After Effects CC 2018: VFX Essential Training

Understand essential After Effects tools and techniques and learn how to create motion graphics, visual effects, and more

Introduction

• After Effects essential training
• Before we start
• Using the exercise files

1. Working with Layers and Shapes

• Shape layer overview
• Transformation levels
• Shape layers vs. masks
• Repeating elements
• Path operators
• Precomposing and nesting
• Collapse transformations
• Blending modes

2. Animating in After Effects

• Understanding keyframe interpolations
• Adding and adjusting keys
• Using the Graph Editor: Speed
• Using the Graph Editor: Value
• Altering speeds with time remapping
• Anchor point fundamentals
• Parenting
• Using expressions to loop animation
• Essential Graphics panel
• Essential properties

3. Creating Transparency for Compositing

• Creating and animating masks
• Using track mattes
• Using the Roto Brush tool
• Mocha AE crash course
• Keylight 101

4. Working with Type

• Activating Adobe fonts
• Using the type tool
• Using text animators

5. Working with Effects

• Working with effects
• Introducing the Puppet tool
• Limiting effects with mask references
• Content-Aware Fill

6. Basic After Effects 3D

• Intro concepts to 3D in After Effects
• 3D navigation
• Cameras and lights
• 3D layer properties

7. 3D Geometry

• Intro to Cinema4D renderer
• Creating extruded 3D text
• Creating extruded 3D shapes
• Cinema4D Lite overview
• Using Cineware

8. Working with Trackers

• Point tracking
• Warp Stabilizer
• Mocha AE planar tracking
• Camera tracking

9. Rendering

• Export to disk using the Render Queue
• Rendering with Media Encoder

Conclusion

• Next steps