novice to Expert online course is an extremely powerful programme for learning the fundamentals and beyond of Motion Graphics and Visual Effects. New resources are published regularly to provide the individual with the entire Adobe After Effects Creative Cloud Course.

Adobe After Effects: Complete Course from Novice to Expert online certification is created by Louay Zambarakji - Founder of Ultimate Results Group, VFX Designer & Instructor and is made available through Udemy, a web-based learning platform that trains people in both technical and non-technical domains. With Adobe After Effects: Complete Course from Novice to Expert certification course individuals will be guided through the process of developing effective and practical animations as well as learning how to use basic and complicated animation methods. They will also learn about essential transformations using practical animations and examples. Individuals will be taught to create projects and videos from scratch to practically learn more about After Effects' extensive features and functions.

The highlights

  • Certificate of completion
  • Self-paced course
  • English videos with multi-language subtitles
  • 34.5 hours of pre-recorded video content
  • 37 articles
  • 42 downloadable resources
  • 30-day money-back guarantee 
  • Unlimited access
  • Accessible on mobile devices and TV

Program offerings

  • Certificate of completion
  • Self-paced course
  • English videos with multi-language subtitles
  • Pre-recorded video content
  • Articles
  • Downloadable resources
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Unlimited access
  • Accessible on mobile devices and tv

Course and certificate fees

Fees information
₹ 549  ₹3,099
certificate availability

Yes

certificate providing authority

Udemy

Who it is for

What you will learn

Animation skills

After completing the Adobe After Effects: Complete Course from Novice to Expert online training, individuals will gain an in-depth knowledge of Adobe After Effects and its features. Individuals will gain knowledge of the principles of motion graphics and visual effects. Individuals will be able to use camera, light, and shadow techniques to produce outstanding video effects and motion graphics to improve their work. Individuals will be able to generate visual effects such as motion tracking, camera tracking, chroma-keying, rotoscoping, and stabilizing, as well as work with the most up-to-date responsive design techniques. Individuals will also be skilled to generate 2D & 3D animations and importing & exporting illustrator vector graphics.

The syllabus

A Quick Start to Enable Your After Effects Skills

  • How to Start Motions Graphics now!
  • Your first Animations & Visual Effects
  • *Download your Resources: Assets/Graphics and Completed Project files
  • Getting ready to start your first animation
  • Dive in for beginners: Getting the Graphics
  • Dive in for beginners: Create your first Motion Graphics
  • Assignment: Render your work and upload to Social Media
  • VFX for beginners: Change colors in a defined video area

Working in After Effects CC: An overview of the Interface and Keyboard Shortcuts

  • After Effects Interface - Workspaces
  • Frames & Seconds on the Timeline
  • The Work Area: What is it for?
  • Important Switches and more
  • When the Footage goes Missing
  • The Visual Keyboard Shortcuts' Editor
  • After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts - Documentation and Adobe Reference

Animating Illustration in After Effects CC

  • Animating Illustration in After Effects CC
  • How to Animate: a 3-Step method
  • Shopping Box Animation: Import into After Effects
  • Shopping Box Animation: Animating the illustration
  • Shopping Box Animation: Sequencing the animation
  • How to set up the illustration in Adobe Illustrator
  • Operating - Importing the Illustration
  • Operating - Animate all layers
  • Operating - Sequence layers, tweak and finalize
  • Robot Animation - Importing, adding Audio & Setting up the animation
  • Robot Animation - Breaking the Rule - Sequence & Animate
  • Robot Animation - Complete the Animation
  • Robot Ananimation - Adding Visual Effects

Staring up with Speed Control

  • How to Ease your animation on a Motion Path
  • Controlling the speed on a motion path - Speed Graph
  • Controlling the values for Scale - Value Graph
  • Spinning the Wheel with rotation and the Value Graph
  • Assignment: Practice with the Ease and the Graph

