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After Effects Class in Boston on July 17, 2023 BootCamp

After Effects Bootcamp

Mon, Jul 17 2023 - Thu, Jul 20 2023

AGI Training Boston

$1,590.00

This four-day comprehensive After Effects training provides introductory through advanced skills for creating effects, animations, and motion graphics. This bootcamp combines our introductory through advanced After Effects classes into four consecutive days, providing you with an intensive multi-day workshop. The material covered is identical to the introductory and advanced After Effects courses, but is delivered in a single week. You start by learning essential After Effects skills and end the week with a full set of experience across a wide range of effects, color correction, compositing, and many other skills.

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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

Visual Effects Workflow

After Effects Workflow considerations

Chroma Keying in After Effects

Greenscreen Shooting Basics
Using Masks for Compositing (Garbage Mattes)
Using Keylight
Refining a Matte

Motion Tracking

Understanding Motion Tracking
Motion Tracking vs Stabilization
Setting a Track Point
Using Null objects
Compositing 2D Graphics

Motion Stabilization with After Effects

Using the Warp Stabilizer

3D Camera Tracking

Using the 3D Camera Tracker
Compositing 3D Graphics with Video

Time Remapping Video

Understanding Time Remapping
Slow Motion Effects
Fast Motion Effects
Using Frame Blending

Color Correction and Color Adjustment

Adjusting Tonality
Advanced Color Adjustments

Creating a Background Loop

Using After Effects Cloning Tools

Rotoscoping Video Footage

Manual Rotoscoping
Using the Roto Brush
Painting on Color

Creating environmental effects

Fog
Smoke
Mist
Wind
Precipitation
Fire
Heat Distortion
Explosive Effects

Advanced After Effects Render Queue Usage

Render Output Settings
Output Module Templates