Getting Started with After Effects for the Non-Video Pro

3h 2mBeginner2020-09-15

Authors

Luisa Winters

Certified Instructor for Adobe and Apple

Course details

Adobe After Effects is the standard for motion graphics—a must for anyone who wants to create motion designs for the web, video, or any type of screen delivery. However, many nonvideo professionals feel intimidated by After Effects because it looks so different from what they’re used to. In this course, Luisa Winters covers the basics of After Effects in a nontechnical way. Explore the most essential component of animation—keyframes—and different keyframe interpolation techniques. Discover how to animate text and text properties such as opacity and color. Find out how to build and animate masks and use masks from other programs such as Illustrator and Photoshop. Finally, learn how to export your work for a variety of formats using the Render Queue and Adobe Media Encoder.

Topics include:
Importing files
Creating and modifying a composition
Creating and modifying keyframes
Keyframe interpolation
Using the Graph Editor
Animating text
Masking
Exporting your work

Skills covered

Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingLearningAnimation and Illustration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Exercise files

1. Get Started in After Effects

04 - After Effects preferences
05 - Import files
06 - About frame rate and frame size
07 - Create and modify a composition

2. Keyframes

08 - What is a keyframe
09 - Create and modify keyframes
10 - Keyframe interpolation - Spatial
11 - Keyframe interpolation - Temporal
12 - The graph editor

3. Introduction to Text Animation

13 - Text in After Effects
14 - Source text
15 - Text on a path
16 - Using animators and the range selector
17 - Animating text position and rotation
18 - Animating text opacity and color
19 - Animating text tracking and character offset and value
20 - Adding an additional range selector
21 - Wiggly selector

4. Introduction to Masks

22 - What is a mask
23 - Mask properties
24 - Mask modes
25 - Animate a mask
26 - Use a mask for position keyframing
27 - Use masks from Illustrator and Photoshop
28 - Incorporate masks into your work with logos

5. Exporting Your Work

29 - Save Frame As
30 - Pre-render
31 - Render Queue
32 - Adobe Media Encoder queue

Conclusion

33 - Next steps