Master After Effects with our ACP exam masterclass. Learn from experts, create stunning visuals and enhance your motion graphics and VFX skills.
4/6 day course 10am - 5pm Live Online or Classroom-based
What you will learn
- Exploring advanced motion graphics and visual effects workflows, enabling you to create professional-quality animations and composites.
- How to use keyframe animation, expressions and advanced effects, empowering you to bring creative ideas to life with precision.
- Understanding layer management, masking and compositing techniques, helping you build complex visual projects efficiently.
- How to integrate After Effects with other Adobe apps, enabling you to streamline your video production pipeline and collaborate effectively.
- Exploring rendering options and output settings, helping you deliver polished animations and meet diverse client requirements.
- How to prepare for the Adobe Certified Professional exam, empowering you to validate your skills and advance your career in motion design.
- Understanding industry best practices and troubleshooting, enabling you to solve challenges and work confidently on demanding projects.
Courses in this Masterclass
This Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam 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
Course Dates
These are the dates for the first part of the Masterclass: After Effects Introduction. More experienced users may wish to start with the next level: After Effects Intermediate.
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| Wed 5 - Thu 6 Nov 2025 | Live Online |
£345
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| Wed 12 - Thu 13 Nov 2025 | London |
£345
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| Thu 27 - Fri 28 Nov 2025 | London |
£445
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| Mon 1 - Tue 2 Dec 2025 | Live Online |
£395
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| Mon 8 - Tue 9 Dec 2025 | London |
£485
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| Tue 16 - Wed 17 Dec 2025 | Live Online |
£485
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| Wed 7 - Thu 8 Jan 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Wed 14 - Thu 15 Jan 2026 | London |
£485
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| Wed 21 - Thu 22 Jan 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Wed 28 - Thu 29 Jan 2026 | London |
£485
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| Tue 3 - Wed 4 Feb 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Tue 10 - Wed 11 Feb 2026 | London |
£485
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| Tue 17 - Wed 18 Feb 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Tue 24 - Wed 25 Feb 2026 | London |
£485
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| Tue 3 - Wed 4 Mar 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Tue 10 - Wed 11 Mar 2026 | London |
£485
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| Tue 17 - Wed 18 Mar 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Tue 24 - Wed 25 Mar 2026 | London |
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| Wed 8 - Thu 9 Apr 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Wed 15 - Thu 16 Apr 2026 | London |
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| Wed 22 - Thu 23 Apr 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 29 - Thu 30 Apr 2026 | London |
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| Tue 5 - Wed 6 May 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 13 - Thu 14 May 2026 | London |
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| Tue 19 - Wed 20 May 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 27 - Thu 28 May 2026 | London |
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| Tue 2 - Wed 3 Jun 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Wed 10 - Thu 11 Jun 2026 | London |
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| Tue 16 - Wed 17 Jun 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 24 - Thu 25 Jun 2026 | London |
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| Tue 7 - Wed 8 Jul 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 15 - Thu 16 Jul 2026 | London |
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| Tue 21 - Wed 22 Jul 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 29 - Thu 30 Jul 2026 | London |
£485
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| Tue 4 - Wed 5 Aug 2026 | Live Online |
£485
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| Wed 12 - Thu 13 Aug 2026 | London |
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| Tue 18 - Wed 19 Aug 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 26 - Thu 27 Aug 2026 | London |
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| Tue 1 - Wed 2 Sep 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 9 - Thu 10 Sep 2026 | London |
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| Tue 15 - Wed 16 Sep 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 23 - Thu 24 Sep 2026 | London |
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| Tue 6 - Wed 7 Oct 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 14 - Thu 15 Oct 2026 | London |
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| Tue 20 - Wed 21 Oct 2026 | Live Online |
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| Wed 28 - Thu 29 Oct 2026 | London |
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Course Outline for Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam
Working in the Video Industry
- Identifying the purpose, audience and audience needs for preparing video editing projects and determining whether content is relevant to those needs
- Understanding key terms such as client goals, target audience, demographics, accessibility, captioning etc.
