AfterEffects CS5 Fundamentals

Cost:

$595.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$795.00 (Lodestone Training Center)

Time: 10 am - 4:30 pm EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

This class is geared for those just starting out in digital video. This class is essential for those creating video for the web, CD-ROMs, or broadcast.

Learning Objectives:

This course will get you started with the basic concepts of After Effects, but gives you a path to continue your mastery of the application. This is a great primer for those seeking their Adobe certification.

After taking this class you will be able to:

• Create 2D Elements
• Build a Composition
• Create an Animated Pattern
• Rendering Compositions
• Combine Components
• Work with Text and Numbers
• Build 3D Elements
• Combine 2D Elements in a Composite
• Make a 3D Composite
• Put together a scene
• Create Templates for Rendering Process

Target Audience:

This class is geared for those just starting out in digital video. Students new to After Effects CS4 will learn to create motion graphics and visual effects.

Course Outline:

Chapter 1. Getting to Know the Workflow

• Getting started
• Creating a project and importing footage
• Creating a composition and arranging layers
• Adding effects and modifying layer properties
• Animating the composition
• Previewing your work
• Optimizing performance in After Effects
• Rendering and exporting your composition
• Customizing workspaces
• Controlling the brightness of the user interface
• Finding resources for using After Effects
• Checking for updates
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 2. Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

• Getting started
• Importing footage using Adobe Bridge
• Creating the composition
• Working with imported Illustrator layers
• Applying effects to a layer
• Applying an animation preset
• Previewing the effects
• Rendering the composition
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 3. Animating Text

• Getting started
• About text layers
• Creating and formatting point text
• Using a text animation preset
• Animating with scale keyframes
• Animating using parenting
• Animating imported Photoshop text
• Animating text using a path animation preset
• Animating type tracking
• Animating text opacity
• Using a text animator group
• Cleaning up the path animation
• Animating a nontext layer along a motion path
• Adding motion blur
• Exporting to Adobe Flash Professional CS5
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 4. Working with Shape Layers

• Getting started
• Adding a shape layer
• Creating custom shapes
• Creating stars
• Incorporating video and audio layers
• Applying a Cartoon effect
• Adding a title bar
• Using Brainstorm to experiment
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 5. Animating a Multimedia Presentation

• Getting started
• Animating the scenery using parenting
• Adjusting an anchor point
• Masking video using vector shapes
• Keyframing a motion path
• Animating additional elements
• Applying an effect
• Creating an animated slide show
• Adding an audio track
• Zooming in for a final close-up
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 6. Animating Layers

• Getting started
• Simulating lighting changes
• Duplicating an animation using the pick whip
• Animating movement in the scenery
• Adjusting the layers and creating a track matte
• Animating the shadows
• Adding a lens flare effect
• Animating the clock
• Retiming the composition
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 7. Working With Masks

• About masks
• Getting started
• Creating a mask with the Pen tool
• Editing a mask
• Replacing the content of the mask
• Adding a reflection
• Creating a vignette
• Adjusting the color
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 8. Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools

• Getting started
• About the Puppet tools
• Adding Deform pins
• Defining areas of overlap
• Stiffening an area
• Animating pin positions
• Recording animation
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 9. Using the Roto Brush Tool

• About rotoscoping
• Getting started
• Creating a segmentation boundary
• Fine-tuning the matte
• Creating a transition from the full clip to the foreground
• Creating the logo
• Animating text
• Adding a background image
• Adding audio
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 10. Performing Color Correction

• Getting started
• Adjusting color balance
• Replacing the background
• Removing unwanted elements
• Correcting a range of colors
• Warming colors with the Photo Filter effect
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 11. Building 3D Objects

• Getting started
• Building a 3D object
• Working with a null object
• Working with 3D text
• Creating a backdrop for 3D animation
• Nesting a 3D composition
• Adding a camera
• Completing the scene
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 12. Using 3D Features

• Getting started
• Animating 3D objects
• Animating a camera
• Adjusting layer timing
• Using 3D lights
• Adding effects
• Adding motion blur
• Previewing the entire animation
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 13. Advanced Editing Techniques

• Getting started
• Using motion stabilization
• Using single-point motion tracking
• Using multipoint tracking
• Creating a particle simulation
• Retiming playback using the Timewarp effect
• Review questions
• Review answers

Chapter 14. Rendering and Outputting

• Getting started
• Creating templates for output modules
• Exporting to different output media
• Review questions
• Review answers

To Register:

Toll Free - 866.665.9441 or click on a date to register online.

10/12-10/13/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
Mark Hooper

Lodestone Training Center:
New York or Online

11/18-11/19/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
Josh Cavalier

Lodestone Training Center:
Charlotte or Online

12/9-12/10/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
Mark Hooper

Lodestone Training Center:
New York or Online

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.