# Adobe After Effects CC Quick Start with Chad Perkins

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## Overview

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

## Instructors

### Chad Perkins

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.

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $995