Getting Started with After Effects for the Non-Video Pro

Get a quick start guide to After Effects, designed specifically for non-video professionals. Learn how to work with keyframes, animate text, create masks, and export your work.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Exercise files

1. Get Started in After Effects

• After Effects preferences
• Import files
• About frame rate and frame size
• Create and modify a composition

2. Keyframes

• What is a keyframe?
• Create and modify keyframes
• Keyframe interpolation: Spatial
• Keyframe interpolation: Temporal
• The graph editor

3. Introduction to Text Animation

• Text in After Effects
• Source text
• Text on a path
• Using animators and the range selector
• Animating text position and rotation
• Animating text opacity and color
• Animating text tracking and character offset and value
• Adding an additional range selector
• Wiggly selector

4. Introduction to Masks

• What is a mask?
• Mask properties
• Mask modes
• Animate a mask
• Use a mask for position keyframing
• Use masks from Illustrator and Photoshop
• Incorporate masks into your work with logos

5. Exporting Your Work

• Save Frame As
• Pre-render
• Render Queue
• Adobe Media Encoder queue

Conclusion

• Next steps