Start animating Shapes and Type Layers

  • Introduction to Shapes and Text Layers
  • How to Create and Edit Text Layers
  • How to Create and Edit Shape Layers
  • Inside the Shape Layer - Animating Shapes Properties
  • Our Project - Shape Explosion - with Logo animation
  • How to create irregular shapes and lines with the pen tool
  • How to create with Bezier Shapes
  • Animating the stroke - Fading a shape away
  • Create and animate the Trim Path
  • Animate the Zig Zag
  • How to create Concentric Repeats
  • How to Animate Concentric Repeats
  • Shape Explosion Animation - Part 1
  • Shape Explosion Animation - Part 2
  • Shape Explosion Animation - Part 3
  • Shape Explosion Animation - Part 4
  • Shape Explosion Animation - Part 5
  • Logo Explosion Animation

Create and Publish your Videos to Social Media

  • Create and Publish your Videos to Social Media
  • Create Pro Videos using the Adobe Media Encoder (Recommended)
  • When Adobe Media Encoder does not Pop Up
  • How to create a Pro transparent background Video
  • How to reduce the Video file size
  • How to create a Looping GIF

Essential Reveal Techniques with Track Mattes and Pre-Comps

  • Your Learning Take away from this Section
  • Revealing Layers with Track Mattes
  • How to use the Alpha Inverted Track Mattes
  • How to use the Luma Track Mattes
  • How to use the Luma Inverted Track Mattes
  • Animating Track Mattes - Another way to reveal Layers
  • Pre-Comp Techniques to Reveal Layers
  • Create Track Matte from Pre-Comps
  • Create Track Matte from Text Layers
  • Practice Activity: The Luma Matte Challenge
  • Practice Activity: The Luma Matte Challenge
  • Practice Activity: Rabbit out of the Hat and The Magician Show
  • Practice Activity Tutorial: Rabbit out of the Hat
  • Practice Activity: The Magician Show
  • Practice Activity Tutorial: The Magician Show
  • Practice Activity: Jumping Fish
  • Practice Activity Tutorial: Jumping Fish

Introduction to Masks

  • Introduction to Masks
  • How to create Masks - Masking Videos
  • How to Edit Masks
  • Overview of Mask Properties
  • The Rotobezier Mask

Type Graphics: Type Animator - Animation & Effects

  • Type Graphics: Type Animator - Animation & Effects
  • Type (text) Layers - Overview and Styling
  • How to work with the Source Text
  • How to Create Per Character Animation
  • How to combine & Animate Animator Properties
  • How to Animate the Offset with the 'Shape Properties'
  • How to Create Ramp Up/Ramp Down Text Animation
  • How to Animate Text on Path
  • How to use Shape layer as Path
  • Combining Animator with Path Options
  • How to Create Paragraph with Animator
  • Kinetic Typo: Practice Activities
  • Practice Activities 1
  • Practice Activities 2
  • Practice Activities 3
  • Practice Activities 4

Motion Graphics with a purpose - Social Media Posts

  • Instagram Post
  • How to choose a color palette
  • How to get appropriate fonts
  • Animating your design - Backgrounds
  • Animating your design - Text

Parenting and Forward Kinetic

  • Introduction to the Parent Method
  • How to Parent Effectively
  • Disconnecting from the Parent
  • When and Where to Parent
  • How to break parenting
  • Grouping animations with Null Object
  • Null Objects useful tips
  • The FunFairy Practice Activity
  • The FunFairy Practice Activity Tutorial
  • At the Plant - First Forward Kinetics rigg
  • At the Plant - Rigging the Robot
  • At the Plant - Animating the Robot

Animation & Visual Effects Projects - Scrolling messages

  • The project you will create - Scrolling messages
  • Setting up and animating the scene
  • Overshoots and slants Animations
  • Setting up and animating the first messages
  • Adding the scroll message animation

Earth Holiday Project - Animating with Masks and Parenting

  • Earth Holiday Project - Animating with Masks and Parenting
  • Animating with Masks - Background and Earth
  • Animating the Monument & Balloon
  • Rotating everything

