After Effects 7 Level 1
You've probably worked with some design or video editing applications to create imagery, either static or animated. However, you now need to create more sophisticated video clips than you have before, either for broadcast or for the web. In this course, you'll use Adobe After Effects 7.0 to create high quality, two-dimensional motion graphics by combining multiple media files and effects. You will create 2D compositions with sequenced media clips, layers with animation, transparency, and effects, and will render the output for either broadcast or Internet distribution.
Who should attend?: Anyone who wishes to work in the video field or who currently works in the field. Some students may be mainly interested in creating video primarily for the web, and others for film, but the majority are preparing more for work in broadcast video. Students typically have experience using a video editing application, such as Adobe Premiere or Apple Final Cut Pro, as well as at least basic experience in graphics applications, such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
Creating Compositions
Manage the Workspace
Create a Composition
Import Media
Create Layers from Footage Items
Position Layers in Time
Animating Layers and Effects
Animate Transform Properties
Duplicate Properties
Control the Appearance of Vector Graphics
Create Animated Text
Apply Effects
Apply Text Animation Presets
Set Blending Modes for Layers
Create Solids
Use the Script Editor
Sequencing Layers Precisely
Replace the Footage Within a Layer
Set a Layer's In and Out Points
Slip Edit Layers
Control a Layer's Playback Rate
Loop a Footage Item
Nest Compositions
Pre-Compose Layers
Creating Transparency
Assign Track Mattes
Create Masks
Outputting Video Files
Create a Render Settings Template
Create an Output Module Template
Render a Composition
Export a Composition
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
Create a composition with media clips that play in a sequence.
Apply motion and animated effects to overlaying media elements.
Control the sequence and duration of footage items, as well as nested compositions within a composition.
Create transparency in layers with track mattes, masks, and stencils.
Integrate After Effects with other applications.
Render a project as a single file, with the settings that you choose.