- Identifying requirements based on how the video will be delivered, distributed, and/or consumed
- Understanding key terms such email file size limits, compression, codec and architecture, input and output file formats, aspect ratio
- Understanding how to select the correct codec and architecture based on capture and delivery requirement
- Understanding the principles of making a compelling video commercial
- Understanding Web accessibility, captions/subtitles and choosing the right video format
- Communicating effectively with colleagues and clients about project plans
- Understanding key terms in pre-production such as planning, shot list, script writing, storyboarding, design compositions or sketches, style guides and animatics
- Understanding key terms in planning such as project specifications, milestones, deadlines, deliverables and file types
- An overview of video production and animated video production
- Determining the type of intellectual property rights, permissions and licensing required to use specific content
- Identifying legal and ethical considerations for using third-party content
- Understanding key terms such as Creative Commons, public domain, copyright, intellectual property, derivative work, commercial use, attribution, work for hire, fair use, fair dealing, property release, rights, permissions, licensing and intellectual property
- Identifying when and how to obtain permission to use images, audio or video
- Identifying permission to use images of people and locations, including model release, location release, permission to use a person’s face or restricted location
- Understanding key terminology related to digital audio and video
- Understanding key video terms such as frame rate, aspect ratio, safe zone, image and video resolution, file formats, video and audio codecs, pixels, rendering and monitoring audio
- Understanding how colour is represented in digital video
- Understanding further terms such as white balance, bit depth, working colour space (RGB, CMYK, YUV, HLS) and knowing how to choose the right colour space
- Understanding other key terms such as editing, transitions, audio levels, waveforms and effects
- Working with native file formats for video and audio
- Understanding video and audio encoding and compression, colour management and the best audio formats for audiophiles
- Demonstrating knowledge of common animation, visual effects (VFX) and design principles
- Communicating visually using standard film/video timing techniques
- Understanding key concepts such as easing, squashing, stretching, anticipation, staging, straight-ahead action and pose-to-pose, follow through and overlapping action, slow in and slow out, arc, secondary action, timing, exaggeration, solid drawing and appeal
- Identifying general editorial principles and guidelines for video
- Demonstrating knowledge of standard compositing techniques and key concepts such as lighting, colour, scale and perspective, working in 3D space, rotoscoping, masking, blending modes and match moving
- Defining common cinematic composition terms and principles
- Understanding key terms such as aspect ratio, rule of thirds, foreground, background, colour, tone, contrast, cropping, depth of field, field of view
- Identifying general design principles and guidelines for motion graphics
- Understanding key concepts such as space, line, shape, form, colour, texture, emphasis/focal point, unity/harmony, variety, balance, alignment, proximity, repetition, rhythm, scale, movement, negative space and gestalt
- Tutorials for adding motion to your toolkit: the basics of motion design, animating reality with rotoscoping and using blending modes
Project Setup and Interface
- Creating projects and sequences
- Choosing appropriate project settings for video
- Understanding key concepts such as project location on drive(s), folders with media assets, Video Rendering and Effects (GPU) etc.
- Creating and modifying compositions to match the delivery requirements
- Understanding key concepts such as frame rate, resolution, duration, dimensions, aspect ratio, presets, adjusting the work area, background colour, naming compositions and composition from footage
- Tutorials: Planning and setup, projects and After Effects composition basics
- Navigating, organising and customising the application workspace
- Identifying, navigating and manipulating elements of the After Effects interface
- Understanding key concepts such as menus, toolbars, panels, navigating and zooming, search within panels
- Working with key panels such as the Project panel, Timeline panel, Composition panel, Preview panel, Effects and Presets panel, Effect Controls panel and Layer panel
- Organising and customising the workspace including using/switching default workspaces, showing, hiding, nesting and docking panels, using the Workspaces panel, shortcuts and menus, customising, saving and resetting workspaces
- Configuring application preferences
- Understanding key settings such as appearance, auto-save, grids and guides, media and disk cache, memory and previews
- Using non-visible design tools in the interface to aid in video workflow
- Controlling and working with the timeline and media
- Understanding key concepts such as panning, zooming, playing, pausing, keyboard shortcuts (spacebar, mouse wheel, etc.), timecodes and current time indicators (playhead etc.)
- Understanding key concepts such as setting composition (timeline), layer (clip) markers, title/action safe zones, adding, removing, locking, and unlocking guides, setting colour, hiding and showing guides and grids, using snap or align options, rulers and guides etc.
- Tutorials: editing using layer markers and composition markers
- Using keyboard shortcuts in After Effects
- Importing assets and media from various sources into an After Effects project and managing assets thereafter
- Understanding key concepts such as finding, replacing and reloading linked media files, interpreting footage, organising assets using folders, using placeholders and working with metadata
- Tutorials: organising your project assets, turning Photoshop layers into After Effects animations, understanding how Dynamic Link works with After Effects and Premiere
Organising Video Projects
- Managing tracks and sequences
- Using the Timeline panel to manage tracks and layers
- Recognising the different types of layers in the Layers panel
- Understanding key concepts such as footage, text, solid, shape, camera, adjustment, light, null object and pre-comp
- Understanding key concepts such as quality and sample, adding, deleting, locking, unlocking, renaming and reordering layers, managing labels, using switches and modes etc.
