Adobe® After Effects® 5.0: Advanced

After Effects 5.0: Advanced (Windows) is hands-on instruction that presents advanced level concepts and techniques for animation, compositing, and special effects with Adobe After Effects 5.0. Students will be able to use After Effects to add motion graphics and visual effects to film, video, multimedia, and Web projects.

Delivery Method:  Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Target student:  Students enrolling in this course should be interested in creating movies that include 2D animation and visual effects.

Along with this course, you will receive Knowledge Packs. What are Knowledge Packs? – They are a collection of interactive resources, bundled with the course book that provides you with support before, during, and after a classroom event. Go beyond the book with Knowledge Packs for your training and extend your classroom experience with these powerful, enhanced learning tools.

The Learning Pad will provide you with access to an online portal with these components:

* Immersive content and interactive exercises that map to the course objectives
* Assessments to identify competency gaps and validate comprehension
* Electronic course book accessible via web browser or mobile device
* Printable quick reference cards and other performance support materials
* A bonus online course that complements the skills taught, enabling you to apply what you’ve learned in the workplace
* Access to vLabs is included to provide hands-on practice.

As a student, you will have access to these learning tools for up to 12 months!

Performance-Based Objectives: Lesson objectives help students become comfortable with the course, and also provide a means to evaluate learning. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • Import Photoshop files as compositions, preserving the structure and attributes of the layers.
  • Time-remap source footage to create complex motion sequences with ease.
  • Synchronize an audio layer with the motion of an animated mask.
  • Apply effects to masked layers, use track mattes as video transitions, and adjust layer modes.
  • Efficiently and effectively work with high-resolution footage to be output to film.
  • Use Luma and Color keying to create background transparency in layers.
  • Visually organize complex projects, interpret footage, and create templates for rendering movies.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Working With Photoshop Compositions
Topic 1A: Importing Multi-layered Photoshop Files
Topic 1B: Animating and Adding Effects to Photoshop Layers
Topic 1C: Creating Natural Animation Using Motion Blur

Lesson 2: Time-remapping
Topic 2A: Freezing the First or Last Frame of Video ina Layer
Topic 2B: Varying the Speed of Motion in the Video Layer
Topic 2C: Freezing Motion in the Middle of the Layer’sDuration
Topic 2D: Making the Motion in a Video Layer Change Direction and Accelerate

Lesson 3: Creating Masks and Synchronizing Them WithAudio
Topic 3A: Previewing Audio
Topic 3B: Audio Waveforms and Layer Markers
Topic 3C: Creating and Animating Mask Shapes in the LayerWindow

Lesson 4: Masked Layers and Creating Track Mattes
Topic 4A: Applying Effects to Layer Masks
Topic 4B: Using Illustrator Files as Track Mattes
Topic 4C: Video Transitions as Track Mattes

Lesson 5: Working With High-resolution Film Footage
Topic 5A: Customizing Preference Settings and the Creation of a mecode Effect
Topic 5B: Prerendering and Editing Nested Compositions
Topic 5C: Creating a Timecode Effect

Lesson 6: Using Keying Effects to Create Transparency
Topic 6A: Using the Luma Key Effect
Topic 6B: Creating the Lens Flare QuickTime Movie
Topic 6C: Importing a Project, Copying the Motion Keyframes,and Adding a Drop Shadow

Lesson 7: Managing Projects in After Effects
Topic 7A: Organizing Your Project With Flowchart View
Topic 7B: Understanding and Changing Default RenderingOrder
Topic 7C: Understanding Interlaced and Non-interlacedVideo, and Interpreting Footage in After Effects
Topic 7D: Creating a Rendering Template

Prerequisites:

After Effects 5.0: Introduction is a prerequisite. Most students will find a general graphics background and experience with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and/or Premiere helpful, although it is not required. Must be sponsored by your employer.