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After Effects in a Day

Learn how to build professional motion graphics and animations using Adobe After Effects in this intensive workshop. Join a leading motion graphics instructor and get hands-on practice in a small class. Master the essentials of the user interface, layer animation, and more.

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Class Description

Description

Adobe After Effects is a premier application within Adobe's comprehensive design software collection, offering powerful capabilities for creating sophisticated motion graphics and animations through an accessible, intuitive user interface. This accelerated one-day workshop gets you productive with After Effects quickly, enabling you to create animated GIFs, professional logo animations, polished transition effects, and diverse motion graphics content. The intensive curriculum, delivered in a small group setting by an accomplished motion graphics instructor with industry experience, provides hands-on, practical training that gets you creating immediately. If you prefer more extensive training beyond this introductory workshop, you may advance directly to our comprehensive After Effects Level 1 program for continued skill development.

Core Curriculum and Skills:

This focused hands-on workshop covers the fundamental knowledge required to work productively in After Effects. You will develop proficiency with the application interface layout and navigation, understand how to effectively manage the timeline, work with video and image assets, execute layer-based animations, apply sophisticated easing techniques that create smooth, natural-looking motion, implement fade transitions and effects, and apply numerous additional professional techniques. By the conclusion of this intensive single-day experience, you will have foundational competency and hands-on experience creating your own animations and motion graphics.

Prerequisites and Background Knowledge:

Previous experience with Adobe Photoshop is beneficial for understanding Adobe workflows and interface conventions, though prior Photoshop knowledge is not required for successful completion of this course. The curriculum is structured to accommodate participants regardless of their background with other Adobe applications.

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Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Also available in-person in NYC

Syllabus

Section 1

Intro to After Effects

  • The Project, Composition, & Timeline panels
  • Importing a Layered File with all its Layers Intact
  • Using Title Safety to ensure TV viewers can see the text

Working with Keyframes

  • Animating in the Class Names
  • Previewing in real time
  • Adding Easing
  • Sliding Over the Entire Class List
  • Animating the Icons
  • Animating the “In a Day” Title
  • Adding Motion Blur
  • Trimming Off Extra Time

Outputting to GIF

  • Exporting from After Effects
  • Making the Animated GIF in Photoshop
  • Reducing the Number of Frames

Section 2

Noble Logo Animation: Anchor Points & Animating with Overshoot

  • Converting an Illustrator file from CMYK to RGB
  • Animating the black square to overshoot its final size
  • Changing where the rectangles scale from by moving layer anchor points
  • Setting layer in points using the In column
  • Keeping vector layers sharp as they scale up

Noble Logo: Masking Layers & Parenting

  • Pre-composing layers
  • Hiding the letters before they animate using masks
  • Moving the entire logo away from the rising letters using parenting

Noble Logo: Rotation, Fade-Outs, & Rendering

  • Adding anticipation keyframes before a major animation
  • Animating the Rotation property
  • Adding a fade to white using a solid color layer
  • How to find missing project files

Optional Bonus: Preparing an Illustrator File for Animation

  • Resizing artboards & vector graphics
  • Setting up layers to individually animate elements in After Effects

Bonus: HBO Intro Sequence

Importing Flattened Files & Adding Easing

  • Importing a layered PSD as a merged file
  • Isolating HBO logo, Feature & Presentation text using masks
  • Creating fade-ins & fade-outs
  • Adding automatic easing to slow down portions of the animation

Working with Numerous Layers

  • Familiarizing ourselves with the Photoshop layout: layers extending outside canvas bounds, guides
  • Scaling up each tile using a single null object and Parenting
  • Randomizing the order in which the photos animate in
  • Orchestrating the exit animation so the tiles fall down in diagonal groups

Vector Layouts

  • Animating vector shapes using the Trim Paths feature
  • Continuous rasterization
  • More null objects: animating the three pay television content descriptors

Putting It All Together & Adding Audio

  • Sequencing multiple compositions
  • Animating like an editor: overlapping shots & using blending modes
  • Adding audio to a composition

Refund Policy

  • Students may cancel up to 11 business days before the class/program start date and receive a refund, less the registration fee (10% of the undiscounted course price).
  • Cancellations within 11 business days are not permitted, but students may reschedule up to 4 business days before the class start date.

For cancellations and reschedules, please email us at [email protected]

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