Descrizione del corso
Il corso ha come obiettivo quello di fornirà ai partecipanti una conoscenza base delle princiapli funzionalità del software After Effects introducendoli al mondo dei Visual Effects. Durante il corso verranno affrontati le principali tipologie di effettistica digitale e verranno forniti gli strumenti necessari per poter iniziare ad elaborare semplici sequenze, arricchite di VFX, in maniera autonoma. Tra gli argomenti trattati troveranno inoltre spazio accenni alla Color Correction e ai principi di Animazione. Questo corso può essere erogato su 3 gg (per chi già conosce il software), oppure in 5 gg (se non si hanno competenze, calcolando anche esercitazioni pratiche)
Programma
The world of Motion Design
- terminology, softwares, hardware, plugins, scripting, rhythm
Working with video
- layers, timeline, styles, blending modes
- frames and keyframes
- interpolation and easing
- workflow and organization
- assets
AE Interface
- main panels, customization of the workspace
- compositions and precompositions
AE Projects
- creating and saving projects
- preparing and importing assets
Drawing and animating
- drawing vectors in AE
- importing vectors from Illustrator
- null objects
- linking layers and properties
- adding effects
Laying out and animating Texts
- writing and animating text
- advanced animation techniques with animators
- adding filters for advanced animations
- kinetik typography
Masks
- drawing masks
- track-matting: using layers as masks
- rotobrush tool
- refine edge techniques for advanced rotobrushing
- content aware tool
Transitions
- built in transition tools
- tips and tricks to use masks and effects for transitions
2d animation
- drawing and animating a character
- the puppet tool drawing with the brush tool
3d animation
- 3d layers, camera, lights
- creating a 3d scene usind 2d assets
- interaction between AE and C4D
- Color correction
- using built in tools to correct colors: Lumetri, Levels, Curves, Hue, etc
Keying
- luma key, chroma key, Keylight
- removing green back from footage
Tracking
- stabilization of shaky footage
- tracking objects
- tracking camera
- camera lock effect
- overview of Mocha for area tracking
Timelapse and Slowmotion
- changing footage speed
- time remapping
- Generative Tools
- overview of some generative tools: fractal noise, lens flare, grids, radiowaves, lightnings, etc
Sound
- how to use sound intensity to modify effects parameters and synchronize video to the music
