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The Complete Adobe After Effects Bootcamp: Basic to Advanced by Udemy
Learn Adobe After Effects CC: Master Motion Graphics, VFX Visual Effects, VFX Compositing with 55+ Real World Project
Course Highlights
- Comprehensive understanding of Adobe After Effects with a working proficiency in animation and visual effects.
- Unleash your creativity with over 50 interactive projects, ranging from beginner to advanced levels.
- Discover how to create compelling Motion Graphics that enrich your videos, following a clear, user-friendly method.
- Apply advanced compositing techniques to create breathtaking video effects.
- Grasp specialized visual effects techniques such as Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, Chroma keying, Rotoscoping, Stabilizing, and more.
- Conquer Visual Time Effects to revolutionize your Videos and Motion Graphics.
- Immerse yourself in 3D workspace, mastering Cameras, Lights, Shadows, and 3D Motion Graphics Projects.
- Learn to import and animate Illustrator Vector Graphics seamlessly.
- Explore the art of advanced Text Animation in both 2D & 3D
- Stay ahead of the curve with the latest Responsive Design Techniques.
- And so much more, setting you on the path to becoming an accomplished expert in Motion Graphics, Visual Effects, and Compositing.
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
9 Topics
Welcome to After Effects Bootcamp
Your first Animations & Visual Effects
*Download your Resources: Assets/Graphics and Completed Project files
Getting ready to start your first animation
Dive in for beginners: Getting the Graphics
Dive in for beginners: Create your first Motion Graphics
CC 2023 : Render your work and upload to Social Media
Assignment: Render your work and upload to Social Media
VFX for beginners: Change colors in a defined video area
7 Topics
After Effects Interface - Workspaces
Frames & Seconds on the Timeline
The Work Area: What is it for?
Important Switches and more
When the Footage goes Missing - Relinking Footage
The Visual Keyboard Shortcuts' Editor
After Effects Keyboard Shortcuts - Documentation and Adobe Reference
12 Topics
Animating Illustration in After Effects CC
How to Animate: a 3-Step method
Shopping Box Animation: Import into After Effects
Shopping Box Animation: Animating the illustration
Shopping Box Animation: Sequencing the animation
How to set up the illustration in Adobe Illustrator
Operating - Importing the Illustration
Operating - Animate all layers
Operating - Sequence layers tweak and finalize
Robot Animation - Importing adding Audio & Setting up the animation
Robot Animation - Complete the Animation
Robot Ananimation - Adding Visual Effects
5 Topics
How to Ease your animation on a Motion Path
Controlling the speed on a motion path - Speed Graph
Controlling the values for Scale - Value Graph
Spinning the Wheel with rotation and the Value Graph
Assignment: Practice with the Ease and the Graph
18 Topics
Introduction to Shapes and Text Layers
How to Create and Edit Text Layers
How to Create and Edit Shape Layers
Inside the Shape Layer - Animating Shapes Properties
Our Project - Shape Explosion - with Logo animation
How to create irregular shapes and lines with the pen tool
How to create with Bezier Shapes
Animating the stroke - Fading a shape away
Create and animate the Trim Path
Animate the Zig Zag
How to create Concentric Repeats
How to Animate Concentric Repeats
Shape Explosion Animation - Part 1
Shape Explosion Animation - Part 2
Shape Explosion Animation - Part 3
Shape Explosion Animation - Part 4
Shape Explosion Animation - Part 5
Logo Explosion Animation
6 Topics
Create and Publish your Videos to Social Media
Create Pro Videos using the Adobe Media Encoder (Recommended)
When Adobe Media Encoder does not Pop Up
How to create a Pro transparent background Video
How to reduce the video file size
How to create a Looping GIF
19 Topics
Essential Reveal Techniques with Track Mattes and Pre-Comps
Revealing Layers with Track Mattes
