1 Day Course

Performance-based objectives

• Create a composition with media clips that play in a sequence.
• Apply motion and animated effects to overlaying media elements.
• Control the sequence and duration of footage items, as well as nested compositions within a composition.
• Create transparency in layers with track mattes, masks, and stencils.
• Integrate after effects with other applications.
• Render a project as a single file, with the settings that you choose.

You will create 2D compositions with sequenced media clips, layers with animation, transparency, and effects, and will render the output for either broadcast or Internet distribution.

Prerequisites

This course if for a person who wishes to work in the video field or who currently works in the field, or an Adobe application user looking to expand his or her skills by adding effects to video projects. Some students may be mainly interested in creating video primarily for the web, and others for film, but the majority are preparing more for work in broadcast video.  Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer's operating system, such as creating folders, launching programs, and working with windows. Students should also have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, etc. Students typically have experience using a video editing application, such as Adobe Premiere or Apple Final Cut Pro, as well as at least basic experience in graphics applications, such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

Course Content

Creating a Composite

• Manage the Workspace
• Create a Composition
• Import Media
• Create Layers from Footage Items
• Position Layers in Time

 Animating Layers and Effects

• Animate Transform Properties
• Duplicate Properties
• Control the Appearance of Vector Graphics
• Create Animated Text
• Apply Effects
• Apply Text Animation Presets
• Set Blending Modes for Layers
• Create Solids
• Use the Script Editor

Sequencing Layers Precisely

• Replace the Footage Within a Layer
• Set a Layer's In and Out Points
• Slip Edit Layers
• Control a Layer's Playback Rate
• Loop a Footage Item
• Nest Compositions
• Pre-Compose Layers

Creating Transparency

• Assign Track Mattes
• Create Masks

Integrating After Effects with Other Applications

• Use Adobe Bridge
• Integrate After Effects with Photoshop CS2
• Integrate After Effects with Premiere Pro

 Outputting Video Files

• Create a Render Settings Template
• Create an Output Module Template
• Render a Composition
• Export a Composition