After Effects Guru: Plugins You Should Know

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Free Online Course: After Effects Guru: Plugins You Should Know provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4-5 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 Guru: Plugins You Should Know is taught by Nick Harauz.

Overview
  • Discover options in After Effects and third-party plugins you can use to improve your workflow and enhance your project.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Major Plugin Packages
    • Before you buy: Understanding what's already in After Effects
    • Working with BCC 10: Boris Continuum Complete
    • Exploring BCC transitions
    • Integrating mocha tracking in BCC 10
    • Red Giant Effects Suite
    • Red Giant Universe
    • Red Giant Trapcode Suite
    • GenArts Sapphire
    • GenArts Sapphire S_Effect and S_Transition
    2. Options for Particle Simulations
    • A look at After Effects built-in particle effects
    • Exploring Trapcode Particular
    • Exploring Trapcode Form
    • BCC 10 particles
    • An overview of Plexus 2
    • Pastiche
    • Nodes 2
    3. Beauty Enhancement
    • Enhancing beauty with After Effects built-in effects
    • Digital Anarchy Beauty Box
    • BCC 10 Beauty
    • Sapphire S_Beauty
    4. Options for 3D
    • A look at options for built-in 3D and CINEMA 4D Lite
    • Working with Element 3D, part 1
    • Working with Element 3D, part 2
    • A look at FreeForm Pro
    • ShapeShifter AE
    • BCC Title Studio
    • Zaxwerks Invigorator PRO
    5. Simplifying Complex Keyframes, Expressions, and Physical Simulations
    • Working with complex keyframe animations
    • Working with expressions
    • Ease and Wizz
    • iExpressions
    • Motion 2
    • Newton 2
    • Animation Composer
    • TypeMonkey and LayerMonkey
    6. Lens Flares
    • After Effects built-in lens flare
    • BCC Lens Flares
    • Sapphire S_Lensflares
    • Optical Flares
    • mFlare
    • Knoll Light Factory
    Conclusion
    • Next steps