course description
After Effects provides a comprehensive set of 2D and 3D tools for compositing, animation, and effects that motion-graphics professionals, visual effects artists, web-designers, and film and video professionals need. This amazing program is widely used for digital post-production of film, video and DVD, as well as the web.
topics covered
Getting Started
importing footage | creating a project | creating a composition | adding effects | animating the comp | previewing your work | customizing the workspace | interface brightness
Creating Basic Animation Effects
setting up the project | import footage from bridge | working with illustrator layers | applying effects to layers
Animating Text
about text layers | using a text animation preset | keyframes and text | imported photoshop text layers | adding motion blur
Animating a Multimedia Presentation
animating a scene | adjusting anchor points | masking a video into a vector shape | creating a slideshow
Animating Layers
simulating changing light | duplicating an animation | animating shadows | adding lens flare retiming a composition
Working With Masks
creating a mask | feathering the edge of a mask | adding a reflection
Keying
changing the background color | creating a garbage mask | choking a mask | adding background animation | adding a title
Animating a 3D Object
animating a square in space |using 3D views | creating a 3D floor | building a cube | animating the cube
Using 3D Effects
using 3D lights | turing on shadows | adding a camera | adding an animated sphere | adding a logo
Advanced Editing Techniques
motion stabilations | single-point motion tracking | creating a particle system | timewarp | multipoint tracking
Rendering and Output
creating templates | rendering different models
Every course offered is fully customized and will include all your individual requirements. If you don’t need it, we won’t teach it! Your satisfaction is our primary goal.
course times and materials
course times
Courses are generally scheduled from 9:00am-4:00pm
Two short breaks are scheduled throughout the day and there is a 1 hour break for lunch.
course materials
intensebluestudio’s primary objective is to make sure all of your educational goals are met. If you don’t need to learn it, we won’t teach it! Our course outlines and/or books will be used only as guides, but topics may be altered to your specifications and individual requirements. The material will be yours to keep for reference after the class.