How to use the Alpha Inverted Track Mattes
Practice Alpha Inverted Track Mattes
How to use the Luma Track Mattes
Ghostly Visual Effects with Luma Mattes in After Effects
Animated Ghost Effects with Luma Mattes Inverted in After Effects
Animating Mattes for Creative Typography in After Effects
Pre-Comps for Efficient Reveal Animations in After Effects
Dynamic Video Reveals with Pre-Comps in After Effects
Create Track Matte from Text Layers in After Effects
Practice Activity: The Luma Matte Challenge
Practice Activity: Periscope-Like Animation in After Effects
Practice Activity: Rabbit out of the Hat and The Magician Show
Practice Activity Tutorial: Rabbit out of the Hat
Practice Activity: The Magician Show
Practice Activity Tutorial: The Magician Show
Practice and Creative Challenge: Fish Animation in After Effects
Animating a Playful Fish Scene in Adobe After Effects: A Fun and Creative
5 Topics
Introduction to Masks
How to create Masks - Masking Videos
How to Edit Masks
Overview of Mask Properties
The Rotobezier Mask
16 Topics
Type Graphics: Type Animator - Animation & Effects
Type (text) Layers - Overview and Styling
How to work with the Source Text
How to Create Per Character Animation
How to combine & Animate Animator Properties
How to Animate the Offset with the 'Shape Properties'
How to Create Ramp Up/Ramp Down Text Animation
How to Animate Text on Path
How to use Shape layer as Path
Combining Animator with Path Options
How to Create Paragraph with Animator
Kinetic Typo: Practice Activities
Practice Activities 1 - Titles & Lower Third
Practice Activities 2 - Titles & Lower Third
Practice Activities 3 - Titles & Lower Third
Practice Activities 4 - Titles & Lower Third
5 Topics
Instagram Post
How to choose a color palette
How to get appropriate fonts
Animating your design - Backgrounds
Animating your design - Text
12 Topics
Parenting and Forward Kinetic
How to Parent Effectively
Disconnecting from the Parent
When and Where to Parent
How to break parenting
Grouping animations with Null Object
Null Objects useful tips
The FunFairy Practice Activity
The FunFairy Practice Activity Tutorial
At the Plant - First Forward Kinetics rigg
At the Plant - Rigging the Robot
At the Plant - Animating the Robot
5 Topics
Animation & Visual Effects Projects - Scrolling messages
Setting up and animating the scene
Overshoots and slants Animations
Setting up and animating the first messages
Adding the scroll message animation
4 Topics
Earth Holiday Project - Animating with Masks and Parenting
Animating with Masks - Background and Earth
Animating the Monument & Balloon
Rotating everything
20 Topics
Complex Compound and Bezier Shapes
Shape layer structure
How to Create Complex and Compound Shapes
How to animate Groups
The Magic of Fill Even/Odd and Reverse Path
Animating Stroke & Fill Colors
How to Create Complex Shapes with The Merge Path
Animating & Morphing Bezier Shapes
Offset Path: How to create and Animate Repeating Shapes
Animating Stroke Dashes
Animating the Taper
Animating the Wave
Playing with the Wiggle Path
How to use the Wiggle Transform
A Simple Practice Challenge
How to get tracks on the tractor
The Rocket Fire Challenge
The Rocket Fire - Tutorial
Launching the Rocket Challenge
Launching the Rocket Challenge
6 Topics
Motion Path Animation Techniques
How to transform a Path into a Keyframe Motion Path
How to Create Complex Position Motion Path Double Loops
Creating a Trail with the Motion Path
How to Import Motion Path from Illustrator
How to Create a Bezier Trail from a Motion Path
9 Topics
Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
The Blur Preset Animations
Get your Text to Bounce Preset
360 Loop Preset
Multi-line Presets
Animate In Presets
Combining Presets Animate In/Out Presets
Presets Practice Activity and Challenge Tutorial
Presets Practice Activity and Challenge
7 Topics
Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
Solid Layer Overview and Settings
Visual Effects on Solid Layers as composition's backgrounds
