Adobe After Effects for Beginners

On July 8, 2021

Release date:2021

Author:Manuel Neto

Skill level:Beginner

Language:Portuguese-Br

Exercise files:Yes

Learn to use the software for creating post-production effects, motion graphics, and 3D animations like a pro.

Adobe After Effects is the undeniable leader and most complete program on the market for creating animations and visual effects. With this program, you can create professional content for movies, social media, TV shows and any other AV format.

This Domestika Basics takes you from zero to pro in six courses so you can express your creativity through animation. Discover how to create motion graphics, 3D animations, and post-production effects step by step with illustrator and animator Manuel Neto, a ten-year veteran in the industry who has worked for clients such as Microsoft and Snapchat.

Start your course by meeting your teacher, Manuel Neto, and learning about his professional experience and how Adobe After Effects has had a major impact on his career.

Navigate around the program’s interface and gain some working knowledge of its basic features, such as the library, file manager, timeline, composition, and animation settings so you can create your first solid animation and learn how to import files from Illustrator and Photoshop.

In the second course, explore some basic concepts for improving user performance. Learn what precomposing and nesting are, about the importance of motion paths, how to create masks and shapes, and how to render your projects.

Then, dive into some more complex concepts related to animation controls. See how blending modes and tracking mattes work and take a look at the blending categories, matte types, and their different applications.

Switch focus in the fourth course and explore the basic concepts of 3D animation and what you can do with them in the program, such as how to use cameras, lights, shadows, texts, and 3D objects.

Then, get the rundown on the process for creating motion graphics. Make a mood board with references, draw up a storyboard for your animation, and learn to create style frames and animatics for testing and animating your project.

In the sixth and final course, focus on advanced concepts and other program features including how to use chroma key, creating effects for objects and layers, color correction, etc. Once you’ve finished this Domestika Basics you’ll have the skills and knowledge to create stunning visual projects with After Effects for all types of media.

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01 – Bienvenida
02 – Interfaz menú y herramientas
03 – Biblioteca y gestión de documentos
04 – Línea de tiempo, composición y capas 1
05 – Línea de tiempo, composición y capas 2
06 – Propiedades básicas 1
07 – Propiedades básicas 2
08 – Fotogramas clave
09 – Importación de archivos de Illustrator y Photoshop
10 – Consejos y trucos
11 – Práctica Animando una marca 1
12 – Práctica Animando una marca 2
13 – Precomposición, anidación y configuración
14 – Rutas de movimiento 1
15 – Rutas de movimiento 2
16 – Mascaras
17 – Formas 1
18 – Formas 2
19 – Representación
20 – Consejos y trucos
21 – Práctica 1
22 – Práctica 2
23 – Columnas del panel Línea de tiempo (modos mates) 1
24 – Columnas del panel Línea de tiempo (modos mates) 2
25 – Animación de línea 1
26 – Animación de línea 2
27 – Padres e hijos (enlaces) 1
28 – Padres e hijos (enlaces) 2
29 – Objetos nulos y capas de ajuste 1
30 – Objetos nulos y capas de ajuste 2
31 – Texto
32 – Estilos de capa consejos y trucos
33 – Práctica 1
34 – Práctica 2
35 – Conceptos básicos (Introducción)
36 – Capa 3D y Composición 3D (Creación de un cubo 3D)
37 – Entorno tridimensional
38 – Texto 3D (luces y sombras)
39 – Creación de iconos 3D (animación 3D) 1
40 – Creación de iconos 3D (animación 3D) 2
41 – Consejos y trucos (3D falso)
42 – Práctica
43 – El proceso de gráficos en movimiento
44 – Tablero de preproducción y estado de ánimo
45 – Storyboard
46 – Styleframe
47 – Animatic
48 – Organizar archivos
49 – Animación
50 – Práctica
51 – Conceptos básicos de expresiones
52 – Efectos
53 – Herramienta de marioneta
54 – Mundo de partículas CC
55 – Corrección de color
56 – Chroma Key
57 – Rotoscopia
58 – Relleno según el contenido
59 – Seguimiento de la cámara
60 – Práctica