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Adobe After Effects CC : Advanced

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Two Day Course

Overview

This two-day advanced course will build on your existing After Effects skills and teach you to create visually groundbreaking special effects using professional post-production techniques.

This Adobe authorised course will provide you with the skills to produce professional motion graphics and visual effects for film, video, the web and mobile devices. The course covers advanced keyframing techniques, using expressions, advanced 3D layers, cinema4D integration and gaining industry hints and tips from After Effects professionals. You should have attended the Intermediate Adobe After Effects course at Media Training or have an equivalent working knowledge.

What are the 5 things you will get out of the course?

• Have a professional/expert level of knowledge of After Effects
• Confidently complete complex tracking, masking and compositing
• Use expressions for problem solving and to extend After Effects capabilities
• Be able to integrate After Effects with 3D software
• Have a knowledge of advanced keyframe and animation techniques You should have attended the Introduction to Adobe After Effects course at Media Training or have an equivalent working knowledge.

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    Small class sizes so you get the maximum amount of trainer time possible. You attend with delegates from other companies.

    A great, cost efficient way to learn, discounts are also available for group bookings.

     

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  • Private Courses

    One to one tuition or a private group with just your colleagues. Your choice of duration, content and location. We can train at one of our centres or onsite with you wherever you are located.

    We offer a free consultation service to help work out every detail and build the perfect course for you.

    From £499 + VAT per day

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Course Outline

  • Day One

    Keyframing Techniques
    • In depth with keyframe interpolation
    • Better understanding of spatial vs. temporal
    • More advanced graph editor use to control keyframes
    • Creating “Overshoot” easily

    Time Remapping – Getting Better Control
    • “Blocking areas” with keyframes
    • Time remap within the graph editor – a better view
    • Frame blending – examining options
    • Time remap effects
    • Using expressions to control time flow

    Expressions in Detail
    • Most common expression problems
    • Creating simulations with simple maths
    • Linking properties in a more complex manner
    • Getting better control of the values
    • Using Variables
    • Dimensions – How many values?
    • The “Linear” expression
    • “Global” or “Local” controls
    • Creating complex expression set ups
    • Distance checks and averages
    • Making out own Depth based effects
    • Creating speed based effects
    • Using expressions with 3D layers
    • Solving 2D and 3D layer problems
    • The “toComp” expression – an essential tool

    Advanced Effect Usage
    • Procedural textures
    • Better use of simulation effects
    • Fixing effect problems using expressions
    • Logo disintegrations
    • Custom particle effects
    • Footage analysis – what to look for
    • Using effects to detect errors and compression
    • Simulating Camera “Aberrations” from real cameras
    • Chromatic aberration and Specular bloom

    3D Layers – Advanced Techniques
    • Creating a flexible camera set up
    • Better placement of layers in 3D space
    • Complex movement with the Orbit Null
    • 3D space problems – frames of reference
    • Creating an environment
    • Resolution issues
    • 3D or “Camera aware” effects
    • Particle systems in 3D
    • Advanced Layer placement – auto orientation to camera

    Questions and answers
  • Day Two

    Render “Order”
    Understanding how After Effects processes effects and layers
    Solving the most common composition problems
    Practical examples of render order problems and solutions

    Image Stabilisation's
    Understanding the Warp stabiliser effect
    Checking for perspective distortion

    3D Camera Tracking – 3D with Real Footage
    Understanding the track data
    Compositing layers into a real shot
    Depth and scale issues
    Effect usage in the 3D scene
    Correct depth resolution with “toComp”
    Creating a new background plate
    Using the camera track for compositing
    Using the track to help with Rotoscope areas
    Exporting the camera for Cinema 4D integration

    Creating a Procedural Custom Logo Animation Using Expressions
    Creating the logo in illustrator
    Import and setup
    Creating the expressions to “drive” the animation with no keyframes
    Random motion and rotation
    Refining the animation
    Building custom controls
    Effects and overlays
    Precomposing and then unfolding the 3D

    Cinema4D Integration
    Creating assets in Cinema 4D and usage
    “2.5D” vs “Real” 3D – understanding the difference
    Compositing 3D elements into a camera track shot

    Best practice in After Effects

    Questions and answers
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Our trainers bring their years of industry experience into the classroom. You'll leave confident and prepared.

The smallest class size in the industry. More one on one time with the trainer and a less intimidating group size.

Tell us which you use and it'll be booted up and waiting with the latest software when you arrive.

We provide a lovely onsite lunch so you can relax. We can cater for any dietary requirement with no fuss.

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