After Effects Advanced | Course Overview

Course Description

This 1 day advanced class is instructor led by an After Effects Adobe Certified trainer, with students learning how to use Adobe After Effects to it’s full potential. Best practices, as well as shortcuts, are emphasised. See the outline for complete details.

After Effects Advanced

After Effects Advanced | Outline

Advanced Text Animation Techniques

Using the Interpret Footage dialog effectively
Parent and child relationships
Using Null layers
Understanding the Anchor Point
Using different blending modes Advanced text animation

Using Expressions

Why expressions are useful
Creating expressions to slave other layers
Expressions vs Parent and Child
Transferring properties in equations
Controlling cameras and lights with expressions
Adding Wiggler, Random, Smoother expressions
Loop- in, Loop-Out expressions

Using Audio in After Effects

Adding and previewing sound
Using sound markers to synchronize action

Working with Compositions

The Composition Navigator
The Composition Mini Flowchart
Save Ram Preview
Pre- composing layers
Rendering order issues

Color Correction Techniques

Using Levels, Curves
Hue/saturation
CC toner
Using Colour Balance
Synthetic Aperture

Working in 3D Space

Creating a layer in 3D space
3D text animations
Understanding the limitations of 2D planes in 3D space
Using lights and cameras
Using Nulls to control layers
Adding Depth of field

Working Lights in 3D Space

Understanding the different lights
Controlling Lights on/ off lights on layers
Animating lights, linking to camera
Material Options window

Generating Special Effects

Displacement Map
Fractal noise
Blending modes
Match Noise & Grain
Warp Stabilizer
Radio Waves

Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Canberra

SYDNEY Select a date to book online now	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct
After Effects Essentials	29 & 30	24 & 25	22 & 23	14 & 15	10 & 11	8 & 9
After Effects Advanced	31	—	24	—	25	15 Nov

MELBOURNE Select a date to book online now	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct
After Effects Essentials	—	6 & 7	18 & 19	29 & 30	—	10 & 11
After Effects Advanced	—	21	—	—	5	8 Nov

BRISBANE Select a date to book online now	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct
After Effects Essentials	—	24 & 25	—	22 & 23	—	—
After Effects Advanced	—	26	—	—	—	—

CANBERRA Select a date to book online now	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct
After Effects Essentials	Available as custom training only.
After Effects Advanced	Available as custom training only.