Motion Picture: Introduction to After Effects | Online

About this class

Interested in animating a logo? Curious about how to make text move over video footage? These are just a couple example of the types of things you can do with After Effects — the Adobe program used to create 2d motion graphics and blend animation with video footage to create almost any style of motion graphics!

In this class, you’ll learn about the possibilities available when animating with After Effects, as well as the program’s general layout and very basic functions. By the end of the lesson, you’ll know your way around the program’s interface, understand the fundamentals of making things move with After Effects, and be able to use very basic key framing — the backbone of almost all of After Effects’ animation functions.

Takeaways

• Get an idea of what’s possible with After Effects.
• Know your way around the interface.
• Practice key framing.

Prereqs & Preparation

Please bring:-

• a laptop with Adobe After Effects pre-installed. You can download the free one-month trial from http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/aftereffects.html

• a notebook and pens