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Adobe After Effects Training

We provide Adobe After Effects Training in our training centres in SYDNEY, CANBERRA, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. Click here to get contact details for the office closest to you.


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Adobe After Effects Course Outline

Course Aim:
Introduces animation principles and image compositing on the desktop and the basic After Effects design environment.

After Effects is a powerful tool for compositing and creating 2D animation and special effects for film, video, multimedia and Web projects. You can create and generate high quality motion graphics at any resolution and is an ideal design tool for multimedia professionals and Web developers. You can create complex layered animation, Web-based movies and stunning special effects for broadcast, film, video, multimedia, and on-line production right from your desktop system.

Courseware includes the official Adobe Class in a Book.

Course Prerequisites:
Previous experience using applications on a PC or Macintosh is an essential prerequisite for this course. Photoshop experience is essential. Experience with Photoshop and Illustrator is preferred.

Course Duration: Two days; 9:00am - 4:30pm

Classroom courses include:

* Adobe Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
* Commercial courseware used in this course
* Certificates
* After course support (via email, to reinforce the learning)
     helpdesk@alphacc.com.au
* Training guarantee
* FREE repeat of public course within 6 months (where required, and on
      same version), see terms & conditions
* Very competitive course costs $CALL.

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Course Topics:
During this course you will learn about:

Topic 1 The After Effects Workflow

Importing footage
Initialisation
Creating a project & importing footage
Creating a composition & arranging layers
Adding effects & modifying layer properties

Animating the composition
Previewing
Exporting compositions

Topic 2 The After Effects Interface

Customizing the workspace
Controlling the user interface
Restoring default preferences

Additional resources
Optimizing system performance
Using After Effects Help

Topic 3 Basic Animation: Using Effects Presets

Importing footage using Bridge
Creating the composition
Working with imported Illustrator layers
Applying effects to a layer

Applying a preset animation
Previewing the effects
Adding transparency
Rendering the composition

Topic 4 Text in After Effects

About text layers
Creating and formatting point type
Using a text animation preset
Animating with scale keyframes
Animating using parenting
Animating imported Photoshop text

Animating text using a path preset
Animating type tracking
Animating the letters'opacity
Using a text animator group
Cleaning up the path animation
Adding motion blur

Topic 5 Animation Fundamentals

Parenting
Adjusting anchor point
Masking video into a vector shape
Keyframing a motion path
Animating additional elements

Applying an effect
Creating an animated slide show
Adding an audio track
Zooming in for a final close-up

Topic 6 Animating Layers

Simulating changing lighting
Duplicating animation using the pick whip
Animating movement in the scenery
Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte

Animating the shadows
Adding a lens flare effect
Retiming

Topic 7 Working with Masks

About masks
Creating a mask with the Pen tool
Editing a mask
Feathering the edges of a mask

Replacing the content of the mask
Adding a reflection
Creating a vignette
Adjusting the colour

Topic 8 Rendering and Outputting

The After effects render engine
Creating templates for the rendering process

Creating templates for output modules
Rendering to different output media

Adobe After Effects
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