Complex, Compound and Bezier Shapes - Properties & Animation Techniques

  • Complex, Compound and Bezier Shapes
  • Shape layer structure
  • How to Create Complex and Compound Shapes
  • How to animate Groups
  • The Magic of Fill Even/Odd and Reverse Path
  • Animating Stroke & Fill Colors
  • How to Create Complex Shapes with The Merge Path
  • Animating & Morphing Bezier Shapes
  • Offset Path: How to create and Animate Repeating Shapes
  • Animating Stroke Dashes
  • Animating the Taper
  • Animating the Wave
  • Playing with the Wiggle Path
  • How to use the Wiggle Transform
  • A Simple Practice Challenge
  • How to get tracks on the tractor
  • The Rocket Fire Challenge
  • The Rocket Fire - Tutorial
  • Launching the Rocket Challenge
  • Launching the Rocket Challenge

Motion Path Animation Techniques

  • Motion Path Animation Techniques
  • How to transform a Path into a Keyframe Motion Path
  • How to Create Complex Position Motion Path Double Loops
  • Creating a Trail with the Motion Path
  • How to Import Motion Path from Illustrator
  • How to Create a Bezier Trail from a Motion Path

AE Type Engine - Awesome Presets

  • Your Learning Take away from this Section
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • Get your Text to Bounce Preset
  • 360 Loop Preset
  • Multi-line Presets
  • Animate In Presets
  • Combining Presets Animate In/Out Presets
  • Presets Practice Activity and Challenge Tutorial
  • Presets Practice Activity and Challenge

Solid Layers and Adjustment Layers with Visual Effects

  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • Solid Layer Overview and Settings
  • Visual Effects on Solid Layers as composition's backgrounds
  • Masks and effects on Solid Layers
  • Adjustment Layers Overview
  • Adjustment Layers Motion Graphics with Effects
  • Adjustment Layers with Shape Layers with Repeater

Time Games with Motion Graphics

  • Your Learning Take away from this Section
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • Reversing Animation with Keyframe Assistant
  • Reversing Animation with Time-Reverse Layer
  • How to Slow, Speed up and Reverse an Animation with Time Remap
  • How to Stretch (or Shrink) Layers duration - Time Stretch
  • Practice Activity Challenge
  • Practice Activity Tutorial - Remap
  • Practice Activity Tutorial - Layer Reverse

Visual Time Effects: Time Games with Videos

  • Playing with Video Time from FPS to Stop and Run
  • Downlaod your Project Files for this Section
  • Time Games - Playing with Frames Per Seconds (FPS)
  • TimeWarp Effects - Speed
  • TimeWarp Effect - Back & Forth with Negative Speed & Motion Blur
  • TimeWarp Effects - Source Frame
  • Mixing Video Speeds - Time Remap
  • Video Slow Motion or Fast Motion - Stretching
  • Looping a Video for the Comp Duration

Responsive Design - CC 2019/2021 Retiming animation using Protected Region

  • Responsive Design
  • How to Create a Protected Region using the WorkArea
  • Removing and Changing the Protected Region
  • How to Create Protected Regions with Markers
  • Responsive Design with Motion Graphics
  • Intro and Outro in Responsive Design with Motion Graphics
  • Download the final projects

Essential 3D - Working in 3D Space and Animation Techniques

  • Your Learning Take away from this Section
  • Download Your Project file for this Section - 3D and Camera
  • Intro and Setting up the workspace for 3D work
  • The Local Axis Mode
  • Animating the Position Property & Working with Motion Path in 3D
  • Using the 3D Rotation Property
  • The Next 4 Animation Exercises
  • Animating in 3D Exercise - 1 - Using the Null Object in 3D
  • Animating in 3D Exercise - 2 - Beyond the Camera
  • Animating in 3D Exercise - 3 - Hiding Layers at 90 degrees
  • Animating in 3D Exercise - 4- Random with Orientation

