Summary: Motion graphics and visual effects are increasingly essential in video production. Learning to create these animations with Adobe After Effects is crucial for aspiring creatives. The demand for skills in this area is rising, making it a lucrative option for freelancers. Additionally, animators can sell their packaged animations on various websites, providing an excellent opportunity for income generation. equips participants with the necessary skills to thrive in this dynamic field.
Course Objectives
By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
Who should attend?
Graphic designers.
art students.
art directors.
architects.
artists.
Animators
anyone who is interested in creating 2D motion presentations.
How attendees will benefit?
After completion of the programme, delegates be able to:
Learn about the workflow
Manipulate keyframes
Edit layers and effects
Create Transparency
Add Type and Music
Export to DVDs and create movie files.
Understand the concepts behind Animation Techniques
Learn how to Design, Animate, and Sequence complete Motion Graphics Projects
Work with all the transformations basic and beyond
Learn easy, yet powerful, techniques to create the most complex animations
Create Stunning Visual Effects using Build in Effects (no expensive third party plugins)
Apply special effects such as Rotoscoping, Chromakeying, Camera Tracking and many more
Course Outline
THE INTERFACE
Project Structure
Main Application window
Tools panel; Project panel
Importing footage
Footage panel
Transparency and alpha channels
Composition panel
Timeline panel
Layer panel
Info, Preview, Audio panels
Effects & Presets; Effect Controls; other panels
workspaces; stacked panels
Previewing
Work area
Preview behaviors
BASIC ANIMATION
Composition basics
Starting a project, creating folders
Importing footage; alpha channels
Creating a new composition
Adding Layers to the Comp panel
Changing property values
Animating Position, the motion path
Previewing the animation
Navigating between keyframes
Managing the comp view; zooming
Applying Easy Ease In
Adding the foreground layers
Duplicating and replacing layers
More precise placement; snapping and grids
Adding solid layers
Applying, copying, and pasting effects
Dragging footage to the Timeline panel
Editing motion paths, spatial keyframe types
Animating scale, rotation, and opacity
Rendering
Importing Layered Photoshop and Illustrator files
ADVANCED ANIMATION
Graph Editor Sets
Keyframe basics
Anchor Point overview
Anchor Point tool
Motion control moves
Graph Editor
Speed versus value graphs
Panning and zooming time
Editing graph curves
Easing animations
Improving the timing; Graph Editor Sets
Separate Dimensions
Motion Sketch
Smoothing keyframes
Auto-Orient
Motion Blur
Roving keyframes
Time-Reverse Keyframes
Hold keyframes
Time display and time timecode
EDITING LAYERS AND EFFECTS
Layers and stacking order
Moving layers in time
Trimming layers
Trimming in the Layer and Footage panels
Slip Editing
Sequence layers keyframe assistant
Looping footage
Image sequences
Changing the frame rate; Time Stretch
Applying Effects
Blending modes
Effects and solids
Effect motion path
Effects & Presets; searching for effects
Animation presets
Behavior presets
Layer styles
Adjustment layers
Filmic glow trick
Property links with effects
Third-party effects
Higher-quality scaling
CREATING TRANSPARENCY
Masking tools; creating mask shapes
Free Transform Points
Masking in the Layer panel; Ellipse tool
Makes feather
Animating a mask path
Creating a vignette; Mask Expansion
Masking with the Pen tool
Effecting a masked area
Mask path interpolation; First vertex
Mask Interpolation keyframe assistant
Effects that can use the mask path; Scribble effect
Mask Modes and multiple masks
Mask Opacity
Creating and editing Roto Bezier masks
Audio Spectrum effect
Rigid Mask Tracker
Face Tracking
Variable mask feathering
Alpha Track Matte
Nesting a track matte composite
Luma Track Matte
Animating matte layers
Stencil Luma and Stencil Alpha
Color Keying; Keylight; greenscreen
Key Cleaner and Advanced Spill Suppressor
Effects with track mattes and stencils
TYPE AND MUSIC
Creating basic text
Creating text Animators; Range Selectors
Animating text Position, Rotation, and Opacity
Randomizong the order of characters
Creating Cascading text; working with selection Shapes