After Effects CC 2018 – A Complete Guide to After Effects CC

On November 1, 2018

Release date:2018, August

Duration:23 h 59 m

Author:Phil Ebiner, Video School Online Inc

Skill level:Intermediate

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

What you’ll learn
You will know how to use After Effects to make your videos better than ever
You will be comfortable using After Effects – even if you’re a beginner
Know how to create a video project from start to finish in After Effects
Create professional motion graphics that improve your videos
Add creative visual effects to your video projects
Export high quality videos from After Effects and know how to use it with Premiere Pro efficiently
You will have the full support of an instructor who loves teaching

Requirements
You should have Adobe After Effects installed so you can follow along with the course lessons. We’ll be using the Creative Cloud version of After Effects, but you can do many of the lessons in a previous version if you don’t have After Effects CC.
You DO NOT need any experience with After Effects. This course is for beginners and assumes you don’t have any experience with the program.

Description
“I went into this not knowing basically anything and came away with tons of knowledge!”
– Louis Matarazzo, Phil’s After Effects student

Join this Adobe After Effects CC course to have fun while learning quickly!

If you are looking to make your videos better, adding motion graphics and visual effects is the way to do that. After Effects CC is used by professionals across the world for every type of production from business & marketing videos, music videos to documentaries, feature films. This full course is the best way to jump right in and start making your own videos come to life.

Make videos the way you imagine them!
Practice while you learn. This course includes practice files so you can follow along and actually learn by doing.

By the end of the course, you’ll have finished dozens of real world projects to build your confidence.
I’ll be teaching the course using the Creative Cloud version, but if you have a previous version (CS6, CS5, etc – Mac or PC), you can still learn with this course.

What makes me qualified to teach you?
My name is Phil and I’m a professional motion graphics artist and video creator. Plus, I’m the creator of some of the world’s most popular After Effects courses – with over 400,000 students and thousands of 5-star reviews like these:

Phil Ebiner’s “The Complete Guide to After Effects,” is a wonderful and comprehensive course to dive into this Program, and get started with creating our own animations.
– Cavett Robert

Very comprehensive, easy to follow course.

– Dragan Vukicevic

Phil is a g a great instructor who is always willing to help. The way he lays out the course is simple and easy to understand.
-Patrick Gilmour

My Promise to You
I’ll be here for you every step of the way. If you have any questions about the course content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message.
I want to make this the best course on how use Adobe After Effects. So if there is any way I can improve this course, just tell me and I’ll make it happen.

What’s this course all about?
Get ready to create motion graphics that will improve your video quality. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to use video effects and create custom motion graphics, you can learn After Effects CC right now.

Practice lessons will get you motivated and moving to your goals.
The lessons are meant to teach you how to think like a motion graphics/video effects artist. After Effects is a robust tool that is capable of creating almost any video effect out there. You’ll learn all of the basics, intermediate, and some advanced techniques, from working with shapes, text, and textures to video effects, transitions, and 3d camera.

Here is a glimpse of what we’ll be covering:
Getting comfortable with After Effects CC
Starting a new composition
Using the basic tools
Working in the After Effects CC timeline
Adding shape and text layers
Animating position, scale, rotation, and opacity
Working with shape layers and masks
Real world projects such as lower thirds and bumpers
Motion graphics principles and best practices
Using video effects and presets to speed up workflow
Green screen and chromakey removal
Visual effects and rotoscoping
Motion tracking and video stabilization
Creating unique transitions
Exporting your projects
and so much more!
Knowing After Effects CC is a great skill to have that is in demand and highly marketable. I’ve landed many jobs with the skills that I teach you in this course.

Who is the target audience?
Anyone looking to use After Effects to improve their videos
Videographers, video producers, video editors
Motion graphics artists and graphic designers
YouTubers and vloggers
Businesses that use video as part of their marketing strategy

