Adobe After Effects
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Section.1
- Project organization
- Composition settings: resolution, aspect ratio, frame rate, duration
- Understanding different formats for various project types
- Interface: Project, Composition, Timeline, Tools and Preview windows
- Importing media: still images, video, audio
- Reloading media
- Working with layers on a timeline: duplicating, cutting/pasting, duration
- Understanding frames
- Transform properties: anchor point, position, scale, rotation, opacity
Section 2.
- Working with keyframes
- Motion path
- Working with keyframes
- Motion path
- Troubleshooting /reloading media
Section 3.
- Motion theory
- Types of keyframes: linear, ease in-out/easy ease, hold, rove
- Working with the graph editor
- Parenting: layers, null objects
Section 4.
- Importing Photoshop layers
- Bitmaps vs. Vectors: Continuously Rasterize
- Importing Illustrator layers
- Solid layers
- Masks
- Shape Layers
Section 5.
- Converting to editable text
- Creating text in After Effects
- Character and paragraph tools
- Manual text animation: text guides; animating back to front
Section 6.
- Animating source text
- Animating text with paths
- Text animators
Section 7.
- 3D layers: z dimension in transform properties
- Using 3D cameras
- Pre-comping/nesting with 3D layers
- Using 3D lights
- Casting shadows
- Material options
Section 8.
- Using and combining blending modes
- Working with organic materials
- Collapsing transformations and blending modes
Section 9.
- Overview of all effects categories
- Applying effects: working with adjustment layers
- Effect controls/setting keyframes
- In depth:
- Color Correction
- Blur/Sharpen
- Stylize
- Distort
- Time Effects
Section 10.
- Manual technique
- Roto brush tool
- Rotoscoping a human figure
Section 11.
- Blending modes: Stencil and Silhouette
- Track Mattes
- Ransom Note” final animation
- Any Graduation
- Computer Knowledge
- Passion to learn new skills
- PDF study materials
- Power Point slides to facilitate visual understanding