Adobe After Effects 2020

Curriculum

Course Outline:
Module 1: Getting Started
1. Course Introduction
2. Keyboard Shortcuts
3. Keyboard Tips
4. Things to Do Before Starting

Module 2: Getting to Know the Workflow
1. General Interface and Starting a Project
2. Basic Title Animation using Keyframes
3. Keyframe Interpolation and Keyframe Assistant
4. Renaming a Composition
5. Soloing a Layer for Individual Edits
6. Interface Continued: Toolbar, Timeline Panel, Preferences, Workspaces
7. Render and Export

Module 3: Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
1. Importing Files from Bridge and Creating a New Composition
2. Horizontal Type Tool and Guides
3. Controls, Effects and Presets for Titles and Logos

Module 4: Animating Text
1. Create and Stylize a Text Layer with Characters and Paragraph Panels
2. Preview and Apply Text Animation Presets and Use Keyframes
3. Animate Layers Using Parenting
4. Editing and Animating Imported Photoshop Text
5. Install Fonts Using Adobe Fonts

Module 5: Working with Shape Layers
1. Create and Customize a Shape with Shape Tool
2. Self-Animating Shape with a Wiggle Path (green marker)
3. Create and Customize a Shape with Pen Tool
4. Snap Layers
5. Animating Shapes Layers with Path Operations
6. Creating Nulls from Paths

Module 6: Animating a Multimedia Presentation
1. Animate Multiple Layers Using Parenting
2. Precomposting Layers
3. Keyframing a Molton Path
4. Animating a Character to Create Movement
5. Animating Precomposed Layers with Effects

Module 7: Animating Photoshop Layers
1. Animating Change in Light
2. Animating Birds Flying with a Track Mat
3. Animating Shadows and Using Corner Pin
4. Adding a Lens Flare Effect
5. Render Compositing and Retime
6. Use the Graph Editor to Remap Time

Module 8: Working with Masks
1. Setup a Basic Mask
2. Refine and Apply Mask
3. Creating a Reflection with a Mask and Blending Modes
4. Create a Vignette

Module 9: Distorting Objects with Puppet Tools
1. Puppet Positing Pen Tool
2. Starch Pins
3. Manually Animate with Puppet Tool
4. Automate Animation Using Puppet Sketch Tool

Module 10: Using the Roto Brush Tool
1. Extract Foreground Object from Background and Create a Mat
2. Touch Up a Mat with the Refine Edge Tool
3. Edit or Replace the Separated Background

Module 11: Performing Color Correction
1. Set up Composition and Use Levels to Start Balancing the Color
2. Basic Color Grading with Lumetri Color Effects
3. Use Basic Marketing, Tracking and Keying to Replace the Background
4. Use and Adjustment Layer to Create a Global Color Effect
5. Gaussian Blur Effect

Module 12: Creating Motion Graphics Templates
1. Add New Font with Adobe Fonts and Create a Title with Basic Effects
2. Using Adjustment Layers to Apply a Specific Effect
3. Use Essential Graphics Panel to Build Custom Controls and Share as a Template
4. Create Checkboxes to Toggle Visibility of a Background Image
5. Protect Portions of a Project from Time Stretching and Export Template