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Adobe After Effects Level II

Take your motion graphics skills to the next level with this two-day intermediate course at Manhattan Edit Workshop. Learn industry-standard practices for creating stunning visual effects, and incorporating text, graphics, and effects into your movies. Enhance your proficiency in Adobe After Effects and take your work to new heights.

  • Intermediate
  • 16 and older
  • $1,095
  • 119 W 23rd St, New York, NY
  • 16 hours over 2 sessions
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Class Description

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What you'll learn in this after effects class:

This two-day intermediate class will take you beyond the basics by focusing on industry standard best-practices for creating motion graphics.  Building on concepts learned in the level one class, you will learn how to incorporate text, graphics, and effects to your movies. 


Upon completion of this course, you will have an excellent understanding of the menu and tools in After Effects and be able to perform work with a high level of efficiency.


Prerequisite: 

  • After effects level I or equivalent experience.

Audience: 

  • Producers
  • Editors
  • Assistant Editors
  • Motion Graphic Artists interested in getting beyond the basics of Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects Level II - Course Outline – (2 Days)


Parenting

• Understanding Parenting

• Simple Pickwhipping

• Parenting to a null

• Using Parenting for positioning

• Using Parenting in Special Effects


Other Effects

• Time remapping

• Understanding Compound Effects

• Gradient Wipe

• Displacement Map


Transfer Controls

• Understanding Layer Blending Modes and how to change those using shortcuts

• Using Track Mattes

• Understanding precomposing and nesting

• Stencil and Silhouette

• Preserve Transparency


Tracking/Stabilizing

• Understanding tracking

• Using the tracker

• Warp Stabilizer

• Track Motion

• Using single-point motion tracking

• Using multipoint tracking

• Stabalize Motion

• Mocha overview

• Tips for better tracking


Expressions

• Introduction to Expressions

• Simple Pickwhipping

• Using expressions to animate to the rhythm of music

• Adjusting the expression direction

• Adjusting the expression parameters

• Adjusting the rate of change

• Adjusting the final value

• Creating a loop using expressions

• The wiggle expression


Keying

• Understanding Keying

• Shooting Techniques for easier Keying

• Using Garbage Mattes for easier Keying

• Using Keylight

• Refining the Matte


Using the Roto Brush Tool

• About rotoscoping

• Getting started

• Creating a segmentation boundary

• Fine-tuning the matte

• Freezing your Roto Brush tool results

• Changing the background

• Adding animated text

• Outputting your project


School Notes:

Once you have signed up for this class, please email [email protected] if you are signing up for personal improvement or for business and if the company will be paying for your tuition.

Refund Policy

Any transfers and cancellations require written notification to [email protected]

Rescheduling Policy:

  • Bookings transferred by the customer more than 15 business days before the commencement date of the course will incur no transfer fee.
  • Bookings rescheduled by the customer within 1 to 15 business days of the commencement date of the course will incur a $150 transfer fee.

All transferred courses must be completed within 3 months of the commencement date of the original class.

Cancellation/Exclusion Policy:

  • Cancellations by customers made more than 22 business days before course commencement will incur 5% cancellation fee.
  • Cancellations within 9 to 22 business days of course commencement will incur a 50% cancellation fee
  • Cancellations between 1 and 8 business days will incur a 100% cancellation fee.
  • In the event that a customer cancels a booking for which a transfer has taken place, this will incur a minimum 50% cancellation fee.

All refunds for the Six Week Intensive may take a minimum of 10 business days to process regardless of when the cancellation occurs.

Exclusion of a Student by the school may occur if the student displays behavior deemed inappropriate and/or disruptive to other students and/or school faculty. Student will receive 1 (one) written warning regarding behavior. If the behavior in question is repeated, the Student will be removed from the class with a written explanation of their exclusion. In the event that a Student is removed due to the above-mentioned repetitive and/or disruptive behavior, no tuition fees will be refunded.

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

Reviews of Classes at Manhattan Edit Workshop (95)

(4.7-star rating across 95 reviews)
  • Adobe After Effects Level II

    Reviewed by Stephen T. on 10/18/2019
    I had a great time taking this course. Lessons were well paced, to the point, and gave me skills I was able to use immediately after.
  • Adobe After Effects Level II

    Reviewed by Kristine T. on 10/10/2015
  • Adobe After Effects Level II

    Reviewed by David A. on 11/26/2014
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    Reviewed by Samantha S. on 10/20/2014
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Students who took the Adobe After Effects Level II class have expressed positive feedback about the course. They found the lessons to be well-paced and concise, allowing them to gain valuable skills that they were able to immediately apply in their work. One student specifically mentioned that the course provided them with practical skills that could be utilized right away. Quote: 1. "This course taught me practical skills that I could use right after. I was able to immediately implement what I learned into my projects."

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