This program prepares students to graduate from foundational After Effects abilities and move into sophisticated technical approaches for designing visual effects in video and animation projects. The curriculum covers advanced topics including compositing methods, layering techniques, rotoscoping, and chroma key techniques.
Course Outline
Animating a Multimedia Presentation:
- Parenting for Animation Sequences
- Video Masking Applications
- Using Keyframe Animations
- Implementing Effects into Compositions
- Building an Animated Presentation of Images
- Incorporating Audio into Projects
- Creating Final Output and Publishing
3D Camera Tracker:
- Using the 3D Camera Tracker Effect Plugin
- Tracking Recorded Footage
- Constructing a Virtual Camera
- Placing and Scaling Text in Three Dimensions
- Building Text Animations in 3D Space
- Fine-Tuning the Camera's Focal Depth
Rendering and Outputting:
- Saving and Publishing Media Files
- Operating the Render Queue Tool
- Saving for Various Output Formats
- Using Adobe Media Encoder for Output
