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Introduction to Adobe After Effects - Live online training

Live online training course for new After Effects users. High-quality training materials and trainer support

Provided by Armada

Summary

Price
£414 inc VAT
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Study method
Online + live classes
Course format What's this?
Video
Duration
2 days · Full-time
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
Additional info
  • Tutor is available to students

Dates

Start date
End date
08/05/2025
09/05/2025
19/05/2025
20/05/2025
29/05/2025
30/05/2025
04/06/2025
05/06/2025

Overview

This two-day, Live online, After Effects training course is ideal for beginners, teaching key techniques for creating motion graphics and visual effects to show on websites and use in apps.

Introduction to After Effects teaches how to create stunning visual results for use across all forms of video and screen-based media. Topics covered include tracking, keying, 3D space and shape layers. Training is highly practical, combining lecture, demonstration and plenty of assisted practice.

Armada's Live online training format lets you join a live training course from your place of work or home.

This course is hosted by a trainer with expert knowledge of After Effects (as well as the other Adobe design applications). They use After Effects extensively in their professional work.

Our approach to live online training

You participate in the same course as in-class delegates, and we do everything possible to make your experience as close as possible to actually being in the classroom…

  • Your course is hosted by an Adobe Certified Instructor (ACI) with vast experience of using the application professionally.
  • You can see and hear our trainer, the other delegates and our trainer’s screen.
  • Our trainer and the other delegates can see you (via your webcam) and hear you.
  • We’ll post you a printed training guide, and make the course files and resources available for you to download.
  • Your training is hands-on: you’ll practice and carry out exercises throughout.
  • If you're learning to use an application and don’t have access to the software, we’ll send you a link to fully-functional trial software that you can download and install.
  • If you need assistance, you can share your screen with our trainer, and pass control to them.
  • Should you want to send a private message to your trainer, you can do so using chat.
  • You’ll receive an e-certificate confirming successful completion.
  • You’re entitled to 30 days’ email support from your trainer.

We also offer this course with in-class attendance, across all of our centres in Bromsgrove (near Birmingham), Sheffield, Bristol, Cardiff, Reading, Milton Keynes, Manchester and Nottingham.

Certificates

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Delegates receive an e-certificate confirming successful completion of a formal After Effects training course.

Course media

Resources

Description

Sessions of our Introduction to After Effects course typically include...

Welcome to After Effects

  • What is Adobe After Effects…?
  • Tour of the interface
  • Setting preferences

Getting started

  • Creating a new project/composition
  • Creating a new composition from footage

Animation techniques

  • Keyframing
  • Temporal and spatial keyframes
  • Motion paths
  • Orientation
  • Anchor point essentials
  • Rove across time
  • Toggle hold
  • Exponential scale
  • The Graph Editor
  • Motion sketch
  • Roving and hold

Layer control

  • Arrange, organise and navigate layers
  • Fun with shape layers

Effects

  • Examples of effects
  • Applying effects
  • Masks and mask animations

Tracking

  • The different types of tracking
  • Track camera
  • Track motion
  • Perspective corner pin

Working with transparency

  • Track mattes and stencils
  • Green screens

Type and type animation

  • Working with type
  • Text on a path
  • Basic text animation
  • Text animation presets
  • Layer styles

Tutorials

  • Track mattes
  • Layer styles, expressions and presets
  • Basic sky replacement
  • 2D tracking
  • Creative steps
  • Masking
  • 3D tracking
  • Colour grading and looks
  • “Fake” 3D text

Training is based primarily on After Effects 2024. The techniques taught are relevant to all recent releases of After Effects.

All After Effects training is suitable for both Windows and Mac users

Who is this course for?

This course is ideal for newcomers to After Effects, and those with limited After Effects experience. It is suitable for both Windows and Mac users.

Requirements

No prior After Effects knowledge is necessary.

Delegates must have access to a Windows PC, or a Mac, to use throughout the course. If After Effects is not installed on your computer, Armada will provide details of free trial software to download prior to the course commencing.

A stable internet connection is also required, along with a Webcam.

Career path

After Effects is used in roles such as Motion Graphics Designer and Visual Effects Artist, which typically attract salaries in excess of £30k.

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Provider

Armada

Armada has been hosting training courses for professionals for over 10 years. We specialise in:

- Adobe Creative Cloud, e-Learning, Technical Communication and web development applications.

- Users of AutoCAD, Revit, SketchUp and other CAD design products.

- Technical authoring.

Armada is an Autodesk Training Centre (ATC) and was also a long-standing Adobe Authorised Training Centre (AATC) until the programme was ended in 2023. Our technical authoring courses are accredited by organisations including the ISTC and MadCap. These accreditations ensure a high standard of training and facilities.

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