Beginning After Effects CC

Pluralsight

Course Summary

Learn After Effects the right way by completing real animations and following an entertaining scenario story arc. This course will prepare you to make your own animated promotional video for websites, trade-shows or additions to PowerPoint presentations.

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Course Description

Adobe's After Effects is the industry-leading solution for creating animations, motion graphics and visual effects. Learn the basics and more by being hands-on with real industry animations and following an entertaining scenario story arc. Beginning After Effects CC will walk you through the essential skills you need to animate everything from text and shapes to simple character animations. This course will also help you build a solid foundation in common workflows and easily break down a complex animation into manageable pieces.

Course Description

Adobe's After Effects is the industry-leading solution for creating animations, motion graphics and visual effects. Learn the basics and more by being hands-on with real industry animations and following an entertaining scenario story arc. Beginning After Effects CC will walk you through the essential skills you need to animate everything from text and shapes to simple character animations. This course will also help you build a solid foundation in common workflows and easily break down a complex animation into manageable pieces.

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Course Syllabus

Introduction to After Effects
- 4m 30s

—Introduction 0m 57s
—Course Preview 3m 32s

After Effects Setup and Interface
- 12m 18s

—Introduction 1m 4s
—The Interface 6m 3s
—New Layers and Auto-Save 4m 50s
—Summary 0m 19s

Compositions and Layers
- 14m 49s

—Introduction 1m 22s
—Animation Planning 1m 27s
—Layer Attributes 4m 29s
—Layer Timeline Manipulation 3m 29s
—Folders 2m 33s
—Summary 1m 25s

Animating in After Effects
- 22m 11s

—Introduction 0m 49s
—Keyframes Explained 2m 3s
—Keyframe Demo 4m 16s
—Debris Animation and Precomps 9m 17s
—Anchor Point and Rotation 4m 11s
—Summary 1m 32s

Parenting, Motion Paths and Expressions
- 39m 5s

—Introduction 0m 49s
—Parenting Explained 1m 9s
—Parenting Demo 6m 37s
—Animating the Robot 13m 25s
—A Robot Eye 3m 50s
—Motion Paths and Expressions 12m 6s
—Summary 1m 6s

Effects
- 30m 50s

—Introduction 1m 0s
—Final Composition 14m 55s
—Effects Explained 3m 9s
—Animated Lines Using Effects 10m 25s
—Summary 1m 19s

Audio and Cameras
- 33m 32s

—Introduction 0m 53s
—Adding Audio 12m 17s
—Adding a Camera 14m 8s
—Panning the Camera 4m 52s
—Summary 1m 19s

Finishing Up
- 35m 40s

—Introduction 0m 45s
—Animated Text 11m 14s
—3D Globe Effect 10m 34s
—Logo Animation 7m 35s
—Attention to Details 4m 31s
—Summary 0m 59s

Rendering
- 8m 14s

—Introduction 0m 45s
—Rendering in After Effects 6m 25s
—Summary 1m 3s