Class overview :

Class goals :

Get familiar with the After Effects CC work area.
Learn to create and understand Comps.
Learn to work with Keyframes.
Learn Layers, Effects, and Modes.
Learn to work with Masks and Mattes.
Learn to import and edit text.
Learn about type.
Learn to work with music in your animation.

Content of Training After Effects CC / Introduction

Class Outline

1. Getting Started With After Effects CC
   1. Project Structure
   2. Main Application Window
   3. Tools Panel
   4. Project Panel
   5. Importing Footage
   6. Composition Panel
   7. Timeline Panel
   8. Layer Panel
   9. Info, Preview, Audio Panels
   10. Effects & Presets, Effect Controls
   11. Workspaces
   12. Adobe Bridge
2. Basic Animation
   1. Creating Folders In The Project Panel
   2. Creating A New Composition
   3. Importing Files And Folders
   4. Interpreting Alpha Channels
   5. Adding Layers To The Comp Panel
   6. Changing The Background Color
   7. Scrubbing Parameter Values
   8. Interactively Transforming Layers
   9. Animating Position; RAM Preview
   10. Navigating Between Keyframes
   11. Adding A Background Layer
   12. Dragging Footage To The Timeline Panel
   13. Editing A Keyframe’s Bezier Handles
   14. Editing Spatial Keyframes; Motion Paths
   15. Animating Opacity, Scale, And Rotation
   16. Arranging And Replacing Layers
   17. Adding Solid Layers
   18. Applying, Copying And Pasting Effects
   19. Rendering
   20. Understanding The Comp’s Alpha Channel
   21. Importing Layered Photoshop And Illustrator Files
3. Advanced Animation
   1. Keyframe Basics
   2. The Work Area
   3. Anchor Point Overview
   4. Pan Behind Tool
   5. Motion Control Moves
   6. The Graph Editor
   7. Speed Versus Value Graphs
   8. Panning And Zooming Time
   9. Editing Graph Curves
   10. Easing Animations
   11. Graph Editor Sets
   12. Separate Dimensions
   13. Motion Sketch
   14. Smoother
   15. Auto-Orient
   16. Motion Blur
   17. Roving Keyframes
   18. Time-Reverse Keyframes
   19. Hold Keyframes
   20. Time Display And Timecode
4. Layer Control
   1. Layers And Stacking Order
   2. Moving Layers In Time
   3. Trimming Layers
   4. Trimming In The Layer And Footage Panels
   5. Slip Editing
   6. Sequence Layers Assistant
   7. Looping Footage
   8. Image Sequences
   9. Changing The Frame Rate; Time Stretch
   10. Blending Modes
   11. Effects And Solids
   12. Effect Motion Path
   13. Effects & Presets Panel
   14. Searching For Effects
   15. Animation Presets
   16. Behavior Presets
   17. Layer Styles
   18. Adjustment Layers
   19. Filmic Glow
   20. Non-Square Pixels
5. Creating Transparency
   1. Masking Tools, Creating Mask Shapes
   2. Rounded Rectangle Tool
   3. Free Transform Points
   4. Masking In The Layer Panel
   5. Mask Feather
   6. Animating A Mask Path
   7. Creating A Vignette; Mask Expansion
   8. Masking With The Pen Tool
   9. Creating And Editing Bezier Masks
   10. Effecting A Masked Area
   11. Controlling Mask Path Interpolation
   12. Using Effects With The Mask Path
   13. Mask Modes And Multiple Masks
   14. Mask Opacity
   15. Creating And Editing Rotobezier Masks
   16. Audio Spectrum Effect
   17. Alpha Track Matte
   18. Nesting A Track Matte Composite
   19. Luma Track Matte
   20. Animating Matte Layers
   21. Stencil Alpha And Stencil Luma
   22. Effects With Track Mattes And Stencils
6. Type And Music
   1. Creating Basic Text
   2. Creating Text Animators, Range Selectors
   3. Animating Text Transform Properties
   4. Randomizing The Order Of Characters
   5. Creating Cascading Text
   6. Working With Selection Shapes
   7. Setting The Text Anchor Point
   8. Animating By Words
   9. Title Safe Areas
   10. Animating Text Blur And Tracking
   11. Text On A Path
   12. Per-Character 3D Animators
   13. Separating Fields
   14. Adding The Wiggly Selector
   15. Rendering With An Alpha Channel
   16. Field Rendering
   17. Adding Sound To A Comp
   18. Add Comp And Layer Markers
   19. Applying Text Animation Presets
   20. Customizing Presets
   21. Saving Text Animations As Presets
   22. Editing Photoshop Text Layers