Masks and effects on Solid Layers
Adjustment Layers Overview
Adjustment Layers Motion Graphics with Effects
Adjustment Layers with Shape Layers with Repeater
2 Topics
Building the Custom Transition
Retiming the transition
9 Topics
Your Learning Take away from this Section
Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
Reversing Animation with Keyframe Assistant
Reversing Animation with Time-Reverse Layer
How to Slow Speed up and Reverse an Animation with Time Remap
How to Stretch (or Shrink) Layers duration - Time Stretch
Practice Activity Challenge
Practice Activity Tutorial - Remap
Practice Activity Tutorial - Layer Reverse
9 Topics
Playing with Video Time from FPS to Stop and Run
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Time Games - Playing with Frames Per Seconds (FPS)
TimeWarp Effects - Speed
TimeWarp Effect - Back & Forth with Negative Speed & Motion Blur
TimeWarp Effects - Source Frame
Mixing Video Speeds - Time Remap
Video Slow Motion or Fast Motion - Stretching
Looping a Video for the Comp Duration
7 Topics
Responsive Design
How to Create a Protected Region using the WorkArea
Removing and Changing the Protected Region
How to Create Protected Regions with Markers
Responsive Design with Motion Graphics
Intro and Outro in Responsive Design with Motion Graphics
Download the final projects
11 Topics
Your Learning Take away from this Section
Download Your Project file for this Section - 3D and Camera
Intro and Setting up the workspace for 3D work
The Local Axis Mode
Animating the Position Property & Working with Motion Path in 3D
Using the 3D in After Effects Rotation Property
The Next 4 Animation Exercises
Animating in 3D in After Effects Exercise - 1 - Using the Null Object in 3D
Animating in 3D in After Effects Exercise - 2 - Beyond the Camera
Animating in 3D in After Effects Exercise - 3 - Hiding Layers at 90 degrees
Animating in 3D in After Effects Exercise - 4- Random with Orientation
7 Topics
Amazing Camera 3D
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How to create a Camera Layer - Properties and Presets
How to use the Camera Tools - Camera Views and Transforms
How to Move the Camera using it's 3D Axis System
How to Animate the Camera using it's 3D Axis System
How to Create and Animate an Orbit Null for the Camera
11 Topics
What you can do with Lights and Shadows
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How to Create 3D Lights
Working with Parallel Lights
Working with Point Lights
Working with Spot Lights
Understanding the Spot Light Properties
How to Create Shadows
Exploring Shadows with Point Light
Exploring Shadows with Spot Light
How to get the best of Lights and Shadows
8 Topics
3D Project Overview
Download the 3D Cube Project
the Cube 3D Geometry
3D Project Part 1 - Creating the Cube
3D Project Part 2 - Animating the Cube
3D Project Part 3 - Completing the Project
Practice Activity and Challenge
Practice Activity Tutorial
11 Topics
The Puppet Tools in CC 2018
Your Learning Take away from this Section
Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
Setting a practical Workspace - How to use the Alpha Channel
How to set the Pins Mesh and Expansion
How to Animate the Pins
How to Animate using the Record Option
How to Smooth and Reduce your Recorded Animation
How to use the Mesh Expansion and Density
How to Adjust Overlaps
How to Create Rigid Sections
10 Topics
Puppet Pin in CC 2019/2020
Download your Initial Project and PNGs
Using the Alpha Channel
The Concept of Pins - Position Pin
How effective is the Bend Pin
How to Use the Advanced Pin
How to use the Mesh Expansion and Density
How to effectively use the Starch Pin
How to use the Overlap Pin
How to Animate the Advanced Pins
12 Topics
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How to Create Expressions with the Pick-Whip
How to add expressions manually - the loopOut() Expression
Replacing Source Text with Expressions
Interpolation : How to Transpose Property Values using Expressions
The Wiggle Expression Demystified
