The course aims at providing participants with a basic knowledge of the main features of After Effects, offering an insight into the world of visual effects. The course describes the main types of digital effects and the tools that the user needs to create simple sequences through the use of VFX. Topics covered will include principles of color correction and animation.
1. Introduction
• After Effects, features and potentialities
• When to use After Effects
• Files that can be modified with After Effects
• International video formats
2. Interface
• Overview on After Effects interface
• Customizing the interface
• Interaction between different work panels
3. Main tools
• The project frame
• The timeline frame
• The specifications frame
4. Animation and key frame
• Motion and time
• Overview on animation types:
• Stop motion
• Full
• Limited
• Interpolation and frame by frame
5. The main techniques of visual effect
• The Chroma key
• Digital matte painting
• Compositing
• Motion tracking
6. Color Correction
• Primary color correction
• Secondary color correction
7. Timing
• Controlling time and space interpolation
• Speed, time-stretching, time-remapping
• Working on time mapping
• The time graph
8. Accessory tools
• Working with clipping masks
• Vector tools
9. Finalisation and export
• Preliminary cleaning
• Choosing the export format
• Pre-rendering
• Rendering
• Exporting the product
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