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Adobe After Effects CC for Beginners: Learn After Effects CC [Video]

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Adobe After Effects CC for Beginners: Learn After Effects CC [Video]

By: Company: Life Progression Project

Overview of this book

Adobe After Effects CC for Beginners! This course is an introduction to Adobe After Effects. It will get you started with understanding the software to create effects, animations, and titles for your video projects. This course will take you from the very beginning of opening After Effects and learn the windows and settings to create your first motion graphic title. Your instructor for this course is William Bartlett. He has been using After Effects since 2006 for commercials, feature films, and animated creative projects. He is the founder of an established video production company in Toronto Canada, and has been the Visual Effects Supervisor and Lead Visual Effects Artist on hundreds of projects including feature films and television commercials.

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Adobe After Effects CC for Beginners: Learn After Effects CC [Video]
Company: Life Progression Project
Jun, 2018 | 1 hours 36 minutes
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Table of Contents (7 chapters)
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1
Introduction
Introduction
2
Getting Started
Importing files into After Effects
Creating a New Composition
Creating a new solid layer
Introduction to layers in the timeline and project panel
Creating and editing text layers
Transforming a text layer
3
Introduction to animating layers with After Effects
Understanding key frame animations
Learn to animate text layers
Settings for smooth playback
Using solid layers in your animations
Working with Shape Layers
Working with masks in After Effects
Animating masks in After Effects
Creating a solid layer mask with bezier points
Making animations easier with parenting layers
4
Optimizing After Effects to save you time and frustration
Optimizing After Effects preferences
Optimizing media and disk cache
Setting up the auto-save function
Setting up memory usage
Creating a high definition 1080p composition preset
Creating an ultra-high definition 4K composition preset
Creating a high definition 720p composition preset
Creating a standard definition composition preset
Exporting After Effects projects
Creating a standard definition 480p export preset
Creating a high definition 1080p export preset
Creating a high definition 1080p alpha channel export
Creating a UHD 4K export preset
5
Professional looking titles with ease
Making your text pop in your video projects with drop shadow effects
Using 3D text effects
Using the fast blur effect on your text layers
Creating lower third titles
Using easy ease keyframes to create smoother transitions in animations
Exporting an alpha channel video
6
Creating a professional motion graphic with ease
Introduction to 3D Layers and Cameras
Creating a motion graphic title
Making your motion graphic look great
Fixing banding issues in your motion graphic title
Working with pre-compositions
Using effects on a pre-composition
Using masks to add a finishing touch on a great looking motion graphic title
7
Conclusion
Conclusion
Chapter 3
Introduction to animating layers with After Effects
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Section 9
Making animations easier with parenting layers
Learn how to parent your layers together. Making animations will be much easier if you parent the layers because you will be able to move multiple layers together instead of separately.
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