by Life Progression Project | Publisher: Packt Publishing | Release Date: June 2018 | ISBN: 9781789538441

Professional Lower Thirds Video Titles in After Effects CC. Create Dynamic modern animated graphics name titles in AEAbout This VideoExport your finished lower thirds with an alpha channel so that you can effectively overlay your rendered title to see the footage belowCreate and control text layers, solid layers, shape layers, masks and moreAnimate keyframes to produce modern looking dynamic motion graphic name titlesMasking techniques to hide and reveal layersIn DetailThe After Effects CC 2017: Make Professional Lower Thirds Titles Course! Adding lower thirds titles to an edit will increase the production value of the video, but creating professional looking lower thirds that animate with multiple layers is very difficult to do in programs like Premiere Pro, or other editing programs. Utilizing masking techniques inside Adobe After Effects can create impressive looking, high quality titles that will take your video edits to the next level. You will learn some of the same techniques used in broadcast television commercials and large budget web content. This course will start off by walking you through the basics of After Effects to bring you up to speed, this will include a quick overview of the various panel windows, as well as instruction on creating a basic lower thirds graphic, to teach you the fundamentals. From there, over several lessons, we'll walk you through how to create two additional professional and dynamic looking lower thirds titles, using two different methods.

1. Chapter 1 : Introduction: Adobe after Effects CC Overview Basics
   • Introduction 00:00:58
   • Overview of After Effects to Get You Started 00:04:59
   • Creating Compositions 00:05:58
2. Chapter 2 : Adobe after Effects CC: Basic Lower Thirds Title
   • Creating a Basic Lower Thirds Title - Part 1 00:04:06
   • Adding Animation and a Background - Part 2 00:08:11
   • Basic Lower Thirds Title - Part 3 00:04:23
   • Basic Lower Thirds Title - Part 4 00:02:33
3. Chapter 3 : Adobe after Effects CC: Professional Lower Thirds Title Style 1 - Solid Layers
   • Creating a Professional Lower Thirds Title - Part 1 00:16:37
   • Creating a Professional Lower Thirds Title - Part 2 00:05:02
   • Exporting Your Lower Thirds Title 00:03:06
4. Chapter 4 : Adobe after Effects CC: Professional Lower Thirds Title Style 2 - Shape Layers
   • Use Shape Layers to Create another Lower Thirds Title - Part 1 00:09:02
   • Use Shape Layers to Create another Lower Thirds Title - Part 2 00:10:51
   • Use Shape Layers to Create another Lower Thirds Title - Part 3 00:03:04
   • Additional Mask Techniques and Final Thoughts 00:02:57