Advanced 3D - How to Create and Animate 3D Cameras

  • Amazing Camera 3D
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • How to create a Camera Layer - Properties and Presets
  • How to use the Camera Tools - Camera Views and Transforms
  • How to Move the Camera using it's 3D Axis System
  • How to Animate the Camera using it's 3D Axis System
  • How to Create and Animate an Orbit Null for the Camera

Advanced 3D - Lights and Shadows

  • What you can do with Lights and Shadows
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • How to Create 3D Lights
  • Working with Parallel Lights
  • Working with Point Lights
  • Working with Spot Lights
  • Understanding the Spot Light Properties
  • How to Create Shadows
  • Exploring Shadows with Point Light
  • Exploring Shadows with Spot Light
  • How to get the best of Lights and Shadows

Motion Graphics 3D projects - The Cube

  • 3D Project Overview
  • Download the 3D Cube Project
  • the Cube 3D Geometry
  • 3D Project Part 1 - Creating the Cube
  • 3D Project Part 2 - Animating the Cube
  • 3D Project Part 3 - Completing the Project
  • Practice Activity and Challenge
  • Practice Activity Tutorial

Puppet Tools - CC 2018 - Distorting & Animating Objects/Images

  • The Puppet Tools in CC 2018
  • Your Learning Take away from this Section
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • Setting a practical Workspace - How to use the Alpha Channel
  • How to set the Pins, Mesh and Expansion
  • How to Animate the Pins
  • How to Animate using the Record Option
  • How to Smooth and Reduce your Recorded Animation
  • How to use the Mesh, Expansion and Density
  • How to Adjust Overlaps
  • How to Create Rigid Sections

Puppet Tools - CC 2019/2020 - Distorting & Animating Objects/Images

  • Puppet Pin in CC 2019/2020
  • Download your Initial Project and PNGs
  • Using the Alpha Channel
  • The Concept of Pins - Position Pin
  • How effective is the Bend Pin
  • How to Use the Advanced Pin
  • How to use the Mesh, Expansion and Density
  • How to effectively use the Starch Pin
  • How to use the Overlap Pin
  • How to Animate the Advanced Pins

The World of ExpressionsAnimation Presets - Using, Editing and Saving Your Presets

  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • How to Create Expressions with the Pick-Whip
  • How to add expressions manually - the loopOut() Expression
  • Replacing Source Text with Expressions
  • Interpolation : How to Transpose Property Values using Expressions
  • The Wiggle Expression Demystified
  • Interpolation: How to Transpose Rotation to Linear Position
  • Using linear interpolation on Separated X/Y Position
  • Application: How to create Pie Chart with Expression Controls Part 1
  • Application: How to create Pie Chart with Expression Controls Part 2
  • The Mystery Challenge
  • The Mystery Challenge Solution

Animation Presets - Using, Editing and Saving Your Presets

  • Your Learning Take away from this Section
  • Download your Project file for this Challenge
  • Behaviors Preset - Drift Over time
  • Presets: - Behaviors Preset - Rotate Over time
  • How to Apply and Work with Fade Presets
  • Image Creative Presets
  • The Inset Presets
  • How to Create and Save Your Animation Presets

Compositing: A closer look at the essential Blending Modes & Compositing

  • Your Learning Take away from this Section
  • Download you Project Files for this Section
  • The Effect of Blending Modes
  • The Concept Behind Blending Modes
  • The Different Categories of Blending Modes
  • The Subtractive Category - Adding Darkness
  • The Additive Category - Brighten them up
  • The Complex Category - Shades of Grey
  • The Difference Category - Enigmatic
  • The Matte Category - Creating Matte with Modes

A Ghost Project - Motion / VFX / Compositing

  • A Ghost Project - Motion / VFX /Compositing
  • Setting up the assets
  • VFX for IN/Out Transitions
  • Creating the Animation
  • The Ghost Population
  • Your Creative Practice Activity - Ghost VFX

