Learn more in 2 days with a One-on-One interactive user paced and practical course than trolling online which includes many, many hours trying to find your answer.

Whether you are in the social media and marketing space, motion graphics designer, a web designer, rich media artist or video editor, Adobe After Effects allows you to create stunning motion graphics and visual effects.

Up your skills from the basic through to advanced animation techniques, Text animations, Motion effects, Track mattes, Nesting, Precompose, 3D cameras & Lighting and more with Labspace.

Labspace courses are delivered by Adobe Certified Trainer Ced Robertson, who has over 20 years industry experience, including time working and training in the broadcast industry, as your instructor.

With the covid scourge changing the face of business, technology has now brought the classroom to you with face 2 face training delivered via the Virtual Classroom, as if you were in the same room. Having done Zoom Virtual Classrooms for more than three years now, the experience is more focused and relaxed than in a brick and mortar classroom.

You can attend this eCourse from the comfort you own home, the office or from anywhere in the world.

Courses are delivered in your time zone.

Pre-requisites
None other than basic computer literacy.
Internet connection
Your own computer with relevant software installed.
Having a second screen, to have the instructor's computer on one screen and your workspace on another, will be ideal but not a requirement.

Course includes

You will receive a Certificate of Completion signed by your instructor.

Course material and reference notes covering course topics.

All classes -1 participant Face-2-Face, unless specifically requesting a group booking.

Courses delivered in English

If you have a project to complete, let us discuss it as the course can be tailored to your request.

Overview

This two day Adobe After Effects course is designed to allow those new to post production to get the most from this immensely powerful software.

The emphasis throughout this After Effects course is on practical exercises.

These exercises will cover incorporating video with Photoshop and Illustrator graphics, video layering techniques, using effects, working in a 3D environment and rendering a finished production for broadcast, HD or the web.

Course Outline

Introduction to the Interface
•Panel, Groups of Panels and floating Panels
•Default and custom Workspaces
•Create your own awesome workspace
•Must know Preferences

Importing footage
•Movies
•Photoshop files
•Handling audio
•Looping video footage
•Illustrator integration  

Animation Essentials  
•Understanding Keyframe interpolation
•Animating Transform properties
•Working with Motion Blur
•Motion tracking
•Using the Wiggle expression
•Parenting
•Modifying layer time properties
•Adjusting Speed and rotation  
•Working with Masks and Mattes
•Creating Masks
•Mask properties
•Working with Layers  

Text
•Creating and modifying text
•Animating text along a path
•Formatting  
•Using text Presets
•Text animation techniques Parent/child relationships
•Linking parts together using parenting.
•Pre Composing a scene
•Working between compositions  

Shape tools
•Drawing and Animating Shapes
•Adding Animators to Shapes
•Transforming shape animators  

Effects
•Applying and customising effects
•Animation Presets and masks
•Using Warp Stabiliser to remove jitter
•Using adjustment layers  
•Blending Modes

Rotoscoping
•Using the Roto Brush tool to create animated mattes

3D and Lighting
•Introduction to 3D Animation
•Working with 3D layers
•Working with cameras
•Positioning objects in a 3D space
•3D views and axes
•3D Text
•3D lighting

Export
•The Render Queue
•Output and compression settings
•File formats
•Adobe Media Encoder

What You Get

◦ Class exercises relevant to industry and broadcast standards.
◦ Labspace Certificate endorsed by an Adobe Certified Instructor
◦ After Course Support
◦ Free Course Resit subject to availability.
◦ Small Classes - 1 participant only. It's exclusive.

Tea, coffee, Filtered water and biscuits - BYO

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