After Effects 2021 Essential Training: The Basics
1h 49mBeginner2020-12-11
Authors

Mark Christiansen
Creator, Leader, Author
Course details
In a course designed to inform and inspire beginners, instructor Mark Christiansen covers the basics of Adobe After Effects 2021. Mark starts by describing the core terminology of film, video, and motion design before moving on to an exploration of the After Effects interface. Next, he covers fundamentals of working in After Effects: building compositions, working with layers, animating, adding effects, designing in 3D, and rendering. Mark employs these techniques to walk through a sample project, demonstrating how everything comes together in an actual workflow.
Skills covered
Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeEssential TrainingAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Amazing things happen in Adobe After Effects
- 02 - The language of After Effects
- 03 - The language of motion graphics and effects
- 04 - What is After Effects for
- 05 - Using the exercise files and relinking footage
1. Foundations
- 06 - The six foundations of After Effects
- 07 - Explore the After Effects user interface
- 08 - Begin with compositions
- 09 - Composite with layers
- 10 - Animate with the timeline
- 11 - Add effects to a layer
- 12 - Basics of 3D in After Effects
- 13 - Finish with rendering
2. Creating a Simple Animation
- 14 - Import a Premiere Pro sequence
- 15 - Customize text
- 16 - Put text in motion
- 17 - Match a moving camera
- 18 - Distort a layer
- 19 - Animate an Illustrator logo
- 20 - Add dimension to a design
Conclusion
- 21 - Many ways to learn After Effects
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