after effects training

webqem provides students with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to create groundbreaking motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects using Adobe® After Effects® CS5 software. Adobe® After Effects® CS5 delivers more of the creative control you crave, while making it faster to work on high-resolution projects.

Intended Audience

Our courses are for developers who want to learn how to use Adobe® After Effects® CS5 to build motion graphics and visual effects.

Courses

After Effect Advanced Advanced level 2 days

Pre-requisite: After Effects Essentials course, or equivalent experience developing with Adobe® After Effects® software. The advanced course concentrates on Adobe After Effects best practices and shortcuts.

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[+] Full course outline for After Effect Advanced

Overview of features
- Finding ways to speed up previews
- Using different resolutions
Advanced layer techniques
- Using the Interpret footage dialog effectively
- Parent and child relationships
- Using Null layers
- Understanding the Anchor Point
- Using different blending modes
Advanced text animation
- Using the Puppet tool
Working with compositions
- The Composition Navigator
- The Composition Mini-Flowchart
- Save Ram Preview
- Pre- composing layers
- Rendering order issues
Using masks
- Animating masks
- Using stencils and silhouettes
- Using RotoBezier masks
- Auto-tracing alpha channels
- Importing masks from Photoshop
- Creating Track mattes
- Using Keylight for Bluescreen and Greenscreen mattes
Compositing
- Adjustment effects & colour correction
- Channel effects
- Auto-tracing Movies
- Effect Generators
- Fractal Noise
- Radio Waves
- Lightning
- Shatter
- Keying tools
- Matte Tools
Effects for colour Treatment and Correction
- colourama
- Echo
- Glow
- Change to colour
- Miscellaneous effects
- Working with Proxies
Time- based effects
- Slow motion techniques / stop frames
- Time stretching, ramping and blending
- Animating footage to audio
Tracking
- Motion tracking
- Motion stabilisation
- Image stabilisation
- Using colour keying
- Using the Difference Matte effectively
- Using a Garbage Matte
- Using Vector Paint
Working in 3D space
- Creating a layer in 3D space
- 3D text animations
- Understanding the limitations of 2D planes in 3D space
- Using lights and cameras
- Using Nulls to control layers
Using expressions
- Basic Expression commands
- Linking properties together
- Applying simple arithmetic
- Randomising properties
- Looping and controlling time
- Working with variables
- Controlling ranges
- Using Math functions
Paint
- Repairing images and movies
- Stop-frame animation techniques
- Write-on text effects and other tricks
More Effects
- Distortion effects (Warping, Morphing, Reshaping etc)
- Using Masks with effects
- Particles in depth
- Compound effects (Compound Blur; Displacement Mapping)
Rendering comps
- The different Codecs in Quicktime
- Rendering effectively and quickly
- Understanding field order
- Rendering using Alpha channels
- Rendering to create a comp proxy
Using sound in After Effects
- Adding and previewing sound
- Using sound markers to synchronise action
Exporting from After Effects
- Creating PDF video files
- Exporting After Effects projects to Flash using XFL
- Easy output to multiple formats
- Adding rendered footage to a project

After Effects Essentials Entry level 2 days

This course has provides an introduction to developing with Adobe® After Effects® software, introducing new features such as importing 3D layers from Photoshop, cartoon effects and Device Central.

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[+] Full course outline for After Effects Essentials

Adobe After Effects Workflow
- Creating a project and importing footage
- Creating a composition and arranging layers
- Adding effects and modifying layer properties
- Animating the composition
- Previewing your work
- Optimising performance in After Effects
- Rendering and exporting your composition
- Customising the workspace
- Controlling the brightness of the user interface
- Finding resources for using After Effects
- Checking for updates
Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
- Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
- Creating the composition
- Working with imported Illustrator layers
- Applying effects to a layer
- Applying an animation preset
- Previewing the effects
- Adding transparency
- Rendering the composition
Animating Text
- About text layers
- Creating and formatting point text
- Using a text animation preset
- Animating with scale keyframes
- Animating using parenting
- Animating imported Photoshop text
- Animating text using a path animation preset
- Animating type tracking
- Animating text opacity
- Using a text animator group
- Cleaning up the path animation
- Animating a non text layer along a motion path
- Adding motion blur
- Exporting to Adobe Flash CS4 Professional
Working with Shape Layers
- Adding a shape layer
- Creating custom shapes
- Incorporating video and audio layers
- Applying a Cartoon effect
- Adding a title bar
Animating a Multimedia Presentation
- Animating the scenery using parenting
- Adjusting an anchor point
- Masking video using vector shapes
- Keyframing a motion path
- Applying an effect
- Creating an animated slide show
- Adding an audio track
Animating Layers
- Simulating lighting changes
- Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
- Animating movement in the scenery
- Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte
- Animating the shadows
- Adding a lens flare effect
- Animating the clock
- Retiming the composition
Working with Masks
- About masks
- Creating a mask with the Pen tool
- Editing a mask
- Feathering the edges of a mask
- Replacing the content of the mask
- Adding a reflection
- Creating a vignette
- Adjusting the color
Keying
- About keying
- Creating compositions in Device Central
- Changing the background color
- Adding the foreground subject
- Applying the Color Difference Key effect
- Choking the matte
- Removing spill
- Adjusting contrast
- Adding the background animation
- Adding text
- Preparing the composition for mobile devices
Performing Color Correction
- Adjusting color balance
- Replacing the background
- Removing unwanted elements
- Correcting a range of colors
- Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect
Building 3D Objects
- Building a 3D object
- Working with a null object
- Working with 3D text
- Creating a backdrop for 3D animation
- Nesting a 3D composition
- Adding a camera
- Completing the scene
Using 3D Features
- Animating 3D objects
- Adding reflections to 3D objects
- Animating a camera
- Adjusting layer timing
- Using 3D lights
- Adding effects
- Adding motion blur
- Previewing the entire animation
Rendering and Outputting
- Creating templates for the rendering process
- Creating templates for output modules
- Exporting to different output media