Getting Started with After Effects
In these After Effects tutorials, we'll learn how to get started using the video editing software in After Effects. Software required: After Effects CS5.
What you'll learn
In these After Effects tutorials, we'll learn how to get started using the video editing software in After Effects. By using After Effects, we can quickly composite images, edit video, and create visual effects. We'll begin this project by learning the basics of importing images, compositing images together, and production workflows for rendering safely. Then we'll do some basic compositing, masking, animation, and color correction. We'll finish the course by creating a transition between two videos and learn about pre-comping. This series of lessons is a great starting point to learning After Effects. By learning the basic workflows of After Effects, we will be able to create appealing animations and video in no time and begin using After Effects in our production pipeline. Software required: After Effects CS5.
Table of contents
- Visual Guide to Layer-based Compositing 1m
- Creating Projects and Importing Images in After Effects 6m
- Creating Compositions and Bringing Footage into a Comp 9m
- Rendering Our Movie File Out of After Effects 10m
- Using Effects to Color Correct in After Effects 11m
- Creating Masks to Remove Parts of a Layer 6m
- Basics of Moving, Rotating, and Scaling Layers 6m
- Using Blending Modes to Composite 3D Renders 8m
- Animating and Pre-composing in After Effects 13m
About the author
Along with creating and recording training, he also used to manage the support team and work closely with the production development team at Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. He began his career working freelance and quickly realized that he wanted to find a company where he could use his talents to help people succeed in the CG industry. Chris has likely watched more Pluralsight creative training than anyone on the planet, and its evidenced by his Einstein-sized brain and encyclopedic... more