Course Name:Certificate in Adobe After Effects
Course Duration:3 months
Course Fees:15,000
Syllabus:
After Effects User Interface and Animation
- What’s a project file & what’s in it?
- Tools & panels
- Workspaces
Basic Animation
- Transform properties of layers
- Keyframing: making element move
- Importing Photoshop & Illustrator files
Intermediate Animation
- In depth Keyframe manipulation & interpolation
- Graph editor
- Motion Sketch/Smoother
- Auto-Orient/Motion
- Blur
- Roving
- Keyframes,
- Anchor Point/Pan Behind Tool
- Panning a large graphic: technique
- Hold Keyframes
Layer Control
- keyboard shortcuts
- quality
- SlipTool,
- Sequence layers
- Solo Switches
- Looping footage
- Image sequences
- Frame Rate vs. Time Stretch
- Blending Modes
- Effects & Solids with Blending Modes
- Effects & Presets Panel
- Adjustment layers
Transparency
- Masks
- Shape
- Feather
- Expansion
- Masking with the Pen Tool
- Bezier curves,
- Mask Shape Interpolation
- Mask modes,
- Mattes and Stencils
- Mask shapes
Type and Titles
- Simple Rules of Titling
- Basic text
- Text animators/range selectors
- Randomising
- Applying & saving text animation presets per character animators
Nesting
- Precomps
- Editing Precomps,
- Locking panels
- Render Order
- How After Effects put it all together
Exporting Files
- Render Queue
- Export As/Same Frame As
- Pre-render
Keyframes
- Different types of Keyframe velocity
- Keyframe shortcuts
- Keyframe graph editor
Type Draw, Paint
- All About Alphas
- Working with Photoshop
- Dots, pixels & Inches
- Working with Illustrator
- Plugging in Type
The Matrix
- Particle Playground
More On Effects
- Production Bundle Effects Round-Up
- Compound Effects
Animation Assistants
- Additional Assistants
- Motion Fun
- Express Yourself
- Animation & behaviour presets
Keying
- Using Keylight
Time and Tracking
- Time Remapping
- Time Games
- On Stable Ground
- Motion tracking
- Time warp
Expressions
- Writing a simple expression
- Linking expressions to motion track
Working with 3D
- Cameras
- Lights
- 3D layers
NLE Integration
Integration 101
Integration with Nonlinear Editing Systems
Format Issues and Rendering
- Video issues
- Playing the field
- 3:2 pulldown
- Luminance & IRE issues
- Working with D1/DV NTSC
- Working with widescreen
- Pre-rendering & proxies
- Advanced ‘Rendering-Render Farm Concept’
- What’s Your Preference?
- The ‘Secret Preferences’
Colour Keying
- Understanding Different Types of Keying
- Using KeyLight
- Refining a Matte
Advanced Expressions
- Understanding the Syntax / Array / Text Strings
- Working with Complex Expressions
- Using Expression Controls
- Linking Audio to Layers
Particles
- Creative uses of Particles
- Exploring the built-in and 3rd Party Plug-ins
Advanced 3D
- Creating a 3D Room
- Building 3D Models from a Layered Photoshop File
- Shining Lights Through Glasses/Windows
- Material Properties
- Text in 3D
- Lighting Text
- Working with Null Objects
- Animating Cameras
Advanced Motion Tracking
- Understanding the Motion Tracker Options
- Extruding the Tracker Outside the Composition
- Using Mocha for After Effects
Working in 32bpc
- Understanding Super White/Black
- Creating Neon Glows
Advanced Colour Correction
- Overview of the Colour Correction Tools
- Matching Grain
- Working with Channels
Playing with Time
- Time Remapping
- Time Warp
- Best Practices
Working with Image Sequences
- Advantages/Disadvantages
- Using Still Images to Create a Time Lapse
Tips and Tricks
- All about Masks / Anchor Point
- Collapsing Transformations
- Using Mathematical Equations to Simplify Your Workflow
- Scripts
- Using Markers
Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Preparation
- Booking the Exam
- What to Expect on the Exam Day
- Practice Exam
- Further Resources