Specialized Effects: Motion Tracking

  • Your Learning Take away from this Section
  • Download you Project and footage files for this Section
  • The Tracker Panel
  • Create and Define a Track Point
  • How to Track and Adjust
  • How to Attach & Animate Shapes
  • Create a Second Tracker and Attaching Composition
  • How to Attach Effects
  • Track and replace Video Areas - Perspective Corner Pin
  • Practice Activity and Challenge - Dancing Bulbs
  • Practice Activity Tutorial - Dancing Bulbs
  • Practice Activity and Challenge - Screen Replacement Phone
  • Practice Activity Tutorial - Screen Replacement Phone
  • Practice creativity with Motion Tracking

Specialized Effects: 3D Camera Tracker

  • Camera Tracking - Your Learning Take Away from this Section
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • When to use the 3D Camera Tracker Effect
  • 3D Camera Tracker Effect Workflow
  • How to Create the Camera Track Points
  • How to Work with the Target Plane: Attach Solid Layers
  • How to Attach Solid Layers & Replace with Pre-Comp
  • How to Attach Null Layers & Shift Parent
  • Practice Activity Challenge - Camera Tracking
  • Practice Activity Tutorial

Specialized Effects: Color Correction with the Lumetri Scope

  • Camera Tracking - Your Learning Take Away from this Section
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • When to use the 3D Camera Tracker Effect
  • 3D Camera Tracker Effect Workflow
  • How to Create the Camera Track Points
  • How to Work with the Target Plane: Attach Solid Layers
  • How to Attach Solid Layers & Replace with Pre-Comp
  • How to Attach Null Layers & Shift Parent
  • Practice Activity Challenge - Camera Tracking
  • Practice Activity Tutorial

Specialized Effects: Keying - Removing Background Green Screen

  • Your Learning takeaway from this section
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • Introduction to Keylight 1.2 - Key Cleaner - Advanced Spill Suppressor
  • How to Select the Right Screen Color
  • How to use the Keylight 1.2 Effect
  • How use the Key Cleaner and Advanced Spill Suppressor Effects
  • Complete Keying Example
  • Blending with backgrounds - First Example
  • Blending with backgrounds - Second Example
  • Your Practice Activity and Challenge

Specialized Effects: Separating Background / Foreground- Rotoscoping

  • You Learning Take Away from this Section
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • Selecting your Foreground - The Roto Brush Tool
  • How to Refine the Edges - The Refine Edge Tool
  • How to Propagate the Strokes
  • How to adjust properties for the new Background
  • For Fun: When the Green Screen / Chromakeying fails you
  • Practice Activity and Challenge

Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Project - The Globe Animation

  • The Project You Will Create
  • Download Your Porject Files
  • How to use the CC Sphere Effect
  • How to create the planet surface
  • Using Effects to Create Surface Maps
  • Adding More Effects for a Better Simulation
  • How to use the Turbulent Displacement Effect
  • Animating and Crushing the Background
  • Your Practice Activity Challenge

Visual Effects with Video Mattes

  • What is Covered in this Section
  • Download the Video Asset to follow
  • Complex Mattes on Videos
  • Animated Mattes on Videos
  • How to Create Video Mattes
  • Rendering and Applying Video Mattes
  • Using Masks Opacity to Create Animated Mattes
  • Download your Complete Project files for this Section

Composition & Layers Markers: How to Easily Create Kinetic Typography

  • Your Learning Take Away from this Section
  • Download your Project File
  • How to Set Markers
  • A Kinetic Typo Project Made easy With Markers

CC 2017/2018 - Create & Export Essential Graphics Templates

  • For CC 2017 and 2018 Only
  • The Essential Graphics Window
  • Download the Start Up Project file & Footage
  • Create a New Motion Graphics Template
  • Motion Graphics Template at Work
  • Exporting Your Motion Graphics Template
  • Motion Graphics Template Standard Application in Premiere Pro CC 2017
  • Advanced Techniques - Create New Properties
  • Advanced Techniques - Adding Effects and Expression to the Graphics Template
  • Download the final projects for this section

