Mastering Adobe After Effects: From Beginner To Advanced

Learn to Create Stunning Visual Effects and Motion Graphics with Adobe After Effects

What you'll learn

Navigate the Adobe After Effects interface with confidence

Create and manage compositions and layers

Apply keyframe animations and understand advanced animation techniques

Utilize shapes, solids, and text layers to enhance video projects

Implement masks to edit and refine video elements

Employ track mattes, blend modes, and adjustment layers for complex effects

Animate in 3D space using cameras and null objects

Use expressions to automate animations and effects

Export projects in various formats including transparent backgrounds

Apply workflow tips to improve efficiency and productivity in After Effects

Requirements

No prerequisites

Description

Unlock the full potential of Adobe After Effects with our comprehensive course designed for all skill levels. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced user, our step-by-step lessons will guide you through the intricacies of AE, from basic composition and keyframe animations to advanced 3D techniques and expressions.In this course, you'll learn how to create professional-quality animations, work with shapes, text, and masks, and implement advanced effects. Our mid-course project will give you hands-on experience, and our workflow tips will help you become more efficient in your projects.In this course, we've carefully curated a comprehensive curriculum that covers everything from the basics of navigating the After Effects interface to advanced techniques that will enable you to create professional-quality animations and effects. Here's a sneak peek into what you can expect:Introduction to After Effects: We'll start with the fundamentals, giving you a solid understanding of the interface, use cases, and how to download and install Adobe After Effects. This section will ensure you're set up and ready to dive into the world of motion graphics.AE Basics: Learn how to create and manage compositions and layers. You'll get familiar with importing media, using essential tools, and manipulating shapes and colors to bring your ideas to life.Keyframes and Animations: Discover the power of keyframes and how to create smooth, compelling animations. We'll explore easy ease, motion blur, and advanced animation techniques using the graph editor.Shapes & Solids: Master the art of working with solid layers and shapes. We'll delve into layer styles, shape effects, and provide you with challenges to test your skills.Text Animations: Text is a crucial element in many projects. You'll learn how to create and animate text layers, combine animator properties, and use shape layers as paths for your text.Masks: Understand how to create and edit masks to refine your video elements. We'll cover the properties of masks and how to use them effectively.Important Skills: Enhance your toolkit with track mattes, pre-compositions, parenting, freeze frames, blend modes, and adjustment layers.3D in After Effects: Step into the third dimension with our comprehensive guide to 3D in After Effects. Learn to use the camera tool, animate in 3D space, and complete exciting challenges.Mid-Course Project: Apply what you've learned in a hands-on project that includes green screen removal, effects, audio tweaking, and color correction.Expressions: Automate your animations with expressions. We'll cover adding expressions, using the pick-whip, loopOut(), wiggle, and interpolation.Exporting: Learn how to export your projects in various formats, including H.264 and videos with transparent backgrounds.Workflow Tips: Improve your efficiency with keyframe navigation, the shy switch, soloing layers, and other workflow optimizations.Join us and transform your video editing skills with Adobe After Effects!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Use Cases of AE

Lecture 3 What to Expect

Lecture 4 How to use the course

Lecture 5 How to download Adobe AE

Section 2: AE Basics

Lecture 6 Know your way around AE

Lecture 7 Create a new composition

Lecture 8 Importing Media

Lecture 9 Important Tools

Lecture 10 Create a Perfect Square or Circle, change Stroke and Color

Lecture 11 The Timeline

Lecture 12 Layer Transformations

Section 3: Keyframes

Lecture 13 Animations - Adding and Editing Keyframes

Lecture 14 Mixing Keyframes and Animations

Lecture 15 Make Animations Better with Easy Ease and Motion Blur

Lecture 16 Advanced Animations with the Graph Editor

Lecture 17 Deep Dive: Controlling the speed and Value of a motion - Graphs

Lecture 18 Challenge: Bouncing Ball Animation

Lecture 19 Solution: Bouncing Ball Animation

Section 4: Shapes & Solids

Lecture 20 Working with Solid Layers

Lecture 21 Working with Shapes

Lecture 22 Layer Styles - Drop Shadows, Bevel & Emboss, and Gradients

Lecture 23 Shape Effects

Lecture 24 Deep Dive: Repeater

Lecture 25 Deep Dive: Trim Path

Lecture 26 Challenge: Lower Third

Lecture 27 Solution: Lower Third

Section 5: Text

Lecture 28 How to work with Text Layers

Lecture 29 How to Animate Text Layers

Lecture 30 How to combine & Animate Animator Properties

Lecture 31 How to animate Offset - Matrix Style

Lecture 32 How to Animate Text on Path

Lecture 33 How to use Shape layer as Path

Section 6: Masks

Lecture 34 How to create Masks - Masking Videos

Lecture 35 How to Edit Masks

Lecture 36 Overview of Mask Properties

Section 7: Important Skills

Lecture 37 Track Mattes: Make Layers Appear and Disappear

Lecture 38 Pre-Compositions: Grouping Layers Together

Lecture 39 Parentins: Grouping Layers Together

Lecture 40 Freeze Frames, Remapping, Reversing Time

Lecture 41 Blend Modes

Lecture 42 Adjustment Layer

Section 8: 3D in AE

Lecture 43 3D in After Effects + The Camera Tool and Views

Lecture 44 Camera Layer + Null Objects

Lecture 45 Animating in 3D Space

Lecture 46 Challenge: Dice Formation

Lecture 47 Solution: Dice Formation

Section 9: Mid Course Project

Lecture 48 Introduction

Lecture 49 Remove Green Screen with Keylight 1.2

Lecture 50 Effects and Effect Controls

Lecture 51 Some Effects for the Project

Lecture 52 Putting it Together

Lecture 53 Tweaking Audio

Lecture 54 Color Correction

Section 10: Expressions

Lecture 55 Adding an Expression

Lecture 56 How to Create Expressions with the Pick-Whip

Lecture 57 Replacing Source Text with Expressions

Lecture 58 How to add expressions manually - the loopOut() Expression

Lecture 59 The Wiggle Expression Demystified

Lecture 60 Interpolation : How to Transpose Property Values using Expressions

Section 11: Exporting

Lecture 61 Exporting H.264 Files

Lecture 62 Exporting with a Transparent Background

Lecture 63 Exporting Videos with Adobe Media Encoder

Section 12: Workflow Tips

Lecture 64 Keyframe Navigation

Lecture 65 How to use the Shy Switch

Lecture 66 Soloing a layer

Lecture 67 Work Area & The Preview Panel

Lecture 68 Colorizing Your Labels - Selecting and Grouping Layers

Lecture 69 Taking a Snapshot

Lecture 70 Separating X/Y Position

Beginners who want to learn Adobe After Effects from scratch,Intermediate users looking to refine their skills and learn advanced techniques,Video editors and motion graphics artists seeking to enhance their toolkit,Content creators and marketers wanting to create engaging videos,Students and professionals in the field of multimedia and animation