After Effects Intro
What is After Effects and why is it so widely used in video production?
To find out take a look at some examples of work done in AE
Here are 10 things you can create in AE - how many of these effects can you do in FCP?
What career would involve using AE? How about this one - Motion Graphics
What is the job outlook for careers in Motion Graphics?
What is the typical salary?
What are the educational requirements for this career?Teacher Demonstration of the After Effects Workspace
Workspace - Window > Workspace > Standard - Animation - Text -
Project Panel
Composition Window
Timeline - Layers - Properties
Effects PanelIn Documents create a new folder called After Effects. Download and unzip the following file to your computer - Sample files to practice with (ZIP, 34 MB)
Click on the folder to unzip it then click on the "create-composition-animation-2017" to unzip this folder, this should result in a folder called "Work with Compositions - 2017".
Place this file in your After Effects folder. Now from After Effects open the Build Your First Composition file.Now complete - Build Your First Composition
As you watch the video answer the questions AND repeat the same steps. When you are finished show your answers and the completed after effects file to your instructor. When you save the file add your name to the end of the file name.
NOTE: Each video requires that you open a new file with the same name as the video.
These videos can be accessed through the After Effects Help menu - F1 then going to Tutorials.Be sure to get each video lesson checked off before moving on to the next lesson. There are a total of 4 lessons to get checked off.