After Effects Training Course - Introduction
Learn to create and edit short animations and reels on this Adobe After Effects Training Course.
This Introduction to After Effects Training is hands on and designed to give you the skills to create high impact motion graphics virtually from the start.
Online After Effects Training Courses 24 /7 - evening & weekend courses
Online Adobe After Effects Training
This also runs as a virtual Online After Effects Course with a live instructor.
All of our digital design courses are hosted either online or onsite. These include Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premier Pro & Acrobat Training plus our eLearning Courses, Captivate, Articulate & Camtasia.
Online After Effects Training offers great flexibility. These courses are run as virtual sessions on a 24 /7 basis including evenings and weekends running on Zoom, Teams, Google etc.
If you have any questions about our Online Adobe Training don’t hesitate to get in touch for a chat.
After Effects Training Course what will I learn?
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 – for example 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 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.
To be honest how long is a piece of string? Exactly!
It’s currently used by designers, content creators, social media marketeers and anyone creating high impact animated 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.
Benefits of Onsite After Effects Training
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 held in centre ones
*Great savings on company groups - There is no travelling involved for you or your teams saving travel, hotel and expenses
- The course is focused specifically on you and your team.
- Any of our courses can be tailored to your team.
- From point of booking, pre-course meeting and actual training course you have direct communication with your trainer
- Dates and times to suit you
Online After Effects Training, how does it work?
Throughout the online training you will have direct live contact with your instructor via video, audio and sharing screens in real time.
The course is delivered via video link including Zoom, Teams, Google & WeBEX.
Dates and Times are arranged to work around you
As with all our courses the training can be customised to suit you.
Do you record the course?
Yes we do but due to privacy reasons we can only offer this for one to one sessions or closed company courses.
Environmentallly friendly online Adobe Training
How to Book your After Effects Course
Please get in touch with us via the online booking form at the bottom of this page or:
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
Purchase Orders
We accept purchase orders from UK registered companies and the public sector.
*Greta Powell Training Ltd does not collect or store your card details.
What other Adobe Creative Cloud Courses do you run?
We run a wide range of CC Courses including the major players such as Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Premiere Pro and Acrobat.
We do three to five day graphic design courses in Adobe Creative Cloud which are ideal for anyone looking to boost their skills for college, uni or work.
We run introduction to Photoshop, InDesign. Express courses etc which can be designed as tailored Adobe Courses.
- Adobe Creative Cloud Training
- Adobe MasterClass Training
- Introduction to Adobe InDesign Training
- Introduction to Adobe Express Training
- Introduction to Adobe Acrobat Training
- Introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro Training
- InDesign & Photoshop Combo Course
- Adobe Lightroom Training Course
Environmental Bonus of Online Training
Additional bonuses of online Adobe Courses
No travelling in the morning, get up have a cup of tea, leisurely breakfast then hit the computer.
And by the way we don’t care if you’re wearing your PJ’s, last nights party hat or no make up – we just jump right on to the training.
Probably the main bonus tho’ is the environmental footprint or rather lack of one. Not travelling means a lack of carbon footprints, which to be honest along with the leisurely breakfast is our favourite thing
Onsite After Effects Training
This course is also run onsite hosted on your premises at times and dates to suit you.
Our onsite After Effects Training Courses are run UK wide.
This includes the Midlands, Leicester, Nottingham, Birmingham, Derby, Sheffield, Lincoln, the North, Manchester, Blackpool, Liverpool, Leeds & Hull.
After Effects Training Info
This After Effects Course is ideal for 121 sessions and closed company courses. We are happy to adjust any content to suit you to create a fully tailored training event.
How long does the course take?
It takes between one and two days depending on the amount of people sitting on the training. For one person one day usually suffices but for small groups of between 4 and 6 people two days is more realistic.
After Effects Training Course - Introduction - Overview
After Effects Introduction
Motion Graphics – the basics
After Effects Interface
After Effects Workspace & Menus
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 Video
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
Pen & Pen Properties
Add /Delete /Convert Pen Tools
Mask Feather Tool
Tapered & Dashed Paths
Animate a Dashed Line
Create Custom Mask with Pen
Tapered Strokes
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 Layers
Working with a Solid Layer
Working with a Shape Layer
Working with Adjustment Layers
Working with Photoshop Layers
After Effects Masks
Add Shape Layer
Vector Shapes in After Effects
Creating a Mask
Custom shape tools
Working with the Pen Tool
Handles and bezier curves
Mask properties
After Effects Edits in Comps
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)
