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This hands-on Adobe After Effects – Essentials Training course is perfect for beginners and anyone wanting to level up their skills. We’ve designed the course content so that anyone can start from scratch, and students with experience can expand their skills and create awesome projects for their portfolio.
What will I learn?
You’ll learn step-by-step, building confidence and professional design skills while working on real projects along with Kyle Hamrick, and earn your certificate of achievement.
– Navigating the After Effects interface with confidence
– Creating compositions and organizing projects
– Animating with keyframes and motion principles
– Building smooth loops and promotional animations
– Working with video, masks, and motion blur
– Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
– Creating animated infographics and charts
– Using shape layers and text animators
– Applying effects and lighting techniques
– Designing cinematic scenes and motion graphics
– Motion tracking and screen replacements
– Green screen compositing workflows
– Creating depth with 3D layers and camera moves
– Building parallax animations and 3D scenes
– Exporting projects for social, video, and client delivery
– Faster workflows and professional project organization
… and more!
0:00 Adobe After Effects Essentials Introduction
2:01 Course Setup, Files and System Requirements
6:20 Creating Your Unique Project Brief
8:18 Creating Your First Composition
13:44 Creating Your First Keyframe Animation
17:34 Exporting Your First Animation
18:44 Class Project: Your First Animation
22:21 Creating a Looping Promotional Animation
25:52 Animating Position, Scale, Rotation and Opacity
29:44 Adjusting the Timing of Different Layers
36:44 Hold Keyframes and Easy Ease
41:00 Class Project: Looping Promotional Graphic
43:24 Video Sizes, Frame Rates and Formats
51:02 Creating a Rocket Animation
56:02 Parenting Layers and Creating Masks
1:02:53 Animating the Rocket and Background
1:06:12 Applying and Adjusting Effects
1:09:52 Motion Blur and Changing Clip Speed
1:15:31 Using Adjustment Layers
1:18:04 Adding Movement with Wiggle and Expressions
1:21:55 Class Project: Rocket Animation
1:23:16 Planning and Structuring Your Animations
1:26:02 Preparing Photoshop and Illustrator Files
1:39:24 Creating and Animating Shape Layers
1:49:37 Creating an Animated Infographic
1:56:49 Animating a Bar Graph
2:02:05 Revealing Elements with Track Mattes
2:08:02 Using Text Animation Presets
2:16:39 Animating a Line Graph
2:29:47 Animating a Ring Graph
2:44:36 Combining the Infographic Scenes
2:52:15 Creating a Seamless Infographic Loop
2:55:35 Course Conclusion and Next Steps
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