Adobe After Effects Training in Birmingham
Learn to create and edit short animations and marketing reels on one of our onsite Adobe After Effects Training Courses.
Onsite After Effects Training in Birmingham includes all the surrounding cities and towns such as Coventry, Wolverhampton, Walsall, Dudley, Tamworth, Rugby.
Online Adobe Effects Training
Delivered via video our Online Adobe Courses are hosted by a live trainer who you will be in constant contact with throughout the course via video, screen share and live chat.
Motion Graphic Design in Adobe After Effects
This course is ideal for anyone intending to create motion graphics. On the course you’ll work with the tools and techniques needed to create simple animations, explainer video’s for marketing & sales, edit existing footage and design high impact professional footage for web, social and broadcast.
Why learn Adobe After Effects?
- To design and create stunning motion graphics and VFX (video effects) for social, movies, marketing and online content
- After Effects brings animation, type effects and transitions to static designs
- Effects combines video, imagery, 3D to give impact to visual stories
- Eye catching animations for marketing on social media channels
- Design , intros, short explainer videos for sales & marketing plus motion
- It works perfectly with Adobe apps including Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Illustrator
What is the difference between VFX and Motion Graphics?
VFX – (visual effects) create scenes and characters that are impossible to visualise in real life but are stunningly realistic.
Motion Graphics – think animated graphics such as logo’s and text brought to life by adding motion in After Effects.
Adobe After Effects Training FAQ's
How do online Adobe After Effects Training Courses work?
Our Online InDesign Courses are available on any time zone so we can offer 24 hour availability and over the weekend.
We run our online training sessions via the most popular video conferencing software including Zoom, Teams, Google and WebEx, its your choice which use.
You will have direct contact with the InDesign Trainer throughout the duration of the course via video and audio link in real time and be in contact visually and audibly throughout the whole time.
We are happy to record your training session for you to refer back to after the training.
How does onsite Adobe After Effects Training work?
Onsite After Effects Training hosted on your premises offers a number of benefits including:
- Reduced costs to you as Onsite After Effects Courses are cheaper than the more traditional ones
- There is no travelling involved for you or your teams saving travel, hotel and expenses
- The course is focused specifically on your and your team.
- Any of our courses can be tailored to your team.
- From point of booking direct communication with your trainer
- Dates and times to suit you
Please get in touch with us to discuss availability in your area.
What do you learn on an Adobe After Effects Course?
You will learn how to create animations, impact intro’s, kinetic type and different types of social media reels such as Explainer videos.
On this Introduction to After Effects Course the following features are included. This is just a guideline of the content covered on the After Effects Course.
Our full course content can be viewed at the bottom of the screen.
Nothing is cast in stone on the training and we are happy to tailor the course around you.
- Work with & understand the After Effects environment /Tool Box
- Create & Edit Compositions
- Work with Layers including Solids, Nulls, Shape & Text
- Work with & create Kinetic Type
- Create & Edit Keyframes
- Work with Keyframe Assistant /Easy Ease / Easy Ease In /Easy Ease Out
- Apply Motion Effects such as Slow Mo’
- Create Animations /Animation Concepts
- Work with the After Effects Timeline
- Work with Motion Paths
- Work with Masks
- Work with Colour /Lumetri
- Audio Panel
What is Kinetic Type?
Find out more about Kinetic Type and how central it is to After Effects design.
Find out more about After Effects Kinetic Type
What is an Explainer Video?
These are short online marketing videos which are used to describe or explain something. They’re most commonly used for advertising a service or a specific product.
If you take a look here on Explainer Video it will give you an idea of what they are. Once created they usually appear on a prominent part of a company website such as product pages or the home page.
Who is this Adobe After Effects course for?
The course is perfect for anyone looking to get a firm grip on motion graphic design for both career progression and personal use. It is currently used by designers, marketing, web designers, social media content creators and virtually anyone creating high impact animations and reels.
This Adobe After Effects Introduction Course will show you the tools, features and techniques used in the software to create high impact animations. You will learn to work with both sound and visual tools to bring a professional and creative look to your animations and movies.
