Adobe After Effects Intermediate Evening Course for Animators & Illustrators

London Software Training

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Our Intermediate 4-Week Evening Course will give you a solid intermediary level of Adobe After Effects. Once you have completed the course, you’ll have the skills to use the Adobe After Effects interface to create animation and visual effects for your video projects. Throughout the hands-on course, you will be creating engaging projects with the help of the lecturer.

The Adobe After Effects Intermediate 4-Week Evening Course is ideal for anyone looking to consolidate their existing Adobe After Effects skills within a supportive and creative learning environment. Working knowledge of Adobe After Effects is beneficial for anyone looking to further their creative career or gain employment within a variety of design, graphic, web, fashion, photography, and media fields.

Our courses will also run as Live Online Training if you prefer to study from home.

Course outline for Adobe After Effects Intermediate 4-Week Evening Course. :

Setting up custom preferences

• Making decisions for the most important preferences
• Reducing projects and collecting files

Animation

• Understanding animation rules
• Understanding Velocity and Influence
• Using the Speed graphs to perfect timing
• Animating to music
• Making animation rigs

Compositing

• Adjustment effects and colour correction
• Smart Mask interpolation
• Variable mask feathering
• Keying tools
• Matte tools
• Roto Brush
• Refine Edge tool

Motion tracking and image stabilising

• Tracking position and rotation
• Using Mocha to track motion
• Using Mocha to track mattes
• Stabilising selections in footage
• Warp Stabiliser VFX
• Introduction to Mocha AE
• 3D camera tracking

Time-based effects

• Slow motion techniques / stop frames
• Time stretching, ramping and blending
• Animating footage to audio

Basic expressions and scripting

• Basic Expression commands
• Linking properties together
• Linking and aligning orientation
• Applying simple arithmetic
• Randomising properties

Paint

• Repairing images and movies
• Stop-frame animation techniques
• Write-on text effects and other tricks

Intermediate 3D and parenting

• Setting up stereo camera rigs quickly
• Animating in 3D space
• Independent keyframing
• Tricks with Lights
• Tricks with Cameras

Effects

• Combining effects successfully
• Favourite effects
• Green screen techniques
• Pixel motion blur
• Working with Proxies
• Using Shape Layers
• Extruding text and adding reflections

Please note that course delivery is available either in-class (£245) or live online (£295).

What our students say about this Adobe After Effects course:

Annie Ashwell - Adobe After Effects is such a modern and diverse tool, which becomes pretty limitless to what I can achieve, from slideshows to animations to portfolio showcases and really interactive videos - I am really excited to see what I can start doing.

Claire - Brilliant course, really clear, well-structured training. Fantastic support.

Cari - It is such a fantastic course. The team was super patient and helpful and we've all learned so much.

This course is ideal for anyone who has a foundation knowledge of Adobe After Effects and is looking to build on their existing skills. Adobe After Effects training will greatly aid anyone looking to further their study or gain employment within the motion graphics, animation, and branding fields.

This course is ideal for those with prior knowledge of Adobe After Effects, who are looking to build these skills to an advanced level.

Adobe After Effects opens up many opportunities within various industries. For example, a Graphic Designer (average annual salary £47,000).

We offer guidance on CV and portfolio building as part of the course. You may also want to look at London Software Training’s Career Development Packages to develop your creative opportunities.

• Motion Graphics
• Animation
• Branding
• Graphic Design
• Illustration