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After Effects Classes Online

After Effects classes & training Online

In our live online After Effects classes, you learn from instructors that wrote the After Effects books used at many universities teaching digital video and motion graphics. AGI has been delivering outstanding live online After Effects training classes with a remote instructor for more than a decade.

Interactive online After Effects courses at your own computer

With live online After Effects courses you can see the instructor’s screen, hear concepts and explanations, and complete exercises as you learn After Effects. Each course is live and you can talk with the instructor and ask questions. If you have a questions, you have the option to share your screen with the instructor who can help you one-on-one as you learn. You’ll hear the instructor over the headset / microphone we supply, and can communicate by talking or use the on-screen chat if you prefer.

Convenient After Effects classes online

  • You can learn After Effects online from home, your office, or anywhere you have a broadband Internet connection.
  • Live online After Effects courses let you get questions answered from expert instructors in our small-group classes.
  • No risk: If you find that online After Effects classes are not for you, let us know after the first half of the After Effects class and you can apply your registration fee toward an in-person After Effects class at any of our training centers.
  • Free retakes: If you wish to retake the online After Effects course you can do so anytime within one year after your course date at no additional cost.
  • No cancellations: AGI doesn’t cancel our regularly scheduled online After Effects classes due to low-enrollment.
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After Effects Classes Online

Attend introductory to advanced After Effects Classes in our training centers, online, or at your office. We have been teaching After Effects classes for more than a decade and can help you to achieve professional results faster and more efficiently.

Online After Effects Classes Course Details and Outlines

After Effects Class - Introduction

In this two-day After Effects class you will learn the foundation skills needed to create exciting visual effects and motion graphics. This After Effects course is taught by the team behind the comprehensive book, After Effects Digital Classroom. In this After Effects class, you'll cover topics starting with the use of the interface, using layers, keyframes, and masking, and media management. You will also have the opportunity to explore the depth of the After Effects tools, including 3D effects and rendering your project for output.

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After Effects Class - Advanced

In this two-day Advanced After Effects Class you will discover advanced skills needed for creating visual effects and motion graphics. Our After Effects courses are led by the team that writes the best-selling After Effects Digital Classroom. In this course you learn advanced compositing, the timeline, selections, color correction, color keying, motion tracking, expressions, environmental effects, and more.

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After Effects Bootcamp

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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Video Editing Certificate

In the video editing certificate you learn foundational principles of video editing, effects, and motion graphics. Along with courses covering video editing tools, you also learn core special effects skills. Video editing skills are improved through projects, and then showcased in a video editing portfolio. All participants in the video editing certificate have access to AGI's dedicated career counseling service, and receive one-on-one coaching from video editing professionals. The course of study is 91 hours, with new sections starting monthly. The video editing certificate is available full-time or part-time, and you can attend either in-person or online. All courses are delivered by live instructors.

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Upcoming Dates for Online After Effects Classes

All classes are led by a live instructor. Class times listed are Eastern time.

Course Name Course Dates Location Fee Register
Weekdays
 Wed, Mar 15 2023 to
Thu, Mar 16 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $795.00
Weekdays
 Wed, Apr 12 2023 to
Thu, Apr 13 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $795.00
Weekdays
 Wed, Apr 19 2023 to
Thu, Apr 20 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $795.00
Weekdays
 Mon, May 15 2023 to
Tue, May 16 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $795.00
Weekdays
 Mon, May 15 2023 to
Thu, May 18 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $1,590.00
Weekdays
 Wed, May 17 2023 to
Thu, May 18 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $795.00
Weekdays
 Mon, Jun 12 2023 to
Tue, Jun 13 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $795.00
Weekdays
 Mon, Jun 12 2023 to
Thu, Jun 15 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $1,590.00
Weekdays
 Wed, Jun 14 2023 to
Thu, Jun 15 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $795.00
Weekdays
 Mon, Jul 17 2023 to
Tue, Jul 18 2023
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
American Graphics Institute American Graphics Institute
Online
Live instructor-led class online
 		1969-12-31T19:00:00-05:00 $795.00

After Effects Classes Online

Online After Effects Classes led by a live instructor
American Graphics Institute’s live online After Effects Classes are led by expert instructors from American Graphics Institute.
About After Effects Classes Online

American Graphics Institute has been delivering public and private After Effects Classes  online for more than a decade. We offer regularly scheduled public After Effects classes online and private online training. Our many clients include companies of all sizes, non-profit agencies, and educational institutions. AGI provides After Effects training to employees working in marketing, communications, design and a variety of business roles.

Instructors teaching live online After Effects Classes.
Highly qualified instructors teach live online After Effects Classes in small group workshops.
After Effects Courses Online from Experts

The instructors that lead our After Effects Classes are the authors of more than 10 books on After Effects, ranging from the After Effects Digital Classroom to the Adobe Creative Cloud for Dummies book. AGI’s teachers are also available for private After Effects training which can be delivered online as a live session or as an in-person After Effects workshop at your location.

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AGI's team of experienced instructors are led by the design and usability expert and best-selling author of more than 20 books including Creative Cloud for Dummies, Creative Suite for Dummies, and Photoshop Digital Classroom. Classes are led by experienced professionals who have extensive professional and training experience, and also work in our consulting practice areas and as practicing professionals. For Federal agencies, American Graphics Institute classes are offered under GSA contract 47QTCA19D003Y.