After Effects for Beginners Complete Intro to After Effects
Posted by Superadmin on February 18 2019 08:32:28

 

 

After Effects for Beginners Complete Intro to After Effects

 

 

What you'll learn
  •  Get curious about After Effects and hungry to learn more
  •  

    Improve the quality of Your videos by adding animations

  •  

    Establish a healthy understanding of motion graphics

  •  Use After Effects fluently and understand advanced tutorials
  •  Transition from a graphic designer to a graphic design & motion artist
Requirements
  • After Effects CS5, CS 5.5, CS6, CC, CC2015, CC2017 installed. (You can use a 30-day free trial)
  • Ready to start thinking animation-like to turn graphics into motion
  • Basic knowledge of the Adobe Suite is not mandatory, but welcome
  • Willing to learn animation software
Description

This course will teach you all neccesary & most used After Effects tools, a proper workflow, show you real-life examples of animating and various tricks in the program. Watch the above promo video for detailed explanation. This is your one-stop guidance & shortcut to professional motion graphic design.
 

  • Project files included, free to use in your own work
  • The [WORKSHOP] section will make sure you stay current and up-to-date with new design trends as I will be adding my tutorials there

In this course I want to teach you everything you need to know to start working in After Effects and becomming a motion graphic artist. We will start with the program interface, going on with keyframing and later creating our first animations. This will be a basic course making a great intro to the motion design world. It doesn't matter if you use After Effects CS6 or After Effects CC (we work on CC 2015, but informations about both are covered).

You don't have to work for Warner Bros right away, but with help of this After Effects course you will be able to prepare simple animations to spice up Your YouTube channel, videos, land more work with clients by expanding your skillset, get creative with your 2D content, be confident that you can use Photoshop / Illustrator files and create animations out of them, produce seamless animations and more.

Some of the things that will be covered during the course:

  • Motion Graphics basics
  • After Effects program layout and basics
  • Working with different types of layers
  • Creating our first few animations
  • Simple kinetic typography to use
  • Real-life examples of lower thirds, logo animations & more
  • Cross-usage between Photoshop / Illustrator
  • How to add effects to our compositions
  • Precomposing, matting, exporting, rendering
  • Tons of often used tricks and keyboard shortcuts
  • ...the list goes on.

Knowing After Effects is a lucrative skill to have which is in demand especially in 2015 / 2016 and ongoing years where video will grow as the most published type of content across the web.

So why & for what is After Effects used actually:

  • Improve video quality,
  • Spice up videos with smooth animations,
  • Industry standard for animating (TV Shows, News, Video content),
  • Enhancing Youtube channels content,
  • ...the list is endless.

This course will kickstart your After Effects journey and you will realize that After Effects is and will be one of the most important tools on the market regarding animation & video editing. I want help you achieve your creative goals, wether it's enhancing your Youtube channel, promoting your business or starting your mograph (motion graphics design) career.

So what are you waiting for...Enroll Now!

 

Who this course is for:
  • Course Creators, YouTubers, anyone wanting to incorporate animation into videos
  • Graphic designers & Freelancers looking to learn motion graphics and VFX
  • Everyone wanting to start out with animation software
  • Users interested in motion graphics
  • Adobe suite users wanting to learn & work in After Effects

 

Course Contents

 

 

Let's Roll - Introduction to the course 20:45

Introduction to the content 02:25

[DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES HERE]

What is Motion Graphics & After Effects? 03:33

Terminology in Video Editing 07:34

EXERCISE: Prepare your first movie! 07:13

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Core Elements - Getting started with After Effects 55:50

After Effects Interface 11:50

Preferences & memory size 08:29

Adding & Organizing Assets 04:55

Import .PSD files properly 06:27

Import .AI files properly  04:17

Relinking missing assets 01:34

Composition settings 09:23

EXERCISE: Prepare a Quick Title with Burn Film Effect 08:55

Do you recall? 2 questions

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Workflow - Essential tools & practices 01:02:45

