This introductory course into Adobe After Effects will take you from, “Hey, I’ve never opened the program before…” to “Hey! I opened the program and made a thing!” After Effects is a powerhouse tool with so many tools and features, and at times it can be overwhelming. Trust me, I've been there, I was scared to open the program, but when I learned some basics, it was really fun! In this class I will remove the curtain and share with you how anyone can animate. I will start out small and show you the interface, focusing on the key areas you should know to get started cutting After effects down to the bare essentials. Gradually building up your understanding to animate simple transformation properties. You will learn simple ways to mask objects using track mattes, parenting different layers and learn some basic expressions. By the end of the course you will have created your own animated GIF and a short motion graphics reel.

What you will learn:

• Set of Adobe Illustrator Files for Animation in After Effects
• Import and Export Files In After Effects
• How to Parent Layers
• How to use the Track Matte in After Effects
• The 5 Key Animation Properties
• Key framing animations in After Effects
• Looping animations with Expressions
• Building up Multilayer Compositions
• Editing to Music With Markers
• Timeline Navigation and Editing in After Effects

And More!

You’ll be provided with a premade Adobe Illustrator file ready for animation so you can get into After Effects right away and start animating. You will also receive example files and practice files to apply some of the lessons to get hands on experience and a place to play and experiment.

After taking this course, if you still want to learn more about after effects I encourage you to take more classes. The more you immerse yourself in the program the more fluent you'll become and the more fun you'll have creating your own animations.

A journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step. Don’t think you have to know everything or have to do something huge to make progress, even some small step forward is closer than you were yesterday. And it might be better to do something small, if you try to go right in and try something so big, you may feel overwhelmed and that feeling may hold you back from moving forward, 1 small step gets you motivated to take the next and the next and the next.

So, consider this your first step into Adobe After Effects.

If you want to learn how to customize Isometric Illustrations like the one used in the class check out my class IsomeTRICKS! Creative Methods to Develop Engaging Isometric Illustrations. Then you can have some fun creating your own custom illustration to animate in After Effects.

Let’s Create and Animate!

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