Adobe After Effects Essentials Training Course

After Effects User Interface and Animation

• Understanding project files and their components
• Introduction to Tools and Panels
• Creating a Composition
• Importing Media into a Project

Basic Animation

• Adding layers to a composition
• Navigating the timeline
• Understanding the Transform properties of layers
• Keyframing layer properties
• Using RAM preview

Intermediate Animation

• Advanced keyframe manipulation and interpolation
• Utilizing the Graph Editor
• Working with Motion Sketch and Smoother
• Applying Auto-Orient and Motion Blur
• Using Roving Keyframes
• Managing Anchor Points and the Pan Behind Tool

Layer Control

• Trimming, moving, stacking, and splitting layers
• Sequencing Layers
• Looping Footage
• Working with Image Sequences
• Distinguishing between Frame Rate and Time Stretch
• Utilizing Blending Modes
• Applying Effects and creating Solids
• Advanced Blending Modes
• Customizing Layer Styles
• Creating and using Masks

Transparency

• Adjusting Opacity
• Implementing Masks
• Managing Shape
• Applying Feather effects
• Using Expansion
• Masking with the Pen Tool
• Working with Track Mattes

Effects

• Navigating the Effects and Presets Panels
• Applying Effects to layers
• Modifying Effects via the Effects Control Panel
• Animating Effects
• Adjusting the order of Effects
• Utilizing Adjustment Layers

The Text Tool

• Using the text tool
• Animating text
• Applying Text animation presets

Render Order

• Understanding how After Effects compiles the final output
• Exporting files
• Adding items to the Render Queue
• Adding items to the Adobe Media Encoder Queue