The Timeline - Pt. 1 12:15

The Timeline - Pt. 2 07:46

Properties 04:07

Pre-Composing 04:47

Crop Composition to any size with Region of Interest 01:51

Keyframing & Interpolation 02:21

Keyframes in action - Create a simple transition 05:50

Parenting 05:31

Previewing 04:38

Rendering 07:48

EXCERCISE: Prepare a simple Logo Intro 05:51

Quick questions to refresh your mind 2 questions

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Shape Layers 46:06

Creating Text layers  05:40

Creting Solid layers 04:41

Creating Shape Layers 07:59

Shape Layers - Rearranging and adding properties 05:05

Masks & Masking  05:05

Blending Modes  05:25

Track Mattes 04:43

EXERCISE: Prepare a Custom Transition! 07:28

Find out if you remember everything 2 questions

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Animation 35:52

Animation 06:49

Easing Keyframes 02:46

Motion Blur 01:55

Graph Editor 07:07

Null Object 04:07

Basic Expressions 04:23

Working with Audio 04:59

EXCERCISE: Create a circle with appearing text 03:46

Can you recall those informations? 2 questions

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Effects & Presets 25:30

Using Effects & their order  03:25

Different Layers for Different FX 05:17

Adjustment Layers 06:39

Masking out effects 02:56

EXERCISE: Create an Audio Spectrum 07:13

What was it again ? 2 questions

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Other most used techniques (Bit more advanced) 28:07

Transparent videos  03:13

Time Remapping (Slow Motion) 07:40

Stabilizing shaky camera footage 03:30

Color keying (Aka. Green Screen) 05:32

Motion Tracking 05:22

Exporting and copying Compositions between Projects 02:50

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WORKSHOP: All you've learned in use! 59:12

Create a Lower Third 09:05

Create a Typographic Animation 09:22

Create a Logo Transition 10:07

Create a Minimal Title Animation 09:12

Create a Cross Animation 03:56

Creating a pattern over another object with Repeater 06:28

Simple One Line Title Animation 06:08

The Power of Puppet Pin Tool! 04:54

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BONUS: Design an outstanding Stroke Animation 25:28

Select Font and Create Outlines 03:04

Prepare and pre-compose Layers 03:08

Applying Effects  04:26

Select Color and Fill the Letter 03:44

Watch another letter from beginning 04:46

Workflow Tips  02:04

Finalizing and polishing the project 04:16

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BONUS: Explainer Videos in After Effects 30:31

Introduction 01:05

Selecting a topic 01:36

Selecting appropriate graphics 03:54

Animating the icons 04:14

Rove across time and use Null objects! 03:52

Bonus - Creating a Voice Over 01:18

Craft your story - Advanced trick! 03:29

Creating a Transition 03:12

Creating a Text Scene 05:03

Final project 02:48

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Conclusion 2 lectures 02:36

Thank You! 01:29

Bonus Lecture: Continue to learn! 01:07

 

 

 

 

 
01.Introduction to the content
02.[DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES HERE]
03.What is Motion Graphics & After Effects?
04.Terminology in Video Editing
05.EXERCISE: Prepare your first movie!



02. Core Elements - Getting started with After Effects 55:50
01.After Effects Interface
02.Preferences & memory size
03.Adding & Organizing Assets
04.Import .PSD files properly
05.Import .AI files properly
06. Relinking missing assets
07. Composition settings
08. EXERCISE: Prepare a Quick Title with Burn Film Effect



03. Workflow - Essential tools & practices 01:02:45
03_01-The Timeline - Pt. 1 12:15
03_02-The Timeline - Pt. 2 07:46
03_03-Properties 04:07
03_04-Pre-Composing 04:47
03_05-Crop Composition to any size with Region of Interest 01:51
03_06-Keyframing & Interpolation 02:21
03_07-Keyframes in action - Create a simple transition 05:50
03_08-Parenting 05:31
03_09-Previewing 04:38
03_10-Rendering 07:48
03_11-EXCERCISE: Prepare a simple Logo Intro 05:51

04 Shape Layers 00:47:00
04_01-Creating Text layers
03_02-Creating Solid layers
04_03-Creating Shape layers
04_04-Shape Layers - Rearranging and adding properties
04_05 Masks Masking
04_06 Blending Modes
04_07 Track Mattes

05 Animation 00:36:00
05_01-Animation
05_02-Easing Keyframes
05_03-Motion Blur
05_04-Graph Editor
05_05 Null Object
05_06 Basic Expressions
05_07 Working with Audio

06 Effects Presets 00:26:00
06_01-Using Effects their order
06_02-Different Layers for Different FX
06_03-Adjustment Layers
06_04-Masking out effects
06_05 Audio Spectrum