A little more information
After Effects is the software professionals use to create amazing, sometimes dazzling motion graphics. It's used in a vast number of industries, including TV, web and film.
In this course, we will learn how the foundations of this versatile application work. We will start from scratch, with a blank project and start building our own animations. We will also cover the close integration between After Effects and Illustrator.
With this hands-on training course, you will learn all the tips and tricks that the professional designers use to create eye-catching motion graphics.
You will master keyframes and become an expert in using the dreaded graph editor. You will also learn how to use After Effects to create 3D compositions.
This masterclass is designed for complete beginners, but even if you are a seasoned After Effects user, we promise you will learn countless tricks that you wish you knew before! You will learn about speeding up your workflow, fixing shaky footage, effects and text animation.
After Effects offers a number of built-in presets when it comes to animating. As well as exploring these presets, we will be learning how to create our own custom presets and animations.
You will also learn how motion tracking works by attaching a piece of graphic or text to a live action video and mask it to make it believable.
If you are ready to step into the world of animated graphics and visual effects, then let's get started.
Social proof: reviews
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Exactly what I needed
Marelise Jacobs
Thank you to Ozgur Gorgun for creating this Masterclass, I am a complete beginner with regards to After Effects and he has structured a very good course to i...
Read MoreThank you to Ozgur Gorgun for creating this Masterclass, I am a complete beginner with regards to After Effects and he has structured a very good course to introduce all the elements and then take them further.
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Excellent overview of the fundamentals
Sasha Frost
Packed with useful approaches and shortcuts to speed up workflow
Packed with useful approaches and shortcuts to speed up workflow
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Course curriculum
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1
Introduction
- Welcome
- After Effects Interface
- Workspaces
- Exercise Files
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2
Importing Assets
- Importing Standard Files
- Importing Layered Files
- Updating an Imported Layer
- Navigating Around
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3
Timeline
- Layer Switches
- Intro to Layer Transform Controls
- Position
- Scale and Rotation
- Anchor Point
- Opacity
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4
Compositions
- Creating a Composition
- Composition Settings
- Background Colour
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5
Solids
- Creating and Editing Solids
- Layer Alignment and Distribution
- Working with Guides and Grids
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6
Keyframes
- Intro to Keyframes
- More Keyframes
- Editing Keyframes
- Timing Layers
- Pausing an Animation
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7
Motion Paths
- Intro to Motion Paths
- Motion Sketch
- Fixing the Orientation
- Using Paths from Illustrator
- Rove Across Time
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8
Parenting
- Intro to Parenting
- Animating Linked Layers
- Working with Pre-comps
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9
Keyframe Interpolation
- Different Types of Keyframes
- Intro to Graph Editor
- Undershoot and Overshoot
- Keyframe Velocity
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10
Text Animation
- Setting up the Composition
- Creating Text
- Animating Text with Standard Keyframes
- Text Animation Presets
- Custom Text Animators and Range Selectors
- Combining Multiple Selectors and Properties
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11
3D Compositions
- Intro to the Third Dimension
- Understanding the 3D Axis
- Navigating in 3D Space
- Working with Multiple Views
- Snapping in 3D
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12
3D Elements
- Working with Lights
- Working with Cameras
- Two-node Cameras
- Depth of Field
- Switching Cameras
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13
Effects
- Introduction to Effects
- Keyframing Effects
- Colour Correcting with Lumetri Color
- Using Animation Presets and Transitions
- Blending Modes
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14
Masks
- Introduction to Masks
- Working with the Pen Tool
- Compositing Text with Masks
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15
Adjustment Layers
- Intro to Adjustment Layers
- Masking Adjustment Layers
- AE_15_03 - Adjustment Layers - Rotoscoping
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16
Motion Tracking
- Intro to Motion Tracking
- Stabilising Motion
- Warp Stabilizer
- Tracking Masks
- 3D Camera Tracker
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17
Rendering
- Exporting Directly from After Effects
- Using Adobe Media Encoder
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18
Conclusion
- Conclusion
Instructor
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Adobe Certified Instructor
Ozgur Gorgun
Ozgur Gorgun is an award winning filmmaker, photographer and motion designer. He has been working in the film and TV industry both in the UK and abroad for over a decade. He is an Adobe Certified Expert, Video Specialist and Instructor. He is also one of the very few Maxon Certified Cinema 4D Trainers in the world. Ozgur taught and worked with some of the biggest names in the industry such as SKY, BBC, Sony Pictures, ITV, Google, Microsoft, to name a few. Ozgur has been teaching for over a decade and taught thousands of students from school kids to CEOs of some of the biggest companies in the world. He considers it a privilege to be able to contribute to that "lightbulb moment" when a creative person learns a new skill.
