After Effects CC 2019 Essential Training: The Basics

Learn the basics of Adobe After Effects CC 2019. Get a beginner-level overview of its most popular features and the workflow for a standard motion graphics project.

Introduction

• The basics of After Effects
• Common After Effects terminology
• Common film, video, and animation terminology
• What After Effects cannot do
• Using the exercise files and relinking footage

1. Foundations

• Explore the interface of After Effects
• The six foundations of After Effects
• Understand compositions
• Work with layers
• Animate with the timeline
• Apply effects
• Basics of 3D
• Know how to render

2. Creating a Simple Animation

• Set up an After Effects project
• Track an element into motion
• Precompose: One example
• Ramp speed: Play with time itself
• Design an animated transition
• Animate the type
• Light the scene
• Send the shot where it belongs
• Review and evolve your work

Conclusion

• Many ways to learn After Effects