Knowing how to utilize the tools and opportunities in Adobe® After Effects® can take your video from amateur to professional. Award-winning filmmaker and author Chad Perkins will help you get started with utilizing this motion software. This course covers the basics of starting a project and how to make the most of the many ways to bring life to a video. You’ll learn:

How to start a project and create a composition
Working with layers
Creating text
Understanding animation
Working with textures and shapes
Creating 3D motion with lighting and camera
Compositing techniques

Learn to enhance your video projects by animating text or creating transitional effects with this quick start into Adobe After Effects CC.

SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe After Effects CC 2018

Class Materials

Bonus Materials with Purchase

CL AE Course Exercise Files

Ratings and Reviews

Student Work

<span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Chad Perkins is an award winning filmmaker and author based in Seattle, Washington. He also has over a decade of experience with post production software, such as Adobe® After Effects®, and is the author of over 40 online training courses in subjects such as motion graphics, video editing, visual effects, Blu-ray authoring, and cinematography.</span>

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topics covered in this class

Fundamentals Videography Adobe After Effects Video Editing

Reviews

Grace Duong

I really enjoyed this course! As a self-taught After Effects user, this was great if you want to cover the basics and understand the program even more. I also enjoyed Chad's obvious enthusiasm for After Effects and his energy. Definitely felt like I took away some useful tips for my workflow!

a Creativelive Student

If you want to get into learning AE. Watch this video first. I've watched many AE tutorials and I still had many 'why' questions. Chad is great and explaining things and even uses great analogies so you understand what is going on. I highly recommend it. Thank you.

Pauly Wright

I bought this over a year ago when it was over $50 and it was still worth every penny then. I'm a videographer that knows Adobe Premier Pro and I wanted to understand After Effects more to make information, figures, stats in videos more engaging. Chad is really enthusiastic, passionate about what he does and he doesn't waffle. After watching this i'm now confident to put this in practise. Highly recommended.

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Adobe After Effects CC Quick Start

Lessons

Class Introduction & What is After Effects

Workflow Overview

Importing Assets

Creating Compositions

Working with Layers

The 5 Basic Properties

Creating Text

Understanding Animation

Getting Efficient

Adjusting Keyframes & Improving Animation

Parenting Layers

Using the Puppet Tool

Animating Text

Creating Shape Layers

Adding Path Operations

Using Effects

Working in 3D

Adding 3D Lights

Working with 3D Cameras

Nesting Compositions

Masks and Track Mattes

Camera Tracking

Render Queue and Adobe Media Encoder

Class Description