- Managing multiple layers in a complex composition
- Understanding key concepts such as pre-composing, parenting, null objects, render order, synchronising/aligning audio with visual effects etc.
- Tutorial: the basics of parenting and null objects
- Modifying layer visibility using opacity, blending modes, track mattes and masks
- Understanding key concepts such as hiding and showing layers, solo, shy and mute layers, blending modes and opacity
- Creating, applying and manipulating masks and track mattes
- Understanding key concepts such as layer masks, track mattes and tools for creating masks
- Tutorials: using track mattes, alpha channels and masks
Creating and Modifying Visual Elements
- Using core tools and features to edit audio and video
- Creating visual elements using a variety of tools and panels
- Understanding key concepts such as solids, shape layers and creating shapes from vector layers
- Working with key tools such as Shape tools (eg. Rectangle tool), the Pen tool and vector editing tools (eg. the Add Vertex tool)
- Placing assets into a composition and understanding temporal (timeline) position, spatial (coordinates) position and layer stacking order
- Tutorials: creating shapes, using the Pen Tool and Paths and creating a Write-On Effect
- Creating, manipulating and animating text including techniques such as point text, paragraph text and adding a path to text
- Adjusting character settings such as font, size, style, kerning, tracking, leading, horizontal and vertical scale etc.
- Adjusting paragraph settings such as alignment, indentation (eg. indent left margin, etc.), paragraph spacing and left-to-right text direction.
- Animating text including applying and adjusting preset animations.
- Creating and editing text and text layers
- Adjusting footage for use in compositions including adjusting layers using a variety of tools
- Understanding key concepts such as moving, sequencing, trimming and splitting layers, and setting In and Out points in the Footage panel
- Tutorial: Selecting and arranging layers, importing files and working with footage items
- Modifying digital media within a project including transforming visual elements in the composition
- Understanding key terms such as scaling, rotating, flipping, moving, fitting to etc.
- Changing the speed of a video clip
- Understanding key terms such as time remapping, time stretching, time remaining, creating freeze frames. changing speed and time reverse
- Manipulating digital video, using basic auto-correction methods and tools including stabilisation and colour correction
- Tutorials: colour basics, adjusting for shaky camerawork and repairing video
- Adding and modifying effects and presets including adding and adjusting video effect properties in the Effect Controls panel and timeline
- Understanding how to use 3D space to modify composition elements including X,Y and Z axes, two-dimensional objects in three-dimensional space, cameras, lighting and animating objects
- Creating composites including concepts such as keying, opacity, masking effects, mattes and alpha channels
- Applying and modifying effects and presets on multiple layers including adjustment layers, and animation presets, alpha channels, masks, mattes and positioning 2D layers in 3D space
- Creating, applying and adjusting transformations using keyframes for motion graphics.
- Understanding key concepts such as keyframing the transform properties, motion paths, spatial and temporal interpolation, using the Graph Editor and keyframing in the Effect Controls panel and timeline
Publishing Digital Media
- Preparing a composition for publishing and archiving
- Checking a composition for errors and verifying specifications
- Understanding key concepts such as hidden layers, animation timing, audio levels, resolution, title safe area, work area etc.
- Tutorials: organising, relinking and replacing assets, using Dynamic Link and rendering and exporting still images and still-image sequences
- Exporting digital video to various file formats
- Understanding key concepts such as exporting one or multiple frames, handling layered Photoshop files etc.
- Exporting a composition
- Understanding key concepts such as exporting to Premiere Pro, choosing video codecs, file names and export locations, exporting for more than one target screen size or playback device, exporting in multiple formats etc.
- Using key tools such as Render Queue, Adobe Media Encoder etc.
- Tutorials: rendering your work and exporting broadcast-quality video projects
Adobe Certification Preparation and ACP Exam
- Working through exam preparation sheet and sample exam questions
- Taking a practice exam
- Questions and answers
- Taking the After Effects ACP Exam
FAQs about the Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam course
Is this Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam course suitable for me?
This course is designed for people 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, who will be delighted to advise you.
How is the content taught throughout the Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam course?
Our Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam 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 Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam course?
For private classes in Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam, 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 Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam 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 Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam course?
We offer ongoing support to our Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam 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.
Will I receive a certificate upon completion of my Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam course?
Yes, you'll receive a certificate of completion from Transmedia, demonstrating your knowledge and attendance on our Adobe After Effects Masterclass With ACP Exam course. Our certificates note our Authorised Training Centre status.
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