After Effects for Photography

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Free Online Course: After Effects for Photography provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. After Effects for Photography is taught by Chris Converse.

Overview
  • Learn how to incorporate After Effects into your photography workflow to achieve effects that could not be created with Photoshop alone.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Explore new possibilities for your photos using After Effects
    • Get the most from the exercise files
    • A brief intro to After Effects
    • Get comfortable with the After Effects interface
    • Import Photoshop files
    • Import Camera RAW files
    • Export Photoshop, JPG, and PNG files
    1. Special Effects
    • Add a sunset
    • Key (remove) a background color
    • Add a burst of light
    • Add a rippled reflection, part 1
    • Add a rippled reflection, part 2
    • Double exposure portrait
    2. Colorizing Techniques
    • Create a duotone, a tritone, and a pentone
    • Mix channels with the Channel Mixer
    • Change colors with Colorama
    3. Patterns and Textures
    • Repeat patterns with Motion Tile
    • Blend patterns with RepeTile
    • Texturize patterns with Ball Action
    • Edging textures with Roughen Edges
    Wrapping Up
    • Where to go from here