Where do you deliver Onsite After Effects Training in Birmingham?
As well as Onsite After Effects Training Courses in Birmingham we run Adobe training across the Warwickshire /Worcestershire region. This includes Wolverhampton, Worcester, Stourbridge and Kidderminster.
Please contact us for availability in your area.
How long does the Adobe After Effects Course take?
This is a two day course.
How to Book an Adobe After Effects Course with us
Booking with us
Please get in touch with us via the online booking form.
We will then get in touch and send the details of booking reservation and find out your timeframe for training.
We will then send across dates.
Once the booking is confirmed we then organise a pre-course call /meeting to discuss the course and any logistics around the day.
Payment
Payment for training is via BACS or Credit Card
Credit Card payment is via Stripe
*Greta Powell Training Ltd does not collect or store your card details.
Purchase Orders
We accept purchase orders from UK registered companies and the public sector.
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Online Adobe After Effects Training Courses
This course is also run as a virtual Online After Effects Course with a live instructor. Throughout the training you will have direct live contact with your instructor via video, audio and sharing screens in real time.
All of our digital design courses are now online as well as onsite.
Online After Effects Training offers great flexibility with courses running as virtual sessions both during the day plus evenings and weekends. Virtual online sessions are run on Zoom, Teams, Google etc.
These are live online training courses providing you with direct visual and audio communication with your trainer. Just as in an Onsite Training Course you can view the trainers screen and share your own with the trainer.
If you have any questions about our Online Adobe Training don’t hesitate to get in touch for a chat.
Adobe After Effects Training in Birmingham - Overview
Meeting After Effects
Motion Graphics – the basics
After Effects Interface
After Effects Workspace & Menus
After Effects & Animating Vector Characters
Using the Puppet Tool
Creating Puppet Mesh
Keyframing Puppet Pins
After Effects Text
Working with Text
Text Formats
Working with Text Presets
Editing Text Presets
Compositions & Assets
Creating a Composition
Composition Settings
Importing Assets
Importing Footage
Explainer Videos Character Animation Continued
Importing Vector Files (eps /AI Files)
Preparing Vectors for After Effects
Characters & Layers
Puppet Position Tool
Composition v Footage
Loop Out Expression
Animate the Character Body
Animate Facial Expressions
Text Animation
Kinetic Type
Working with Text Layers
Text Animation Presets
Using Text Animators
After Effects & CC
Understanding the role of Illustrator
Understanding the role of Photoshop
Importing Illustrator & Photoshop Files
Using the CC Libraries
After Effects & Pen Tool
Pen & Pen Properties
Add /Delete /Convert Pen Tools
Mask Feather Tool /Custom Masks
Tapered & Dashed Paths & Strokes
Animating Dashed Lines
Motion Tracking
Understand Motion Tracking
Stabilising Motion
Apply Tracking Data to another layer
After Effects & Layers
What are layers?
Adding & Editing Keyframes to Layers
Working with Motion Paths
Adjusting Layers
Working with Audio
Adding Audio
Audio Presets & Effects
Edit Audio
Removing Background Noise
Rotoscoping in After Effects
Separate Foreground from Background
Animating Rotoscope Mask
Using the Roto Brush Tool
After Effects & Layer Types
Working with Solid, Light and Shape Layers
Understanding Layers & their role
Working with Adjustment Layers
Working with Photoshop Layers
After Effects & Masks
Effective Masking
Vector Shapes in After Effects
Creating a Mask /Custom shape tools
Working with the Pen Tool, Handles and Bezier curves
Mask properties
Exporting from After Effects
Exporting Animations
Render Video
Export to Different Formats (MP4, H264, Mov etc)
After Effects Keyframes & Effects
Adding Keyframes to Layers
Layer Transformations
Layer FX Effects
After Effects Timeline
Adding Clips to Timeline
Positioning Clips
Time Ruler & Current Time
The Graph Editor (Value Graph & Speed Graph)
