Adobe After Effects: Animation and Video Effects for Beginners

What you'll learn

Learn to animate graphics and visual effects in this Adobe After Effects Online Course for Beginners. Adobe After Effects is one of five online Adobe Creative Cloud short courses we currently offer in Sydney.

Learning how to create animations has become an essential tool for developing digital content. Adobe After Effects allows you to create motion graphics and visual effects for film, TV, video, and the web. Whether you are a graphic designer, web designer, video editor, visual artist, or educator, this Adobe After Effects course is designed to help you get started with this Motion Graphics and Compositing program and add a valuable skill to your creative toolkit.

This online Adobe After Effects Course will give you the means to create cinematic film titles, introductions and transitions, animate logos and text, and create stunning visual effects.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this online Adobe After Effects course, you should be able to:

• Adequately use keyframes and layers to produce moving text and/or logos
• Understand composition workflow in the After Effects interface
• Understand the use of masks and how they apply to motion graphics
• Be able to plan and execute basic special effects tasks

Course content

What will be covered in this online Adobe After Effects course?

This is a hands-on course with exercises that show and allow you to practice:

• Project and composition creation
• Creating layers and filling with content
• Applying keyframe animation to the standard Layer group of properties
• Creating classic shapes and modifying these on the fly
• Locating and applying visual effects
• Creating, formatting and editing text
• Understanding interpolation types
• First steps in masking with layer masks
• Importing stills/video footage – transform techniques
• Making one layer follow another with parenting
• Exporting compositions for preview or presentation.

This is a crash training course in Adobe After Effects so the facilitator will aim to fit in as much content as possible, however, they may not cover all of the above. If you have a specific aspect of the program you are interested in learning about, please let the tutor know.

Intended audience

Who is this Adobe After Effects course for?

Graphic designers, filmmakers, video editors, web designers, and visual artists may benefit the most from this After Effects course as well as anyone with an interest in motion graphics and digital animation.

Basic competency with computers is assumed before enrolling, and proficiency in other Adobe software is helpful but not essential for successful completion of this course.

Online Course

This course is delivered online via Zoom, allowing you to join from the comfort of your own home or work. A Zoom link and instructions will be provided prior to the first session.

Course materials

For the best learning experience in this online Adobe Illustrator course, we recommend the following:

• Subscription or Free Trial to Adobe Adobe After Effects: Ensure you have access to the software before your first session.
• Your Own Laptop or Computer: A reliable device capable of running Adobe After Effects smoothly.
• HDMI Cable and Spare Screen: Set up a dual monitor display to follow along with the instructor while working on your projects.

Additional information

Please note the following:

This course is now delivered online, offering the same high-quality instruction and hands-on learning experience as our in-person classes. Adobe After Effects works similarly on both Windows and Mac operating systems, with only minor differences in keyboard shortcuts and file locations. Make sure your device meets the system requirements for Adobe After Effects to optimise your learning experience.

For an Adobe After Effects: subscription or free trial visit the Adobe website.