Introduction To Visual Effects In After Effects

On May 24, 2021

Release date:2021

Author:Lee Lanier

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Adobe After Effects is the industry standard for visual effects and used by millions of users all over the world. This course will teach you how to create subtle realistic effects that are needed on every production, and no prior knowledge of After Effects is required.

With 37 easy-to-follow video lessons by master trainer Lee Lanier, you will learn about everything you need to get started with a career as a visual effects artist.

The footage and projects files are available for download so that you can easily follow along.

Table of Contents

01: Basics – Introduction
02: Basics – Importing footage
03: Basics – Creating comps
04: Basics – Composition options
05: Basics – Adding layers
06: Basics – Masking
07: Basics – Nesting and precomping
08: Basics – Transforming and keyframing
09: Basics – Playing and rendering
10: VFX1 – Chroma keying
11: VFX1 – Adjusting the key
12: VFX1 – Painting a mask
13: VFX1 – Adding a second key
14: VFX1 – Intergrating new backgrounds
15: VFX1 – Creating a glow
16: VFX2 – Creating a luma keying
17: VFX2 – Transform motion tracking
18: VFX2 – Painting a matte painting
19: VFX2 – Adding the matte painting
20: VFX2 – Color grading elements
21: VFX2 – Face Tracking
22: VFX2 – Mask tracking
23: VFX2 – Improving luma masks
24: VFX3 – Rotational transform tracking
25: VFX3 – Intergrating a new element
26: VFX3 – Time warping
27: VFX4 – Corner pin tracking
28: VFX4 – Offsetting with a precomp
29: VFX4 – Planar tracking with mocha
30: VFX4 – Matching ungraded footage
31: VFX5 – 3D Camera tracking
32: VFX5 – Adjusting tracked 3D layers
33: VFX6 – Stabilizing
34: VFX6 – Pixel warping
35: VFX6 – Stylistic grading
36: VFX6 – Creating a shadow
37: VFX7 – Object removal