Adobe After Effects and Animation
Intermediate/online short course at LCC
Topics Covered
Shape layers and operators
The Graph Editor
Text animators and effects
Alpha Channels
Track mattes
Animation with solids and effects
Animation principles applied to motion graphics
3D, Cameras, Lights
Audio in After Effects
Timeline tips and tricks
Preferences and key settings
Keyboard shortcuts
Rendering and exporting
Course Outcomes
Control animation values and speed with the Graph Editor
Create and animate design elements with Shape layers
Generate backgrounds and animate strokes with effects
Understand 3D, Camera and Lights
Position layers in 3D space and animate cameras
Animate type and create Animation Presets
Use solids to create animation
Optimise Preferences
Render and export an After Effects project into difference video formats
Some of the outcomes from my course below
