Your First After Effects Project

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Free Online Course: Your First After Effects Project 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. Your First After Effects Project is taught by Eran Stern.

Overview
  • Add Adobe After Effects to your creative skill set. Learn how to build your first motion graphics project—an animated postcard—using Photoshop and After Effects.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Animating a static design
    1. Import and Organize
    • Introduction to After Effects
    • Reviewing the Photoshop design
    • Creating a composition from footage
    • Import, organize, and trim the project
    2. Match the Design
    • Matching colors
    • Converting to live text
    3. Animation
    • Changing kerning and animating a texture
    • Revealing a layer using a transition
    • Animating text with presets
    • Animating layers using parenting
    4. Compositing
    • Replacing clips
    • Creating a mockup, part 1
    • Creating a mockup, part 2
    5. Rendering
    • Rendering a master file
    • Exporting to the web
    Conclusion
    • Next steps