After Effects for Beginners Complete Intro to After Effects

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Let's Roll – Introduction to the course

Lecture 1: Introduction to the content

Lecture 2: [DOWNLOAD PROJECT FILES HERE]

Lecture 3: What is Motion Graphics & After Effects?

Lecture 4: Terminology in Video Editing

Lecture 5: EXERCISE: Prepare your first movie!

Chapter 2: Core Elements – Getting started with After Effects

Lecture 1: After Effects Interface

Lecture 2: Preferences & memory size

Lecture 3: Adding & Organizing Assets

Lecture 4: Import .PSD files properly

Lecture 5: Import .AI files properly

Lecture 6: Relinking missing assets

Lecture 7: Composition settings

Lecture 8: EXERCISE: Prepare a Quick Title with Burn Film Effect

Chapter 3: Workflow – Essential tools & practices

Lecture 1: The Timeline – Pt. 1

Lecture 2: The Timeline – Pt. 2

Lecture 3: Properties

Lecture 4: Pre-Composing

Lecture 5: Crop Composition to any size with Region of Interest

Lecture 6: Keyframing & Interpolation

Lecture 7: Keyframes in action – Create a simple transition

Lecture 8: Parenting

Lecture 9: Previewing

Lecture 10: Rendering

Lecture 11: Copy Keyframes Between Layers

Lecture 12: EXCERCISE: Prepare a simple Logo Intro

Chapter 4: Shape Layers

Lecture 1: Creating Text layers

Lecture 2: Creating Solid layers

Lecture 3: Creating Shape Layers

Lecture 4: Shape Layers – Rearranging and adding properties

Lecture 5: Changing Amount of Points

Lecture 6: Masks & Masking

Lecture 7: Blending Modes

Lecture 8: Track Mattes

Lecture 9: EXERCISE: Prepare a Custom Transition!

Chapter 5: Animation

Lecture 1: Animation

Lecture 2: Easing Keyframes

Lecture 3: Motion Blur

Lecture 4: Graph Editor

Lecture 5: Null Object

Lecture 6: Basic Expressions

Lecture 7: Working with Audio

Lecture 8: EXCERCISE: Create a circle with appearing text

Chapter 6: Effects & Presets

Lecture 1: Using Effects & their order

Lecture 2: Different Layers for Different FX

Lecture 3: Adjustment Layers

Lecture 4: Masking out effects

Lecture 5: EXERCISE: Create an Audio Spectrum

Chapter 7: Other most used techniques (Bit more advanced)

Lecture 1: Transparent videos

Lecture 2: Time Remapping (Slow Motion)

Lecture 3: Stabilizing shaky camera footage

Lecture 4: Color keying (Aka. Green Screen)

Lecture 5: Motion Tracking

Lecture 6: Exporting and copying Compositions between Projects

Lecture 7: Basic Camera Usage

Chapter 8: WORKSHOP: All you've learned in use!

Lecture 1: Create a Lower Third

Lecture 2: Create a Typographic Animation

Lecture 3: Create a Logo Transition

Lecture 4: Create a Minimal Title Animation

Lecture 5: Create a Cross Animation

Lecture 6: Creating a pattern over another object with Repeater

Lecture 7: Simple One Line Title Animation

Lecture 8: The Power of Puppet Pin Tool!

Lecture 9: Motion elements with CC Cylinder

Lecture 10: Stroke Animation

Chapter 9: BONUS: Design an outstanding Stroke Animation

Lecture 1: Select Font and Create Outlines

Lecture 2: Prepare and pre-compose Layers

Lecture 3: Applying Effects

Lecture 4: Select Color and Fill the Letter

Lecture 5: Watch another letter from beginning

Lecture 6: Workflow Tips

Lecture 7: Finalizing and polishing the project

Chapter 10: BONUS: Explainer Videos in After Effects

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Selecting a topic

Lecture 3: Selecting appropriate graphics

Lecture 4: Animating the icons

Lecture 5: Rove across time and use Null objects!

Lecture 6: Bonus – Creating a Voice Over

Lecture 7: Craft your story – Advanced trick!

Lecture 8: Creating a Transition

Lecture 9: Creating a Text Scene

Lecture 10: Final project

Chapter 11: Little tips & updates

Lecture 1: Change amount of edges in shapes

Lecture 2: Dividing, multiplying and adding values

Chapter 12: Conclusion