How Do I Do That in After Effects

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Free Online Course: How Do I Do That in After Effects 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. How Do I Do That in After Effects is taught by Richard Harrington.

Overview
  • Learn essential techniques to solve specific problems in After Effects and improve your workflow.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Are you wondering how to do that one thing in After Effects?
    • Using the exercise files and prerequisites
    1. Set Up a Project
    • How do I import and organize footage for my After Effects project?
    • How do I import a layered Photoshop file in After Effects?
    • How do I import a layered Illustrator file in After Effects?
    • How can I find things in an After Effects project?
    • How can I easily move things from Premiere Pro to After Effects?
    2. Using Compositions to Organize Animations
    • How do I set up a composition in After Effects?
    • How can I name and organize layers in After Effects?
    • When should I use precompositions in After Effects?
    • How can I combine multiple compositions into one?
    3. Fixing Footage
    • Removing camera shake in After Effects
    • Adding camera shake in After Effects
    • Removing flicker in After Effects
    • Removing lens distortion in After Effects
    • Improving a dark shot in After Effects
    • Improving an overexposed shot in After Effects
    4. Controlling Time
    • Speeding up a shot in After Effects
    • Slowing down a shot in After Effects
    • Creating a variable speed effect in After Effects
    • Creating an echo time effect in After Effects
    • Reversing a shot in After Effects
    5. Layers
    • How can I scale a vector layer in After Effects?
    • How can I trace a layer in After Effects?
    • How can I arrange and align layers in After Effects?
    • How do I link multiple layers in After Effects?
    • How can I use a layer to mask another in After Effects?
    • How can I mask a layer in After Effects?
    • How can I blend layers with modes in After Effects?
    6. Animation
    • How can I animate an object in After Effects?
    • How can I refine the velocity and ease of a layer to make it look more natural?
    • How can I add motion blur to an animation to make it look realistic in After Effects?
    • How can I use a null object to control animations in 3D space in After Effects?
    • How can I save an animation preset in After Effects?
    • How can I modify keyframes in After Effects?
    • How can I create a staccato or popping animation in After Effects?
    7. Working with Photos
    • Importing photos and raw images into After Effects
    • Importing a timelapse sequence into After Effects
    • Creating pans and zooms on images in After Effects
    • Creating a 3D photo effect with Photoshop and After Effects part 1
    • Creating a 3D photo effect with Photoshop and After Effects part 2
    8. Titling and Text
    • How can I add text in After Effects?
    • How can I use text animation presets in After Effects?
    • How can I customize text animation presets in After Effects?
    • How can I extrude text in 3D in After Effects?
    • How can I create a handwritten title in After Effects?
    • How can I create a MOGRT to save time in After Effects?
    • How can I animate layered Photoshop text in After Effects?
    9. Repair and Enhance Layers
    • How can I clone an object in After Effects?
    • How can I erase an object in After Effects?
    • How can I cut out an object in After Effects with RotoBrush?
    • How can I create a film-look in After Effects?
    10. Keying and Compositing a Shot
    • How do I key green screen footage in After Effects?
    • How do I make believable depth of field effects in After Effects?
    • How can I adjust the background when keying in After Effects?
    • How can I relight my keyed footage in After Effects?
    • How do I rotoscope in After Effects?
    11. Rendering and Previewing
    • How do I preview an entire After Effects animation?
    • How can I speed up an After Effects preview for an animation?
    • How do I render an After Effects animation?
    • How do I include transparency information in a render?
    • How can I speed up an After Effects render for an animation?
    • How can I batch export from After Effects?
    Conclusion
    • Next steps