CC 2019/2020 - Create & Export Essential Graphics Templates

  • What is the Purpose of Essential Graphics Templates
  • How to Create a Template and Add Properties
  • How to Export - Where to find your Templates
  • How to use Essential Graphics Templates in Premiere Pro
  • How to Add Responsive Design to your Templates - What happens in Premiere Pro
  • How to add Effects to your Templates

Create and Animate Nulls from Path and Masks

  • What does the Script Offer
  • Download Startup Project File and Assests
  • Path Points following Nulls - Powerful Line Graph Example
  • Mask Points following Nulls - Area Graph Example
  • Tracing Mask Path
  • When the Nulls Follow a Tracked Mask Points
  • Download Final Project File - Have a Closer Look

Importing and Animating Vector files from Illustrator

  • Download your vector Graphics Files
  • The General Concept - Direct Import
  • Creating Layer and Groups
  • Structuring and Renaming Layer
  • Complete Project - Step 1: Collecting in Layers
  • Complete Project - Step 2: Organizing in AE
  • Complete Project - Step 3: Animating in AE
  • Download the final projects for this section

Infographics projects

  • Percentage Donut Pie
  • Dashed Percentage Donut Pie
  • Indicator Dashed Percentage Pie
  • Follow through Shapes
  • Rotating Arrow
  • Full Pie Chart
  • Interpolation Expressions
  • Applying the Interpolation Expressions
  • 3-Slice Pie Chart
  • Converting to a Donut Pie

Your Complete Guide to the Audio Spectrum Effect - Create awesome Sound Waves

  • Your Learning Takeaway from this Section
  • Download your footage to follow along
  • The Audio Spectrum Effect - Using the Polar Property
  • The Audio Spectrum Effect - Overview and Controls
  • The Audio Spectrum Effect - Controls Part 1
  • The Audio Spectrum Effect - Controls Part 2
  • How to use the Property Path
  • How to add waves to Text
  • Your Challenge and Practice Activities: Audio Spectrum Effect
  • Practice Activities Tutorial: Audio Spectrum Effect

Your Complete Guide to the Radio Wave Effect in its Multiple Wave Types

  • Intro to the Radio Waves Effects
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • How to use the Polygon Wave Type
  • How to use the Wave Motion Controls
  • The Stroke Controls with Polygon Wave Type
  • How to use At Birth and Each Frame
  • Practice Activity and Challenge Polygon Waves
  • Practice Activity Tutorial - Polygon Waves
  • Radio Waves with Mask Wave Type
  • Practice Project - Radio Waves and CC Sphere

Your Complete Guide to the CC Spotlight Effect - Create Spotlight for your Video

  • What you will learn about CC Spotlight
  • Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
  • Working with CC Spotlight Effect
  • How to create Light Only Spotlight
  • Images and Videos with the Gel CC Spotlight Effect Property
  • Graphics and Motion with the Gel CC Spotlight Effect Property

Tips to Help You out Work Better or Faster

  • About this Tips Section
  • How to create Backup Copies of your Project
  • Scaling your Comp Without any layer Change
  • Moving the Anchor Point with Precision
  • Keyframe Navigation
  • How to use the Shy Switch
  • Soloing a layer
  • Layers Manipulation with Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Work Area & The Preview Panel
  • Colorizing Your Labels - Selecting and Grouping Layers
  • Taking a Snapshot
  • Moving on the Timeline and Work Area
  • Replacing Images and Videos in The Comp without changing animation and Effects
  • Improving Performance - Media and Disk Cache
  • Extending Main Comp/ Pre-Comp / Layer Time

Exporting Your Work from After Effects

  • How to Create a Pro YouTube Videos: Adobe Media Encoder
  • Exporting with Transparent Background
  • Exporting your Composition as GIF
  • Exporting a Comp to a New Project
  • Importing a Project into another Project

Not the End!

  • Where to find fonts
  • Conclusion

Bonus and More

  • Bonus: Your next step.

Instructors

Mr Louay Zambarakji

Mr Louay Zambarakji
Video Editing
Udemy

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