After Effects Masterclass: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Exercise Files and Projects

Chapter 2: Getting to Know After Effects

Lecture 1: After Effects Interface

Lecture 2: Workspaces

Chapter 3: Bringing Assets into a Project & Navigating

Lecture 1: Importing Standard Files

Lecture 2: Importing Layered Files

Lecture 3: Updating an Imported Layer

Lecture 4: Navigating Around

Chapter 4: Introduction to Timeline

Lecture 1: Layer Switches

Lecture 2: Intro to to Layer Transform Controls

Lecture 3: Position Property

Lecture 4: Scale and Rotation Properties

Lecture 5: Anchor Point

Lecture 6: Opacity

Chapter 5: After Effects Compositions

Lecture 1: Creating a Composition

Lecture 2: Composition Settings

Lecture 3: Background Colour

Chapter 6: Working with Solid Layers

Lecture 1: Creating and Editing Solids

Lecture 2: Layer Alignment and Distribution

Lecture 3: Working with Guides and Grids

Chapter 7: Animation in After Effects

Lecture 1: Intro to Keyframes

Lecture 2: More Keyframes

Lecture 3: Editing Keyframes

Lecture 4: Timing Layers

Lecture 5: Pausing an Animation

Chapter 8: Motion Paths

Lecture 1: Intro to Motion Paths

Lecture 2: Motion Sketch

Lecture 3: Fixing the Orientation

Lecture 4: Using Paths from Illustrator

Lecture 5: Rove Across Time

Chapter 9: Creating a Link Between Layers

Lecture 1: Intro to Parenting

Lecture 2: Animating Linked Layers

Lecture 3: Working with Pre-Comps

Chapter 10: Keyframe Interpolation

Lecture 1: Different Types of Keyframes

Lecture 2: Intro to the Graph Editor

Lecture 3: Undershoot and Overshoot

Lecture 4: Keyframe Velocity

Chapter 11: Class Project – Your First Animation

Lecture 1: Project Brief

Chapter 12: Text Animation

Lecture 1: Setting up the Composition

Lecture 2: Creating a Text Layer

Lecture 3: Animating Text with Standard Keyframes

Lecture 4: Using Text Animation Presets

Lecture 5: Custom Text Animators

Lecture 6: Combining Multiple Selectors

Chapter 13: Class Project – Text Animation

Lecture 1: Project Brief

Chapter 14: 3D in After Effects

Lecture 1: Intro to the Third Dimension

Lecture 2: Understanding the 3D Axis

Lecture 3: The Updated 3D Axis in CC2021

Lecture 4: Navigating in 3D Space

Lecture 5: Updated 3D Navigation in CC2021

Lecture 6: Working with Multiple Views

Lecture 7: Snapping in 3D

Chapter 15: 3D Objects

Lecture 1: Working with Lights

Lecture 2: Working with Cameras

Lecture 3: Two-Node Cameras

Lecture 4: Depth of Field

Lecture 5: Switching Cameras

Chapter 16: Class Project – 3D Room

Lecture 1: Project Brief

Chapter 17: Working with Cinema 4D Lite

Lecture 1: Intro to Cinema 4D Lite

Lecture 2: Introduction to Cinema 4D's Interface

Lecture 3: Navigating in Cinema 4D

Lecture 4: Working with Parametric Objects

Lecture 5: Move, Scale, Rotate Tools in C4D

Lecture 6: 3D Object Properties

Lecture 7: Creating Custom 3D Shapes

Lecture 8: Rendering a 3D Text Spline

Lecture 9: Using Cinema 4D Lights

Lecture 10: Using Materials

Lecture 11: Using the Cinema 4D File in After Effects

Chapter 18: Class Project – Creating a Cinema 4D Render

Lecture 1: Project Brief

Chapter 19: Working with Effects

Lecture 1: Intro to Effects

Lecture 2: Keyframing Effects

Lecture 3: Colour Correcting with Lumetri Color

Lecture 4: Using Animation Presets and Transitions

Lecture 5: Blending Modes

Chapter 20: Working with Masks

Lecture 1: Introduction to Masks

Lecture 2: Working with the Pen Tool

Lecture 3: Compositing Text with Masks

Chapter 21: Working with Adjustment Layers

Lecture 1: Intro to Adjustment Layers