Sector-specific

Adobe After Effects

Design and Creativity

30 hours

Introduction

Nowadays, the audiovisual and digital world demands highly trained professionals in the management of specialist tools for the creation and editing visual content. In this context, After Effects has become one of the leading applications in the industry.

Thanks to this training in Adobe After Effects you’ll have the chance to buy practical and theoretical skills in the effective use of this tool. Starting with a solid An Introduction to Digital Video and the basic concepts of post-production, you’ll be able to move on to the understanding the interface and tools in After Effects, planning and project delivery, the animation of visual elements and text editing.

Objectives

Mastering the interface and tools in After Effects.
Understanding the the basics of post-production and animation digital.
Create multimedia compositions and projects professional quality.
Import, organise and manage files multimedia.
Mastering the creating and editing layers, text and visual effects.
Explore advanced animation techniques and motion paths.

TEACHING UNIT 1. WORKING WITH AFTER EFFECTS

1. The After Effects interface
2. Panels
3. Activate a tool
4. Search and zoom
5. Composition and project adjustments
6. The most commonly used panels in After Effects
7. Preferences
8. Exercise on creating a workspace

TEACHING UNIT 2. PROJECTS AND COMPOSITIONS IN AFTER EFFECTS

1. Create a project
2. Types of projects
3. Units of time
4. Compositions
5. Exercises

TEACHING UNIT 3. IMPORTING FILES INTO AFTER EFFECTS

1. Import methods
2. Supported formats
3. The projects panel
4. Organising archive material
5. Placeholders and Proxy
6. Alpha channel
7. Frames and fields
8. Exercises

TEACHING UNIT 4. LAYERS IN AFTER EFFECTS

1. Create layers
2. Layer attributes
3. Types of layers
4. Working with layers
5. Crop layers
6. Manage layers
7. Merging layers
8. Layer styles
9. Exercises

TEACHING UNIT 5. ANIMATIONS IN AFTER EFFECTS

1. Definition and visualisation
2. Create keyframes
3. Edit keyframes
4. Interpolations
5. Motion paths
6. Acceleration and deceleration
7. Free-position tool I
8. Free-position tool II
9. Exercises

TEACHING UNIT 6. TEXT IN AFTER EFFECTS

1. Insert text
2. Edit text
3. Character panel and Paragraph panel
4. Text animation
5. Exercises

Adobe After Effects

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