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After Effects Bootcamp
After Effects Bootcamp
After Effects Bootcamp: Course Summary
This comprehensive After Effects training teaches foundational topics through advanced skills over four consecutive days. The course covers the same materials as the introductory and advanced After Effects course and is delivered in a one-week intensive. Participants learn to create motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, and online use. It starts with entry-level topics and then migrates to more advanced skills as the week progresses. If you would prefer to take the introductory and advanced courses separately, you can find dates for them in the After Effects classes section of our site.
All After Effects classes are led by experienced professionals with extensive backgrounds in effects, animation, broadcast, film, and media production. Our instructors are the authors of the After Effects Digital Classroom book, published by AGI and Wiley.
After Effects Bootcamp: Dates and Times
This comprehensive After Effects training occurs over four consecutive days, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. each day, with a one-hour break for lunch mid-day.
This course is available individually or as part of these certificate programs:
After Effects Bootcamp - Course Dates
All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.
After Effects Bootcamp: Course Topics
Digital Video basics using Adobe After Effects
- Analog versus digital
- Frame rate and resolution
- Storage space and system requirements
- Defining motion Graphics
Learning the After Effects Interface
- Creating a project
- Understanding the After Effects panel system
- Organizing the Project Window
- Understanding the Composition Window
- Working in the Timeline Window
- RAM Preview vs. Standard Preview
Media Management in After Effects
- Importing media files
- Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
- Previewing footage
- Previewing stills and video
- Previewing audio
- Trimming a video clip
- Using the Interpret Footage dialog box
- Looping an audio or video file
Using Layers in Adobe After Effects
- Layer basics
- Layer options
- Creating a layer solid
- Understanding the layer switches
- Time stretch and frame blending
- Nesting compositions/layers using precomps
Using keyframes in Adobe After Effects
- Animation of layer properties using keyframes
- Using layer parenting to ease repetition
- Understanding motion paths
- Working with layer blending
- Controlling the speed of animations
- Easing principles
Using text in Adobe After Effects
- Creating text
- Character palette
- Paragraph palette
- Animating text with keyframes
- Animating text using presets
- Using Bridge with After Effects
Masking and alpha channels in Adobe After Effects
- Masking
- Animating masks
- Working with alpha channels
- Track matte
Using Effects in Adobe After Effects
- Effect basics
- Animating effects
Introduction to 3D in After Effects
- Exploring the 3D capabilities and limitations of After Effects
- Creating 3D layers
- Using multiple viewports
- Understanding 3D Transform properties
- Animating 3D layers
- Creating and using lights
Outputting in Adobe After Effects
- Rendering from a composition to various formats
- Understanding the Render Queue
- Adjusting render settings
- Duplicating jobs in the Render Queue
- Creating render templates
- Exporting a project file
- Rendering an individual frame
- After Effects Workflow considerations
- Greenscreen Shooting Basics
- Using Masks for Compositing (Garbage Mattes)
- Using Keylight
- Refining a Matte
- Understanding Motion Tracking
- Motion Tracking vs Stabilization
- Setting a Track Point
- Using Null objects
- Compositing 2D Graphics
- Using the Warp Stabilizer
- Using the 3D Camera Tracker
- Compositing 3D Graphics with Video
- Understanding Time Remapping
- Slow Motion Effects
- Fast Motion Effects
- Using Frame Blending
- Adjusting Tonality
- Advanced Color Adjustments
Rotoscoping Video Footage
- Manual Rotoscoping
- Using the Roto Brush
- Painting on Color
- Fog
- Smoke
- Mist
- Wind
- Precipitation
- Fire
- Heat Distortion
- Explosive Effects
- Render Output Settings
- Output Module Templates
After Effects Bootcamp: Course Prerequisites
We recommend you have the Adobe After Effects application before starting the class. You can purchase subscriptions to Creative Cloud or obtain a trial version from the Adobe website. If attending this class online, check system requirements to ensure you can run After Effects on your computer. Have After Effects installed before the start of class.
It is recommended that you have experience with basic Photoshop and Illustrator concepts, such as layers, vectors, and pixels.
After Effects Bootcamp: Course Materials
Course participants receive a copy of the Adobe After Effects Digital Classroom book in digital format, written by our instructors. Our team of instructors has created many official training guides and books for Adobe Systems, and you have an opportunity to learn from the authors, contributors, and editors to this well-respected After Effects training book.
You can view examples of some of the After Effects tutorials created by our training staff to gain a better understanding of the quality of our training materials.