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Course Outline
After Effects User Interface and Animation
- Understanding project files and their components
- Tools and panels overview
- Creating a composition
- Importing media into a project
Basic Animation
- Adding layers to a composition
- Navigating the timeline interface
- Adjusting transform properties of layers
- Keyframing layer properties for smooth transitions
- Utilizing RAM preview for real-time playback
Intermediate Animation
- Advanced keyframe manipulation and interpolation techniques
- Using the Graph Editor for precise control
- Motion Sketch and Smoother tools for fluid animations
- Enabling Auto-Orient and Motion Blur effects
- Implementing Roving Keyframes for smoother motion paths
- Utilizing the Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool for precise layer control
Layer Control
- Techniques for trimming, moving, stacking, and splitting layers
- Sequencing layers for organized animations
- Looping footage to create seamless loops
- Working with image sequences
- Understanding frame rate versus time stretch
- Exploring blending modes for creative layer interactions
- Applying effects and solids to layers
- Utilizing layer styles for enhanced visual effects
- Creating masks for precise control over transparency
Transparency
- Adjusting opacity levels for layers
- Using masks to create custom shapes and areas of transparency
- Creating and modifying shape layers
- Feathering edges for smooth transitions
- Expanding or contracting mask paths
- Masking with the Pen Tool for precise control
- Utilizing track mattes for advanced compositing
Effects
- Navigating the Effects and Presets panels
- Applying effects to layers for enhanced visuals
- Modifying effects using the Effects Control panel
- Animating effects over time for dynamic results
- Changing the order of effects for different outcomes
- Using adjustment layers to apply effects non-destructively
The Text Tool
- Utilizing the text tool for creating and formatting text
- Animating text properties for engaging content
- Applying pre-built text animation presets
Render Order
- Understanding how After Effects assembles all elements
- Exporting files for various outputs
- Adding compositions to the Render Queue for batch processing
- Utilizing Adobe Media Encoder for efficient file rendering, specifically designed for government use cases
Requirements
This course is designed for individuals seeking to professionally edit and manipulate video files, enhancing them with high-quality post-production effects.
Participants should be proficient in basic computer operations, such as copying and pasting or opening files and applications. An understanding of common video terminology is also beneficial for government professionals.
14 Hours