Table of Contents

Introduction 10:50
Welcome! 02:34
Download the Course Project Files 00:45
Animate Your Name! 06:58
Tutorial Request Form 00:32
After Effects Basics 54:17
Know Your Way Around After Effects 05:39
Start a New Composition 08:15
CC 2018 Update: Starting a New Composition from Footage 01:55
Importing Media and Placing on the Timeline 05:08
Learn the Important Tools 10:20
Create a Perfect Square or Circle, Alignment, and Colors 03:04
The Timeline 10:59
Layer Transformations 08:57
Animating with Keyframes 44:06
Adding and Editing Keyframes + Opacity Animations 07:35
Position, Size, and Rotation Animations 05:17
Make Animations Better with Easy Ease and Motion Blur 04:21
Advanced Animations with the Graph Editor 05:32
Challenge: Bouncing Ball Animation 01:01
Solution: Bouncing Ball Animation 20:20
Shapes and Solid Layers 23:09
Working with Solid Layers 07:07
Working with Shapes 06:24
Layer Styles – Drop Shadows, Bevel & Emboss, and Gradients 03:44
Shape Effects 05:54
Important After Effects Skills 33:14
Track Mattes: Make Layers Appear and Disappear 08:37
Pre-Compositions: Grouping Layers Together 05:34
Quickly Reversing Animations 02:14
Freeze Frames, Remapping, Reversing Time 05:54
Blend Modes 06:05
Stabilizing Footage 04:04
CC 2018 Update: Previewing and Favoriting Fonts 00:46
Motion Graphics Projects 01:36:24
Intro to Real World Projects 00:53
Project: Clean Lower Third 09:22
Project: Simple Logo Reveal 13:25
Project: Colorful Transition 16:59
Project: Text with Mask Transition 10:05
Project: Text Bubble Pop-Up Animation 13:39
Project: Weather App User Design Animation – Part 1 16:41
Project: Weather App User Design Animation – Part 2 08:21
Project: Weather App User Design Animation – Part 3 06:59
Flat Animation Challenge 27:41
Design Your Own Flat Animation Scene 1 вопрос
Designing My Flat Animation Scene 12:39
Animating Fireworks with a Repeater Shape 15:02
Green Screen (Chromakeying) 27:14
Remove Green Screen with Keylight 1.2 06:46
Adding a Background that Matches the Foreground + Parenting 07:55
Adding Motion to a Still Image with the Puppet Tool 06:26
Adding Motion to the Background Photo with Ripple Effect 06:07
3D Animations and the Camera Tool 40:51
3D in After Effects + The Camera Tool and Views 10:04
Swinging 3D Rotating Text Animation + Null Objects 12:11
Building a 3D Composition 05:47
Animating in 3D Space 07:38
Creating Stars in After Effects 05:11
Rotoscoping 21:49
Make a Selection with the Rotoscope Tool 06:55
Cleaning Up Edges 07:21
Putting Rotoscoping to Work 07:33
Screen Replacements 31:58
Replacing a Screen with Easy Masking 09:56
Replacing a Screen with Masking and 3D Motion 13:49
Replacing Device Screens with Mocha 08:13
Puppet Tool Animations 23:08
Setting Your Pins 04:33
Animating Your Pins to Make a Bird Fly 03:04
Animating Your Owl’s Blinking Eyes 08:21
Adding Perspective with Animated Clouds 07:10
Effects & Presets 22:57
Text Animations 05:59
CC Page Turn 10:05
Radial and Linear Wipe Effect 03:20
Color Correction 03:33
Motion Tracking 31:49
Motion Tracking Basics 09:51
Attaching Text & Visual Effects to Video Clip with Tracking 06:21
Tracking Scale and Rotation 11:33
Adding More Details to Your Text 04:04
Character Animations 50:49
Intro to Character Animations 01:31
Design Your Character 14:32
Rigging Body Parts 02:50
Animate Your Character 09:55
Adding an Animated Background for Context 09:12
Adding Details to Your Character Animation 07:20
Adding the ‘Paper Cut Out’ Texture to Your Layers 05:29
Exporting From After Effects 25:03
Exporting H.264 Files 07:03
Exporting with a Transparent Background 04:03
Exporting Videos with Adobe Media Encoder 04:40
CC 2018 Update: Exporting an Animated GIF from Adobe Media Encoder 02:14
Creating an Animated GIF with CC 2017 and Earlier Versions 07:03
After Effects Workflow + Tips 09:14
Editing Audio in After Effects 03:20
Working with Premiere Pro Projects 05:54
Expressions 25:15
Adding an Expression 07:24
Animate a Flickering Light with Expressions 17:35
Dive Deeper with After Effects Expressions 00:16
Conclusion 00:59
Thank You Video 00:59
Bonus Tutorials 06:44:56
What are the bonus tutorials? 00:35
Neon Sign Effect 21:49
Sliding Photo Intro Bumper 17:23
Side Scrolling Video Grid 09:22
How to Attach Text, Graphics and Video to Walls 11:57
