Designers! Learn After Effects to craft dynamic motion graphics. Elevate your design projects with expert techniques in video and animation.
2 day course 10am - 5pm Live Online or Classroom-based
What you will learn
- Exploring the After Effects interface and essential tools, enabling you to transition from static design to dynamic motion graphics.
- How to create and animate text, shapes and images, empowering you to enhance your graphic design projects with engaging movement.
- Understanding keyframe animation and basic effects, helping you add visual interest and communicate ideas more effectively.
- How to manage layers and compositions, enabling you to organise complex projects and streamline your creative workflow.
- Exploring integration with Photoshop and Illustrator, helping you add existing assets to your motion graphics work.
- How to export animations for web and video, for professional results across multiple platforms.
- Understanding foundational animation principles, enabling you to develop new skills and expand your creative capabilities as a designer.
This After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course includes
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Authorised Certificate
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Lifetime support after your course
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Course materials
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Live Instructor-led training
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Refreshments all day
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Latest Mac or PC ready to go
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Authorised Trainers
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Hands-on exercises
Book this course
We offer After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction as a private course.
You can select a date which suits you or your team.
The course content can be fully customised to your exact learning requirements.
Request datesCourse Outline for After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction
Starting a project
- Using the Project window
- The Composition window
- Composition settings
- Composition Pre-sets
- The layers panel
- Working with layers
- The timeline
- Trimming layers
- Playing a composition
- Basic layout tools
- Basic transform controls
- The Properties panel
Working with key frames
- Animating graphic elements
- Re-timing animations
- Updating keyframes
- Deleting keyframes
- Precisely controlling animations
- Synchronising actions
Working with Shape Layers
- Stroke and Fill settings
- Understanding Keyframe animation
- Animating position and scale
- Customising a motion path
- Animating transform controls
- Using multiple shapes in a shape layer
- The Add button
- Wiggle
- Wiggle transform
- Repeaters
- Using Brainstorm to experiment and refine design
Importing Vector graphics
- Illustrator and EPS import
- Importing Layers
- Layer size vs. document size
- Previewing vector graphics
- Converting to shape layers
- Editing an imported vector graphic in After Effects
- Groups
- Optimising vector graphics for use in After Effects
Importing layers from Photoshop
- Layer size vs. document size
- Using Alpha channels
- Working with anchor points
- Importing layer styles
- Importing blend modes
- Mask options
- Working with Photoshop text layers
- Anchor points explained
- Pre-composing
- Parenting
- Null Objects
Importing video
- Resolution
- Frame size
- Frame rate
Masks
- Different layer masking techniques
- Creating animated Bezier mattes
- Adjustment layers
- Variable mask feathering
- Trimming and moving layers
- Modifying layer time properties
- Time Remap
Animating a 2D Scene
- Optimising a multilayered vector graphic
- Working with Groups
- Creating sub Groups
- Animating layers
- Animating Groups
- Using the shape layer add button with groups
- Copying and pasting key frames
- Key frame assistants
- Time reverse key frames
- Simultaneously editing multiple key frames
More about key frames
- Further principles of key framing
- Copying and pasting key frames
- Key frame assistants
- Time reverse key framing
- Simultaneously editing multiple key frames
Trim paths
- Drawing lines and outlines
- Using trim paths with multiple shapes
Working with text
- Using text layers
- Bevel and Drop shadow
- Sheen effect
Working with text animators
- Animating text
- Using text layers
- Adding Text animators
- Customising text animators
- Reversing Text animators
- Saving preset text animators
Track Mattes
- Using shapes as masks
- Using Text as Masks
Export Options
- H264
- Animated GIFs
FAQs about the After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course
Is this After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course suitable for me?
This course is aimed at graphic designers who are new to After Effects or have been using After Effects for a while but have never had formal training or who would like to learn best practice in After Effects. If you are have any questions about whether the course could meet your needs, please speak to our customer service team. They will be delighted to advise you.
Will I receive a certificate upon completion of my After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course?
Yes, you'll receive a certificate of completion from Transmedia, demonstrating your knowledge and attendance on our After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course. Our certificates note our Authorised Training Centre status.
How is the content taught throughout the After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course?
Our After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course is extremely interactive. You will be using After Effects throughout the day, working through examples and live projects under the guidance of our trainer, who will be supporting you through each step.
What is the recommended number of people for the class when I attend the After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course?
For private classes in After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction, we recommend a maximum of 8 to 10 people from the same company in the class. Please ask our customer service team to help you find the right balance of people per class and the number of days training you need.
Should I attend the After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course in person or live online?
For in-person courses at our London training centre, you will receive a warm personal welcome, your choice of the latest Mac or PC and morning and afternoon refreshments. If you prefer to attend remotely, rest assured that you will be taught live by the same experts that deliver our in-person courses, covering the same training content, using the same exercises and materials. A second monitor is recommended but not essential.
What support is available after I attend the After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course?
We offer ongoing support to our After Effects for Graphic Designers Introduction course attendees through email and by arrangement, phone calls. You are welcome to ask any questions on topics covered during training. Our trainer will always do their best to explain principles and help you with any issues you encounter.
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