After Effects CC 2019 Essential Training – The Basics

On November 3, 2018

Release date:2018, October 15

Duration:02 h 03 m

Author:Mark Christiansen

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

If you need to learn Adobe After Effects for the first time, it helps to break the program down to the basics. This course is designed to help absolute beginners understand the fundamental concepts and techniques that make After Effects such a powerful motion graphics and compositing application. It’s a big-picture type of training course, designed to inform and inspire. In chapter one, instructor Mark Christiansen covers the six foundations of After Effects CC: building compositions, working with layers, animating with the Timeline, adding effects, designing in 3D, and rendering. The second chapter presents a short motion project that shows how all the tools come together in a real-world workflow.
Topics include:
After Effects and industry terminology
Six foundations of After Effects
Setting up a composition
Working with layers
Animating compositions
Applying effects, including lights
Working in 3D
Rendering projects

Table of Contents

Introduction
The basics of After Effects 1m 45s
Common After Effects terminology 3m 49s
Common film, video, and animation terminology 4m 10s
What After Effects cannot do 4m 33s
Using the exercise files and relinking footage 1m 33s
1. Foundations
Explore the interface of After Effects 4m 39s
The six foundations of After Effects 14m 34s
Understand compositions 9m 22s
Work with layers 7m 35s
Animate with the timeline 7m 28s
Apply effects 7m 6s
Basics of 3D 6m 55s
Know how to render 5m 5s
2. Creating a Simple Animation
Set up an After Effects project 4m 27s
Track an element into motion 2m 30s
Precompose: One example 3m 9s
Ramp speed: Play with time itself 2m 39s
Design an animated transition 8m 48s
Animate the type 5m 32s
Light the scene 2m 32s
Send the shot where it belongs 4m 22s
Review and evolve your work 9m 21s
Conclusion
Many ways to learn After Effects 1m 7s