Adobe After Effects Introduction
Create professional motion graphics and visual effects, suitable for the web, CD or DVD.
Become productive with time in delivering unparalleled creative power in video editing.
Learn short cuts in producing blockbuster motion graphics.
Develop an understanding of high-resolution multilayer compositing and animation
Adobe After Effects is recognised as the essential tool for motion graphics and visual effects. It offers a fast, flexible, affordable 2D and 3D compositing and animation toolset to help you develop your creative ideas with speed and control and deliver high-quality results for film, video, multimedia or the Web. This two day course emphasis on practical exercises. These exercises will cover incorporating video with Photoshop and Illustrator graphics, video layering techniques, working with key frames, using filters for special effects and rendering your final project. You will also look at different rendering techniques and ways to optimise the finished production.
Price: £475
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Recommended for:
Anyone interested in creating dynamic and visually engaging video compositions for use on the web or TV advertisements. This includes designers, animators, video producers and directors. No previous experience of Adobe After Effects is needed.
You will learn how to:
Use layers, positioning and tools to create a sequence of Media Clips
Accurately sequence layers
Compose using animated effects, motion graphics and transparency as a movie file
Be productive with complex tools to use your time more effectively in video editing
Other people who have done this course say:
"Very pleased with the course and I will recommend it" Gareth
" I look forward to coming back, the learning environment is great and relaxed" Rob
"Learning to do animation was of great use" Mick
"A great course, thank you!"
"Many thanks, great resource and incredibly useful for the wider educational and creative sector within West Yorkshire"
"Excellent, really happy with my learning"
Course outline:
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Creating a Sequence of Media Clips |
Create a Composition, Import Media, Create Layers from Footage Items and Position Layers in Time |
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Animating Layers and Effects |
Animate Transform Properties, Duplicate Properties, Control Appearance of Vector Graphic, Create Animated Text, Apply Effects to Motion Graphics, Apply Text Animation Presets, Set Blending Modes for Layers and Create Solids |
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Sequencing Layers Precisely |
Replace the Footage Within a Layer, Set a Layer's In and Out Points, Slip Edit Layers in Video Editing, Control a Layer's Playback Rate, Loop a Footage Item, Nest Compositions and Pre-compose Layers |
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Creating Transparency |
Assign Track Mattes and Create Masks |
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Outputting Video Files |
Create a Render Settings Template, Create an Output Module Template, Render a Composition and Export a Composition |
Course dates:
Thursday 13th May 2010
Thursday 1st July 2010
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