How Do I Do That in After Effects
4h 13mIntermediate2022-03-17
Authors
Richard Harrington
Digital Video Expert, Educator, Speaker
Course details
Do you want to work faster and more efficiently in After Effects? Do you need to be able to troubleshoot specific problems effectively? This course offers you essential techniques to solve specific problems, as well as detailed instructions on how to improve your workflow in After Effects. You don’t need to take this results-oriented course in order—you can jump into any movie and immediately learn how to solve problems. Topics include project setup, working with compositions and keyframe, animating layers, repairing footage, working in 3D space, and much more. This is the perfect course for self-taught users and users who want to learn specific skills.
Skills covered
Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Are you wondering how to do that one thing in After Effects
- Using the exercise files and prerequisites
Set Up a Project
- How do I import and organize footage for my After Effects project
- How do I import a layered Photoshop file in After Effects
- How do I import a layered Illustrator file in After Effects
- How can I find things in an After Effects project
- How can I easily move things from Premiere Pro to After Effects
Using Compositions to Organize Animations
- How do I set up a composition in After Effects
- How can I name and organize layers in After Effects
- When should I use precompositions in After Effects
- How can I combine multiple compositions into one
Fixing Footage
- Removing camera shake in After Effects
- Adding camera shake in After Effects
- Removing flicker in After Effects
- Removing lens distortion in After Effects
- Improving a dark shot in After Effects
- Improving an overexposed shot in After Effects
Controlling Time
- Speeding up a shot in After Effects
- Slowing down a shot in After Effects
- Creating a variable speed effect in After Effects
- Creating an echo time effect in After Effects
- Reversing a shot in After Effects
Layers
- How can I scale a vector layer in After Effects
- How can I trace a layer in After Effects
- How can I arrange and align layers in After Effects
- How do I link multiple layers in After Effects
- How can I use a layer to mask another in After Effects
- How can I mask a layer in After Effects
- How can I blend layers with modes in After Effects
Animation
- How can I animate an object in After Effects
- How can I refine the velocity and ease of a layer to make it look more natural
- How can I add motion blur to an animation to make it look realistic in After Effects
- How can I use a null object to control animations in 3D space in After Effects
- How can I save an animation preset in After Effects
- How can I modify keyframes in After Effects
- How can I create a staccato or popping animation in After Effects
Working with Photos
- Importing photos and raw images into After Effects
- Importing a timelapse sequence into After Effects
- Creating pans and zooms on images in After Effects
- Creating a 3D photo effect with Photoshop and After Effects part 1
- Creating a 3D photo effect with Photoshop and After Effects part 2
Titling and Text
- How can I add text in After Effects
- How can I use text animation presets in After Effects
- How can I customize text animation presets in After Effects
- How can I extrude text in 3D in After Effects
- How can I create a handwritten title in After Effects
- How can I create a MOGRT to save time in After Effects
- How can I animate layered Photoshop text in After Effects
Repair and Enhance Layers
- How can I clone an object in After Effects
- How can I erase an object in After Effects
- How can I cut out an object in After Effects with RotoBrush
- How can I create a film-look in After Effects
Keying and Compositing a Shot
- How do I key green screen footage in After Effects
- How do I make believable depth of field effects in After Effects
- How can I adjust the background when keying in After Effects
- How can I relight my keyed footage in After Effects
- How do I rotoscope in After Effects
Rendering and Previewing
- How do I preview an entire After Effects animation
- How can I speed up an After Effects preview for an animation
- How do I render an After Effects animation
- How do I include transparency information in a render
- How can I speed up an After Effects render for an animation
- How can I batch export from After Effects
Conclusion
- Next steps