Long Shadow Style 08:15
Rotoscoping Tutorial 16:32
Old Film Style 22:50
Animating with the Puppet Tool 17:09
3D Text in After Effects 05:18
Hologram Effect 27:56
Cinemagraphs in After Effects 13:14
Fly Through Text 06:58
How to Listen to Audio by Scrubbing 03:04
Marauder’s Map Footprint Tutorial 14:36
Call Out Titles 20:57
How to Attach a Path Point to Video in After Effects 03:42
Animate the Mountain and Moon 07:14
Center Lower Third 13:47
Text Highlight Effect 05:32
Animating a Dotted Line 08:13
How to Easily Swap Layers 01:47
Minimalist Lower Third Titles 14:21
How to Snap Your Anchor Points 02:12
Parenting in After Effects 03:55
Rotating Kinetic Typography 12:10
Time Remapping in After Effects 06:09
Transparent Text Block 04:08
How to Easily Reverse an Animation 02:40
Swinging Text Tutorial 09:43
Text on a Path 07:54
How to Enable Auto Save 03:13
Using Arrow Keys for Improved Workflow 05:40
Basic Kinetic Typography Tutorial 25:15
Clean Lower Third 16:30
Create a Count Down without Expressions 10:52
Valentine’s Day Graphic 10:54
How to Add a Dark & Blurry Background 03:33
3D Shapes in After Effects 05:00
Layering Multiple Effects in After Effects 02:37
Bonus Project: House of Cards Intro Graphics 39:45
What is this section? 00:30
Intro the House of Cards Project 01:57
Importing Your Assets 05:46
Create the Flag Animation 14:56
Adjusting the Speed of Your Animation 05:19
Adding Text and a Background 07:54
Exporting in After Effects 03:23
Bonus Project: Hipster Badge Animation 54:48
What is this section? 00:30
Intro and Download the Project Files 01:40
Design Your Badge in Adobe Illustrator 15:32
Importing the Design into After Effects 10:46
Preparing Layers by Moving Anchor Points 04:00
Animate the Badge Outline with Trim Paths 08:01
Animate the Text 05:40
Animate the Tent, Fire, and Trees 03:49
Easily Reverse the Animation 03:00
Export the Badge with Transparency 01:50
Bonus Project: Flat Animation Buildup 40:13
What is this section? 00:29
Intro the Project 00:48
Designing the Object in Illustrator 10:09
Preparing the Illustrator File 01:41
Animating in After Effects 21:26
How to Quickly Reverse an Animation 02:44
Conclusion to Project 00:37
Exporting Your Animation 02:19
Bonus Section: Using After Effects Templates 33:39
What is this section? 00:32
Downloading a Template 02:51
After Effects Layout 04:31
Editing a Template 07:45
Adding and Editing Text 06:16
How to Turn Audio On and Off 01:34
Exporting Your Video 04:08
Editing a Slideshow Template 06:02
Bonus Section: Advanced Shape Animations 03:42:58
What is this section? 00:29
Intro to this Section 01:20
Shape Refresher 11:17
Fill & Stroke 11:55
Trim Paths 14:34
The Repeater Effect 12:13
Wiggle Paths 09:55
Adding Accents 13:59
Using the Graph Editor 11:31
Project 1 – Adding Accents 12:27
Project 2 – Fun Transitions 20:33
Project 3 – The Repeater Transition 12:11
Project 4 – Map Effects 17:22
Project 5 – Text Effect 09:45
Project 6 – Squeeze and Stretch 08:27
Project 7 – Hipster Circles 20:20
Project 8 – Clean Lower Thirds 16:35
Project 9 – Storytime Slideshow 18:05
Bonus Projects: After Effects for Entrepreneurs 58:42
What is this section? 00:29
Lower Third – Intro 00:13
Lower Third – Design Your Text 05:15
Lower Third – Animate Your Text 10:47
Lower Third – Exporting with a Transparent Background 05:23
Modern Transition – Intro 00:26
Modern Transition – Design and Animate Your Transition 07:30
Modern Transition – Exporting an dAdding to Your Project 02:11
YouTube Button – Intro 00:17
YouTube Button – Animate Your Subscribe Button with a Click 13:34
Social Media Buttons – Intro 00:23
Social Media Buttons – Design the Graphic 03:50
Social Media Buttons – Animate the Graphic 05:34
Social Media Buttons – Quickly Reverse Any Animation 01:35
Social Media Buttons – Exporting with a Transparent Background 01:15
Bonus Section: Kinetic Typography 01:01:44
What is this section? 00:29
The Kinetic Typography Project 01:52
Cut and Scale Animations 13:40
Position Animations 08:51
Rotation Animations 12:56
Reveal Animations 07:44
Adding a Background 09:02
Adding Texture to the Background 01:25
Adding Camera-Like Motion 03:07
Exporting Your Kinetic Typography 02:38
Course Bonuses 00:09
Bonus Lecture: Get Any of Phil’s Course for Up to 90% Off 00:09