Interpolation: How to Transpose Rotation to Linear Position
Using linear interpolation on Separated X/Y Position
Application: How to create Pie Chart with Expression Controls Part 1
Application: How to create Pie Chart with Expression Controls Part 2
The Mystery Challenge
The Mystery Challenge Solution
8 Topics
Your Learning Take away from this Section
Download your Project file for this Challenge
Behaviors Preset - Drift Over time
Presets: - Behaviors Preset - Rotate Over time
How to Apply and Work with Fade Presets
Image Creative Presets
The Inset Presets
How to Create and Save Your Animation Presets
10 Topics
Your Learning Take away from this Section
Download you Project Files for this Section
The Effect of Blending Modes
The Concept Behind Blending Modes
The Different Categories of Blending Modes
The Subtractive Category - Adding Darkness
The Additive Category - Brighten them up
The Complex Category - Shades of Grey
The Difference Category - Enigmatic
The Matte Category - Creating Matte with Modes
6 Topics
A Ghost Project - Motion / VFX /Compositing
Setting up the assets
VFX for IN/Out Transitions
Creating the Animation
The Ghost Population
Your Creative Practice Activity - Ghost VFX
14 Topics
Your Learning Take away from this Section
Download you Project and footage files for this Section
The Tracker Panel
Create and Define a Track Point
How to Track and Adjust
How to Attach & Animate Shapes
Create a Second Tracker and Attaching Composition
How to Attach Effects
Track and replace Video Areas - Perspective Corner Pin
Practice Activity and Challenge - Dancing Bulbs
Practice Activity Tutorial - Dancing Bulbs
Practice Activity and Challenge - Screen Replacement Phone
Practice Activity Tutorial - Screen Replacement Phone
Practice creativity with Motion Tracking
10 Topics
Camera Tracking - Your Learning Take Away from this Section
Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
When to use the 3D Camera Tracker Effect
3D Camera Tracker Effect Workflow
How to Create the Camera Track Points
How to Work with the Target Plane: Attach Solid Layers
How to Attach Solid Layers & Replace with Pre-Comp
How to Attach Null Layers & Shift Parent
Practice Activity Challenge - Camera Tracking
Practice Activity Tutorial
11 Topics
Color Correction with the Lumetri Scope
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Color Corecting Tonality with the Waveform Scope
Using the RGB Parade and RGB Curves
How to use Hue Saturation Color Wheel in the RGB Curves ( Prior to CC 2019)
Using the Color Wheels
Secondary Color Correction with HSL Secondary
Your Practice Activity Challenge for this Section
Practice Activity Tutorial
Color Correction Exercise
Download the Final Project File
10 Topics
Your Learning takeaway from this section
Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
Introduction to Keylight 1.2 - Key Cleaner - Advanced Spill Suppressor
How to Select the Right Screen Color
How to use the Keylight 1.2 Effect
How use the Key Cleaner and Advanced Spill Suppressor Effects
Complete Keying Example
Blending with backgrounds - First Example
Blending with backgrounds - Second Example
Your Practice Activity and Challenge
8 Topics
You Learning Take Away from this Section
Download your Project and Footage Files for this section
Selecting your Foreground - The Roto Brush Tool
How to Refine the Edges - The Refine Edge Tool
How to Propagate the Strokes
How to adjust properties for the new Background
For Fun: When the Green Screen / Chromakeying fails you
Practice Activity and Challenge
9 Topics
The Project You Will Create
Download Your Porject Files
How to use the CC Sphere Effect
How to create the planet surface
Using Effects to Create Surface Maps
Adding More Effects for a Better Simulation
How to use the Turbulent Displacement Effect
Animating and Crushing the Background
Your Practice Activity Challenge
8 Topics
Visual Effects with Video Mattes Intro
Download the Video Asset to follow
Complex Mattes on Videos
Animated Mattes on Videos
How to Create Video Mattes
Rendering and Applying Video Mattes
