Adobe After Effects CC : Advanced

Two Day Course

Classroom Based

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.

You should have attended the Intermediate to Adobe After Effects course at Media Training or have an equivalent working knowledge.

Public Course Dates & Pricing

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