Learning After Effects CC 2015

Get started with After Effects by learning basic motion graphics and video terminology and the six core techniques used to build projects in After Effects.

This training course is designed to get new motion graphics and VFX artists started with the basics of After Effects. Author Ian Robinson introduces the concepts of motion graphics and the Creative Cloud, shows some simple tips for relinking footage and setting up the keyboard to suit your workflow, and then breaks down the six core foundations of After Effects. He also covers compositions, layers, animation, effects, 3D, and rendering at a high level, so that viewers can zero in on what they need to learn next using our After Effects library of training.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What is After Effects?
• Motions graphics and video terminology
• What version of After Effects do I have?
• What's new for 2015
• Using the exercise files and relinking footage
• Managing keyboard settings

1. Getting Started

• Exploring the interface of After Effects
• The six foundations of After Effects
• Understanding compositions
• Working with layers
• Creating animation
• Applying effects
• Introduction to 3D
• Understanding rendering

Conclusion

• Next steps