Using Masks Opacity to Create Animated Mattes
Download your Complete Project files for this Section
4 Topics
Your Learning Take Away from this Section
Download your Project File
How to Set Markers
A Kinetic Typo Project Made easy With Markers
10 Topics
For CC 2017 and 2018 Only
The Essential Graphics Window
Download the Start Up Project file & Footage
Create a New Motion Graphics Template
Motion Graphics Template at Work
Exporting Your Motion Graphics Template
Motion Graphics Template Standard Application in Premiere Pro CC
Advanced Techniques - Create New Properties
Advanced Techniques - Adding Effects and Expression to the Graphics Template
Download the final projects for this section
6 Topics
What is the Purpose of Essential Graphics Templates
How to Create a Template and Add Properties
How to Export - Where to find your Templates
How to use Essential Graphics Templates in Premiere Pro
How to Add Responsive Design to your Templates - What happens in Premiere Pro
How to add Effects to your Templates
7 Topics
What does the Script Offer
Download Startup Project File and Assests
Path Points following Nulls - Powerful Line Graph Example
Mask Points following Nulls - Area Graph Example
Tracing Mask Path
When the Nulls Follow a Tracked Mask Points
Download Final Project File - Have a Closer Look
8 Topics
Download your vector Graphics Files
The General Concept - Direct Import
Creating Layer and Groups
Structuring and Renaming Layers
Complete Project - Step 1: Collecting in Layers
Complete Project - Step 2: Organizing in AE
Complete Project - Step 3: Animating in AE
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10 Topics
Percentage Donut Pie
Dashed Percentage Donut Pie
Indicator Dashed Percentage Pie
Follow through Shapes
Rotating Arrow
Full Pie Chart
Interpolation Expressions
Applying the Interpolation Expressions
3-Slice Pie Chart
Converting to a Donut Pie
10 Topics
Your Learning Takeaway from this Section
Download your footage to follow along
The Audio Spectrum Effect - Using the Polar Property
The Audio Spectrum Effect - Overview and Controls
The Audio Spectrum Effect - Controls Part 1
The Audio Spectrum Effect - Controls Part 2
How to use the Property Path
How to add waves to Text
Your Challenge and Practice Activities: Audio Spectrum Effect
Practice Activities Tutorial: Audio Spectrum Effect
10 Topics
Intro to the Radio Waves Effects
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How to use the Polygon Wave Type
How to use the Wave Motion Controls
The Stroke Controls with Polygon Wave Type
How to use At Birth and Each Frame
Practice Activity and Challenge Polygon Waves
Practice Activity Tutorial - Polygon Waves
Radio Waves with Mask Wave Type
Practice Project - Radio Waves and CC Sphere
6 Topics
What you will learn about CC Spotlight
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Working with CC Spotlight Effect
How to create Light Only Spotlight
Images and Videos with the Gel CC Spotlight Effect Property
Graphics and Motion with the Gel CC Spotlight Effect Property
15 Topics
About this Tips Section
How to create Backup Copies of your Project
Scaling your Comp Without any layer Change
Moving the Anchor Point with Precision
Keyframe Navigation
How to use the Shy Switch
Soloing a layer
Layers Manipulation with Keyboard Shortcuts
Work Area & The Preview Panel
Colorizing Your Labels - Selecting and Grouping Layers
Taking a Snapshot
Moving on the Timeline and Work Area
Replacing Images and Videos in The Comp without changing animation and Effects
Improving Performance - Media and Disk Cache
Extending Main Comp - Pre-Comp - Layer Time
5 Topics
How to Create a Pro YouTube Videos: Adobe Media Encoder
Exporting with Transparent Background
Exporting your Composition as GIF
Exporting a Comp to a New Project
Importing a Project into another Project
2 Topics
Where to find fonts
Conclusion
1 Topic
Bonus: Your next step.
The Complete Adobe After Effects Bootcamp: Basic to Advanced
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