Online Class: Adobe After Effects

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13

Lessons
29

Exams &
Assignments
816

Students
have taken this course
12

Hours
average time
1.2

CEUs

Course Description

Adobe After Effects allows you to create videos containing animation and special effects for graphics-related projects. You can use After Effects to animate, alter, and composite media using various tools and optional plug-ins. The program is widely used by motion-graphics professionals, website designers, and visual effect artists for post-production on digital films, DVD, video, and the web.

This course teaches students how to successfully use After Effects, no matter if they have ever used the program before or not. Both the beginner and seasoned user can benefit from this course. We'll start with the basics of the program including navigation and continue on to more advanced features, including:

· The basics of creating projects, compositions, and layers

· Importing footage, including video, audio, and still images

· Creating special effects using the Effects menu

· Creating animation for shapes, objects, and layers

· Adding and animating text

· Drawing shapes

· Animating shapes

· Creating and using masks and track mattes

· Working in 3D

· Using the puppet tools to create animated characters and effects

· Extracting and removing objects from layers

· Exporting to video

· And more

This course walks all students through the process of creating their first movie using the program. You do not need to have access to After Effects to take or complete this course. However, it is recommended. Please note that a 30 day free trial of After Effects CC is available on the Adobe website for those who want to practice what they learn and follow along.

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Course Lessons

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Lesson 1: An Introduction to Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects allows you to create animation and special effects for graphics-related projects. 11 Total Points

Lesson 1 Video
Review 2 Articles: After Effects CC overview of what's new; Adobe After Effects Website
Take Survey: Reasons for Taking this Course
Complete: Lesson 1 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 1 Exam

Lesson 2: Getting Started in After Effects

There are three things that you need to do in After Effects before you can get started on any project. You need to create the project, import footage into the project, then create a composition that serves as a container for the footage 11 Total Points

Lesson 2 Video
Review Article: After Effects CC tutorials from novice to expert
Complete: Lesson 2 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 2 Exam

Lesson 3: Working with Text in After Effects

There are two types of text in After Effects. These are point text and paragraph text. 11 Total Points

Lesson 3 Video
Review Article: After Effects Help / Animating text
Review Video: The Text Animation Tool - Adobe After Effects tutorial
Complete: Lesson 3 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 3 Exam

Lesson 4: Shape Layers

You can use the drawing tools in After Effects to draw different shapes. Whenever you use a drawing tool to create a shape, a new layer is created. 10 Total Points

Lesson 4 Video
Review Article: After Effects Help / Overview of shape layers, paths, and vector graphics
Review Video: Shape Layer Transformations - Adobe After Effects tutorial
Complete: Lesson 4 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 4 Exam

Lesson 5: Further Exploring Animation

This lesson is the one where the fun truly begins. It is where we start to delve head first into animation and effects. 12 Total Points

Lesson 5 Video
Review Practice Worksheet: gmz8318x67733zskyline.jpg
Review 3 Articles: Discovering the art of animated logos with Adobe After Effects CC; Exploring Path Animation in After Effects for Creating Animated Blobs; How to Use After Effects for Web Animation Prototypes
Complete: Lesson 5 Assignment
Complete Assignment: Project 5-1
Complete: Lesson 5 Exam

Lesson 6: Working with Masks

Not only do masks allow you to decide what can be seen or not seen in a layer, they also allow you to add effects to just a part of a layer while leaving other parts intact. 11 Total Points

Lesson 6 Video
Review 5 Practice Worksheets
Review 2 Articles: Using the Pen tool to make masks; After Effects Help / Alpha channels, masks, and mattes
Complete: Lesson 6 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 6 Exam

Lesson 7: Animating Layers

Adding animation is as simple as choosing and customizing a preset or adding keyframes, but animation can take a dull still image or video clip and turn it into something a Hollywood producer would be proud to claim. 12 Total Points

Lesson 7 Video
Review Article: After Effects tutorial: How to animate a multi-layered Photoshop artwork in After Effects
Review Video: Animate With a Control Layer - Adobe After Effects tutorial
Complete: Lesson 7 Assignment
Complete Assignment: Project 7-1
Complete: Lesson 7 Exam

Lesson 8: Introducing the Puppet Tools

A marionette is a puppet that is controlled from above by pulling on strings attached to its limbs. In other words, you can animate the puppet by tugging on its strings.You can do the same thing in After Effects by using the Puppet tools 11 Total Points

Lesson 8 Video
Review Article: After Effects Help / Animating with Puppet tools
Review Video: Adobe After Effects Puppet Tool Tutorial - Puppet Master
Complete: Lesson 8 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 8 Exam

Lesson 9: Using the Roto Brush to Create Mattes and Extract Objects

Rotoscoping is a process where you cut an object out of the background. 12 Total Points

Lesson 9 Video
Review Practice Worksheet: gmz8318x62582zboat.jpg
Review 2 Articles: Understanding track mattes: Luma and Alpha modes; Roto Brush and Refine Matte | CS6
Complete: Lesson 9 Assignment
Complete Assignment: Project 9-1
Complete: Lesson 9 Exam

Lesson 10: Working in 3D

Layers in After Effects are flat. They have an X and Y coordinate that represent height and dimension. You can turn on the 3D layer switch so that you can also move an object along its Z axis, which is depth. 11 Total Points

Lesson 10 Video
Review 2 Articles: After Effects Help / 3D layers; How to insert 3D objects
Complete: Lesson 10 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 10 Exam

Lesson 11: Advanced Video Creation and Editing Techniques

This lesson will introduce you to some of the advanced video creation and editing techniques that After Effects offers. 11 Total Points

Lesson 11 Video
Review Article: After Effects Advanced 3D Camera Tracker for Hard to Track Clips
Complete: Lesson 11 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 11 Exam

Lesson 12: Rendering and Exporting Your Work

Rendering your composition is the first step in taking it from just a composition in After Effects and turning it into a movie. 10 Total Points

Lesson 12 Video
Review Article: After Effects Help / Basics of rendering and exporting
Complete: Lesson 12 Assignment
Complete: Lesson 12 Exam

Lesson 13: Course Completion

Final course review 61 Total Points

Review Practice Worksheet: thunder.mp3
Take Poll: Course Completion Poll: Your Thoughts
Take Survey: Program Evaluation Follow-up Survey (End of Course)
Complete Assignment: Project 13 (Final Project)
Complete: The Final Exam

194

Total Course Points

Learning Outcomes

By successfully completing this course, students will be able to:

Describe what Adobe After Effects is and what it can potentially do for your video creations.
Demonstrate working with text, shape layers, and basic animation.
Demonstrate working with masks.
Demonstrate animating layers.
Demonstrate using the Puppet Tools.
Demonstrate using the roto brush to create mattes and extract objects.
Demonstrate working in 3D.
Demonstrate advanced video creation and editing techniques.
Demonstrate rendering and exporting your work, and
Demonstrate mastery of lesson content at levels of 70% or higher.

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