Training Course

Adobe After Effects Essentials

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Course Duration: 2 Days

Course Overview

This 2 day live course covers all of the basic skills needed to start using Adobe After Effects properly.

During the course you will learn to work with layers in After Effects, understand keyframing, control animations, work transparency, and better understand rendering and output.

By the end of the class you will be able to competently edit your video content using After Effects and applying best practice techniques taught by an Adobe Certified Instructor.

Course Objectives

    • The After Effects Getting Started course introduces a wide range of skills aimed at those who are completely new to Adobe After Effects, teaching you best practice right from the start. You will learn to:
      Work with the After Effects workspaces
      Create an After Effects composition
      Import and manage assets
      Create and format text content
      Create a wide range of shapes
      Apply and edit effects
      Use masks and track mattes
      Parent one layer from another
      Work with keyframes to animate content
      Understand how to precompose

Prerequisites

    • This course is aimed at people looking to professionally edit and manipulate video files, adding post production effects to a high standard.

      You should be comfortable using a computer for example to copy and paste or open files and applications, and an understanding of common video terminology is an advantage.

Course Content

  • Preparing your project

    Terminology - Resolution, Frames per second and more
    Storyboarding
    What assets are needed
    What other skills are needed

  • After Effects user interface and animation

    What is a project file and what is in it?
    Workspaces
    Tools and Panels
    Importing Media into a Project
    Creating a Composition

  • The Text Tool

    Using the text tool
    Formatting and editing text
    Paragraph and Character panels
    Create shapes from text

  • Creating shapes

    Rectangle, Elipse, Polygon, Star
    The pen tool
    Editing shapes

  • The Timeline

    Overview of the timeline
    Switches and modes
    Shy layers
    Soloing
    Reordering
    Labels and Markers

  • Transform Options

    Opacity
    Rotation
    Scale
    Position
    Anchor Point

  • Basic Animation

    What is keyframing
    Applying keyframes and adjusting keyframes
    Duplicating keyframes
    Easing

  • Intermediate Animation

    Motion sketch
    Roving keyframes
    Wiggler
    Motion Blur
    Centering / Moving the anchor point

  • Masking v Track Mattes

    Creating Masks
    Creating Track Mattes
    Keyframing masks
    Keyframing track mattes
    Using with Effects

  • Adjusting time

    Time reverse
    Slowing down
    Speeding up

  • Effects

    Colour Correction
    Basic Keying
    Simulating rainfall / snowfall
    Presets
    Modifying Effects using the Effects Control Panel
    Animating Effects
    Using Adjustment Layers

  • Rendering and Output

    Dependancies
    Add to Render Queue
    Add to Adobe Media Encoder Queue

Included with this course

    • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
    • Comprehensive course materials and exercises

 

Public Scheduled Course Dates

Prices per delegate. All prices exclude VAT.
26 Aug - 27 Aug 2026
Newcastle
£855
21 Oct - 22 Oct 2026
Newcastle
£855

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    26 Aug - 27 Aug 2026
    Newcastle
    £855
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    Newcastle
    £855
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    Bespoke private training can be based on an existing course or a number of lessons taken from several courses, we can also write bespoke courses for you based on your in-house systems or development program.
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Course Reviews
What were the most useful aspects of the course The one to one undivided attention to areas I needed to improve.

M.B. Mgl Group, Telephone Skills

I would really recommend this training to people that use Excel and want to make their life a bit easier.

S.A. Asw Assurance, Excel Level 2

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable Learning how to set up various working calendars to interlink with a project and creating visuals for reporting on the project.

F.W. Nissan, Microsoft Project Essentials

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable How to work out what is good and what does not need to be put into the final draft

L.T. Direct Rail Services, Minute Taking Janet Hope Jilly Lloyd

Following this training what are you going to do differently I am going to be turning my spreadsheets into tables and naming them. I will also now be able to use the VLOOKUP function that I was previously struggling with. I am also definitely going to use the flash field function.

B.C. , Excel Level 3

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable I particularly found it helpful how hands on it was and being able to play around on the programme ourselves

H.J. Innovation Supernetwork, Adobe InDesign Level 1

Which part of the course did you find particularly valuable Being shown around the interface and what things do was very helpful

A.S. Wescott Medical Ltd, Google Ads

Are there any aspects of the course which you feel require improvement There are no aspects of the course that require improving.

J.B. , Word Advanced Features

 

 

Please contact us to discuss your Adobe After Effects Essentials course, we have many solutions available to ensure you receive the best training possible.
 You can choose your learning path and delivery style.  Courses can be delivered at your office or at one of our training venues, it's your choice. Small course sizes. Course materials included. Flexible Adobe After Effects Essentials course content. Expert trainers and tried & tested training methods. Many course materials available online using your personal training account.  You can master After Effects, please contact us to book a place or get a quote for your Adobe After Effects Essentials course.
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