Our team of special effects experts has assembled a list of the 9 best After Effects courses and classes with Certificates that you can take right now. This includes both online After Effects courses and in-person After Effects classes with live instructors, as well as free After Effects…
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Sun, Jan 1 2023
As the editor of Adobe After Effects Digital Classroom and overseeing more than 50 computers running Adobe After Effects, I’m often asked: what’s the best computer for Adobe After Effects? I also get asked the question: Is a Mac or Windows PC better for After Effects? The…
Thu, May 12 2022
Adobe After Effects is a software application for creating motion graphics and special effects used in video, online content and presentations. After Effects is available on both Mac OS and Windows computers. After Effects is used widely in TV and film post-production for the creation of special…
Fri, Mar 18 2022
If you are a video editors or graphic professional, you likely know that you will benefit from learning After Effects as it is widely used in the creation of many commercials, broadcast promotions, and online videos but may want to know how to learn After Effects. The most common methods for…
Fri, Mar 18 2022
Anyone working with video, effects, and animation can benefit from learning After Effects, an application that is used in the post-production of television and film, by animators, and anyone needing to create special effects within video. It is used for digital visual effects, motion graphics,…
Thu, Jan 6 2022
The best way to learn After Effects includes in-person classes, online courses, books, video training, and private lessons. Each individual’s preference for learning methods dictates whether they are better learning After Effects in the classroom or online, with an instructor,…
Thu, Jan 6 2022
The best laptop for After Effects comes from an unlikely source that animation and effects professionals will likely find surprising. After Effects is an extremely processor and graphics intensive application, making it challenging to find a good laptop for After Effects. You might expect the…
Tue, Apr 6 2021
Adobe has announced a new app to create animations, which is available as preview version. The new product is Adobe Character Animator, and will be available as part of the Adobe Creative Cloud.
Adobe has a history of providing animation tools, with existing animation tools such as Flash…
Tue, Sep 1 2020
Adobe has released After Effects CC which is a software app used for creating video effects, motion graphics, and compositing video. As American Graphics Institute teaches After Effects classes and the educators at AGI write books on how to use it, we’…
Mon, May 23 2016
Live television productions were once a mainstay for broadcast video, but for many decades fell out of favor and were replaced by recorded shows. Recently several musicals have been delivered as live television, with productions of shows such as the Sound of Music and also Grease. Yet animated…
Wed, Apr 20 2016
If you use After Effects, QuickTime from Apple is likely installed on your computer. Adobe After Effects uses QuickTime on Windows and Mac computers to encode and export animations, effects, and video to a number of video formats. Adobe does not include all export functionality directly within…
Thu, Jan 21 2016
Online digital video continues to expand at a rapid pace, and the rise of digital video is impacting traditional television. A recent announcement by the news network Al Jazeera is representative of what is occurring across the TV landscape as viewers shift to online digital video. The network…
Tue, Aug 18 2015
Hollywood has come to Boston once again, but this time with animation and effects. Digital artists that work with tools such as Photoshop and After Effects are likely to find inspiration and fascination at a Pixar exhibit in…
Wed, Jun 3 2015
If you perform video editing using tools such as Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro, or create effects and animations using After Effects, you have gamers to thank for steady speed improvements over the past several years. We’ve been seeing a steady improvement in the classrooms where teach…
Thu, Apr 9 2015
Adobe has announced a number of new capabilities and changes for their motion graphics and animation tool, Adobe After Effects CC 2015. Some of these changes will also be reflected in Premiere Pro CC as well, creating a consistent workflow between Adobe’s video editing applications.
One…
Mon, Oct 27 2014
Adobe and Microsoft have been showing up at a number of each other's product announcements and launch events recently. This trend continued at Adobe’s MAX conference earlier this month when attendees were given a preview of how Adobe’s applications and Microsoft’s platforms can be combined to…
Sun, Oct 19 2014
Adobe recently issued an update for After Effects CC that introduces new features, improves the user interface, and fixes a number of bugs. The latest version, After Effects CC 2014.1 also known as version 13.1, now displays user interface items and content at the correct resolution on high-…
Tue, Jan 14 2014
The startling revelations about the NSA's widespread domestic surveillance programs continue to make headlines months after former consultant Edward Snowden first leaked stolen documents to the press last year. However, the intricacies of privacy law and the often labyrinthine terms and…