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Adobe After Effects CC

Learn After Effects online with a course that’s as interactive and smooth as your best keyframe animation. 

(AFTER-EFFECTS.AJ1) / ISBN : 978-1-64459-695-1
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About This Course

Want to learn motion graphics in After Effects? Then, do it right! This Adobe After Effects class turns beginners into skilled animators and gives seasoned editors new tricks.

In this course, you’ll design lower thirds for TV, animate lyric videos, craft cinematic titles, and dive into 3D with Cinema 4D Lite. From masking to motion tracking, you’ll gain hands-on experience. No downloads, no licenses, just pure skill-building. Our Live Labs let you experiment with this VFX tool in a risk-free, non-production environment.

Whether you’re a YouTuber, filmmaker, or just love visual storytelling, this Adobe After Effects course throws you into the action. No more passive tutorials, learn by doing!

Skills You’ll Get

  • Advanced-Level Motion Graphics: Design and animate slick lower thirds, lyric videos, and infographics like a studio pro.
  • Cinematic Title Effects: Create Hollywood-style film openings with dynamic text animations.
  • VFX Skills: Track and composite visual effects seamlessly into live-action footage.
  • 2.5D & 3D Animation: Build depth-driven scenes and even 3D logos using Cinema 4D Lite.
  • Character Animation: Bring illustrations to life with lip-syncing and movement using Character Animator.
  • Sports & Infographic Motion: Turn static data into eye-catching animated graphics for broadcasts or presentations.
  • Optimized Workflow: Pre-comps, null objects, and rendering tricks to work faster (and smarter).
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1

Preface

  • Who this course is for?
  • What this course covers?
  • To get the most out of this course
2

Getting Started with After Effects

  • Technical requirements
  • Exploring the interface
  • Introducing layer properties
  • Solid layers and masking
  • Editing masks
  • Creating an animated slideshow
  • Summary
  • Questions
  • Further reading
3

Creating a Lower Third for a Television Show

  • Technical requirements
  • Animating a television lower third with precomps and null objects
  • Animations, nulls, text, and rendering
  • Color correction and adjusting masks
  • Creating text, easy easing key frames, and rendering
  • Summary
  • Questions
4

Using Shape Layers to Create an Animated Lyric Video

  • Using shape layers to create transitions and background graphics
  • Importing audio, text animation presets, and background graphics
  • Summary
  • Questions
  • Further reading
5

Creating an Infographic with Character Animator

  • Technical requirements
  • Infographics
  • Character animation types
  • Summary
  • Questions
  • Further reading
6

Producing a Film Title Project Using Text Animator

  • Creating a film title
  • Summary
  • Questions
  • Further reading
7

Animating Sports Graphics with Compositing Effects

  • Creating sports motion graphics
  • Summary
  • Questions
8

Developing a VFX Project Using the 3D Camera Tracker

  • Creating a VFX shot
  • Summary
  • Questions
9

Creating a 2.5D Environment Camera Fly-Through

  • 2.5D camera fly-through
  • Summary
  • Questions
10

Building a 3D C4D Lite Logo Project

  • C4D Lite 3D logo project
  • Summary
  • Questions

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Not with the right Adobe training. While After Effects CC has depth, this course breaks it into bite-sized, project-driven lessons, so you learn by doing. No prior experience needed.

Three steps to get started: 

  • Follow the structured path of our best Adobe After Effects course.
  • Practice in Live Labs, no software installs needed. 
  • Master techniques because we focus on why, not just how). 

Hands down: Learn by creating actual motion graphics (not just tutorials). This Adobe After Effects course for creatives covers:

  • Lower thirds for TV
  • Lyric videos
  • VFX compositing
  • 3D animations

…so you build skills and a portfolio.

Yes! This Adobe After Effects course online covers ACP exam skills such as motion graphics, animations, and effects. But goes further with real-client exercises to make up job-ready. 

  • Basics: 2-3 weeks (with this course’s streamlined approach).
  • Advanced skills: 2-3 months (depending on practice time).

Pro tip: Our 30-minute/day learning plan gets you results fast.

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