Understand the After Effects workspace and how to start a new composition.
Add media to your project and work with the Timeline.
Master the basic After Effects tools and create perfect circles and alignments and shape colors.
Navigate and utilize the shape properties like a pro.
Animate your project with keyframes and know the basics of motion tracking.
Work with solid layers, shape layers, strokes, paths and use the Key Burns effect.
Utilize essential After Effects skills such as tracking matte animations, playing with time, using blend modes and stabilizing shaky footage.
Take on motion graphics projects with ease, apply text animations and work with character animations.
Work with green screen footage and master chromakeying.
Work with 3D animations, use the camera tool and excel at rotoscoping.
Export your work in the correct format and resolution.

ABOUT PHIL'S CLASS:

While it’s easy to imagine impressing your audience with awe-inspiring videos, it’s not as simple to achieve. Adobe After Effects offers powerful capabilities to create jaw-dropping effects but you’ll need basic and advanced skills to be able to translate your dreams into reality.

This class covers all major features and elements of After Effects such as motion graphic, visual effects, green screen and rotoscoping, character animations and connecting typography. The project-based class is full of practical exercises in each section with all of the downloadable resources that you need to put your new-found skills into practice.

Go from complete beginner to advanced After Effects user with professional guidance from world-renowned expert, Phil Ebiner!

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:

How to position, scale and rotate animations and make animations look more natural
How to use the graph editor and add layer styles like drop shadow, bevel and gradients
How to work with shape effects such as trim path animations, wiggle and zig zag
How to preview and favorite fonts, use content aware fill, create motion graphic templates and reverse complicated animations
How to master colorful transitions, text bubble animations and logo reveals
How to remove greenscreen backgrounds and add motion to a still image
How to use the rotoscope tool, clean up edges for 3D animations and professional screen replacements
Expert workflow tips, how to work with Adobe Premiere Pro and the basics of expressions

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:

People who have no to little experience with Adobe After Effects CC
Influencers and brands who use video and want to elevate their content
Videographers, cinematographers and editors who want to learn how to add motion graphics and effects to videos
Creative Professional who want to diversify their skillset
People who need a refresher class on Adobe After Effects features
Animators and Graphics specialists who want to fortify their existing skill set
Designers who want to add Adobe After Effects to their offering
Anyone wanting to learn how to use Adobe After Effects CC
Beginner to Intermediate

SOFTWARE USED:

Adobe After Effects CC

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Professional video and class creator, photographer and teacher to 1mil+ students. Phil has 10+ years of professional experience in the world of video & photography. He has created 1000+ videos and award-winning documentaries and works from his home studio near LA.

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Adobe After Effects Fundamentals

Adobe After Effects Fundamentals

Lessons

Class Updates & My Favorite CC 2020 Updates

Understand the After Effects Workspace

Starting a New Composition

CC 2018 Update - Starting a New Composition from Footage

Adding Media to Your Project and the Timeline

Using the Basic After Effects Tools

Create a Perfect Circle, Alignment, and Shape Colors

Working in the Timeline

Layer Properties

Quiz: After Effects Basics

Animating in After Effects

Position, Scale, and Rotation Animations

Tips to Make Your Animations Look More Nautral

Using the Graph Editor

Challenge - Bouncing Ball

Solution - Bouncing Ball

Quiz: Animating with Keyframes

Working with Solid Layers and the Ken Burns Effects

Working with Shape Layers, Strokes, and Paths

Adding Layer Styles like Drop Shadow, Bevel, and Gradients

Shape Effects - Trim Path Animations, Wiggle, and Zig Zag

Quiz: Shapes and Solid Layers

Track Matte Animations - Make Layers Appear and Disappear

Using Pre-Compositions to Group Layers

Easily Reverse Complicated Animations

Playing with Time

Blend Modes

Stabilize Shaky Footage

CC 2018 Update - Previewing and Favoriting Fonts

CC 2019 Update - Responsive Design Time

CC 2019 Content Aware Fill

CC 2019 Create Motion Graphic Templates

Quiz: Important After Effects Skills

Intro to Motion Graphics Projects

Clean Lower Third

Logo Reveal Animation Bumper

Colorful Transition

Text with Mask Path Animation

Text Bubble Animation

Weather App 1

Weather App 2

Weather App 3

Quiz: Motion Graphics Projects

Flat Animation Challenge

Phil Designs his Flat Animation Scene

Animating Fireworks with the Repeater Effect

Removing Green Screen Background

Adding a Background that Matches the Foreground

Adding Motion to a Still Image with the Puppet Tool

Adding Movement with the Ripple Effect

Quiz: Flat Animation Challenge

Intro to 3D

Swinging 3D Text Animation

Build Out Your 3D Composition

Animating Our 3D Scene

Create Stars in After Effects

Quiz: Green Screen (Chromakeying)

Using the Rotoscope Tool

Cleaning Up Your Edges

Finishing Our Rotobrush Animation

Quiz: 3D Animations and the Camera Tool

Easy Screen Replacement with Masks

Replacing a Screen Version 2

Screen Replacement with Mocha

CC 2019 Update - Native Mocha AE Plugin

Quiz: Rotoscoping

Using the Puppet Pin Tool

Animating Your Puppet Pins

Animated Blinking Eyes

Adding Perspective with Animated Clouds

CC 2018 Update - Advanced Puppet Pin Tool

Quiz: Screen Replacements

Applying Text Animation Presets

Create a Page Turn Effect with CC Page Turn

Radial and Linear Wipes

Color Correction in After Effects