After Effects Apprentice: 02 Basic Animation

Learn how to create your first animation in Adobe After Effects.

Introduction

• Welcome
• Software versions and exercise files

1. Getting Started

• Creating a new project
• Creating a composition
• Importing sources
• Adding a layer to a comp

2. Transforming and Animating Layers

• Editing interactively in the Composition panel
• Editing numerically in the Timeline panel
• Animating position
• Adding more layers
• Editing motion paths
• Animating scale, rotation, and opacity

3. Finishing Your Composition

• Arranging layers
• Adding a solid
• Applying effects
• Rendering the final movie

4. Idea Corner

• Creating variations of the design

5. More on Keyframes

• Exploring spatial keyframes
• Using hold keyframes
• Understanding common keyframe mistakes
• Using Auto-keyframe mode

6. More on Arranging Layers

• Working with action- and title-safe areas
• Using grids and guides
• Aligning and distributing

7. Sidebars

• Importing layered Photoshop files
• Understanding alpha channels
• Understanding the background color
• Avoiding problems with switches
• Exploring the Global Performance Cache