Bring your characters to life with Adobe After Effects. Explore the essential tools and techniques for character animation in After Effects CC.

Learn about the most notable new features and changes in Adobe After Effects CC 2019.

In this course, Alan Demafiles covers the core aspects of After Effects commonly used in editing and post production: masks, shapes, type, logos, stills, animating, rendering, and exporting. To begin, Alan compares After Effects to Premiere Pro so you can see the similarities and differences. He then dives into hands-on demonstrations of how to limit effects with masks, create elements with shape layers, use text templates, animate a logo, and create a 3D type extrusion. Next, he shows you how to work with imported pictures, create a Z-space camera montage, change the speed of animations, and more. He wraps up by walking through outputting steps and then kicks off a challenge exercise where you can put your skills into practice.

Learn the tools and techniques you need to make amazing motion graphics in After Effects CC 2021. This course concentrates on the features motion designers need most.

Learn how to create stunning visual effects with one of the most widely-used and highly-regarded compositing applications on the market—Adobe After Effects CC. In this course, Alan Demafiles dives into the fundamentals you need to start creating mind-blowing visual effects (VFX) with After Effects. Discover how to build accurate masks and keys, use rotoscoping to separate foreground from background, perform motion and camera tracking, and add your own 3D elements to a scene. Learn how to use effects such as particles and noise to create fire, replace the sky, and more. Then dive into the world of virtual reality as Alan explores the application's immersive VR and 360-degree video features. In the final project-based chapter, you can reinforce your new skills by putting techniques into practice with a real-world challenge.

Bring your characters to life with Adobe After Effects. Explore the essential tools and techniques for character animation in After Effects by working through examples that examine each feature as it applies to an animator’s workflow. Discover how to rig characters with the Puppet tools and expressions, animate keyframes in the Graph Editor, and animate on the fly—with your mouse—using motion sketching. Plus, discover how to add 3D layers and cameras to your scenes for a multidimensional perspective on your characters. Instructor Alan Demafiles is an expert motion designer who provides tips and tricks to maximize your efficiency and your creativity, so you get the most out of the After Effects animation toolset.

Introduces the seven essential After Effects compositing techniques and some bonus tips to help enhance drama, correct color, and create convincing transparency.

Learn how to composite 2D or 3D foreground objects to a background scene and seamlessly match light, color, depth of field, and noise so that every element looks natural.

Learn how to composite 3D and 2D elements, color correct footage, match an original shot's light and motion, and use HDR and filmic looks to create realistic, cinematic sequences.

See how to produce high-quality keys that fit well within their new scenes, while retaining the subtle details that make the results believable, in After Effects.

Master the art of rotoscoping—creating an animated selection with masking and paint tools—using After Effects.

Learn to create precise, accurate, locked-in tracks with the five motion trackers in After Effects.

Learn how to use After Effects expressions to control and automate animation and to enhance Premiere Pro projects.

Learn how to use After Effects for graphic design and create stunning, unique, and professional-quality assets for print, web, and photography.

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

Learn techniques you can use to prototype motion and interactions using Adobe After Effects CC 2018.

Use Photoshop to repair and build assets for After Effects projects. Learn how to develop raw images, correct lens distortion, create 3D objects, build backdrops, and more.

Integrate Photoshop into your everyday video and animation workflows to save time, correct common video issues, and generate custom textures.

Learn how to create animated infographics with Adobe After Effects using shape layers, masks, expressions, CINEMA 4D Lite, and some helpful third-party scripts.

Combine the powers of Photoshop, After Effects, and Illustrator to make polished logo animations for yourself and your clients.