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Adobe After Effects CC
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Learn Adobe After Effects CC with motion graphics, animation, compositing, visual effects, keyframing, and professional post-production skills.
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Overview
Adobe After Effects CC is a comprehensive course designed to help learners develop the knowledge and practical skills required to create professional motion graphics, visual effects, and animated content. This programme introduces the essential principles of animation, compositing, keyframing, visual effects, typography, and post-production workflows. Learners will gain valuable insight into producing dynamic visual content for film, television, advertising, social media, and digital marketing using industry-standard techniques.
Developing expertise in Adobe After Effects CC requires creativity, attention to detail, technical proficiency, and an understanding of animation principles. Participants will explore topics such as the After Effects interface, layer management, keyframe animation, masking, motion tracking, visual effects, text animation, compositing, expressions, rendering, and workflow optimisation. The course helps learners understand how effective motion design and visual effects enhance storytelling, improve audience engagement, and create high-quality multimedia productions.
Strengthening Adobe After Effects CC skills can create rewarding opportunities within digital media agencies, film production, television, advertising, gaming, content creation, and freelance creative services. The skills gained through this training may support career progression in motion graphics and post-production while enhancing confidence in producing professional visual content.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand Adobe After Effects CC interface
- Develop professional motion graphics and animations
- Apply visual effects and compositing techniques
- Create keyframe animations with confidence
- Produce engaging text and title animations
- Export projects using professional rendering settings
Why choose this course
- Affordable, Accessible, informative and well-structured study materials
- Earn a globally recognised accredited qualification
- Study in your own time, at your own pace, through any device
- Benefit from feedback through mock exams and multiple-choice assessments
- Excellent career advancement/career switch opportunities
- Get 24/7 help or advice from our email and live chat teams
Certification
Endorsed Certificate of Achievement from the Quality Licence Scheme
Upon successful completion of the final assessment, you will be eligible to apply for the Quality Licence Scheme Endorsed Certificate of achievement. This certificate will be delivered to your doorstep through the post for £99. An extra £10 postage charge will be required for students leaving overseas.
CPD Accredited Certificate
After the successful completion of the final assessment, you will receive a CPD-accredited certificate of achievement. The PDF certificate is for 9.99, and it will be sent to you immediately after through e-mail. You can get the hard copy for 15.99, which will reach your doorsteps by post.
Method of Assessment
At the end of the course, there will be an online MCQ assessment. In order to pass this exam, you must score at least 60%. When you submit the assessment, you will get the results immediately and can apply for your QLS-endorsed certificate.
Entry Requirements
No previous animation or visual effects experience is required for this course. Basic computer skills, creativity, and an interest in digital media are recommended. Learners will develop foundational knowledge of Adobe After Effects CC through structured and practical learning.
Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for:
- Aspiring motion graphics designers building skills
- Video editors expanding post-production expertise
- Content creators producing animated visual content
- Marketing professionals creating promotional animations
- Beginners interested in visual effects careers
Career Paths
This course can support progression into roles and opportunities such as:
- Motion Graphics Designer
- Visual Effects Artist
- Multimedia Designer
- Digital Content Creator
- Post-Production Artist
- Freelance Motion Graphics Specialist
Course Curriculum
| Introduction | |||
| 0. After Effects Promo Video | FREE | 00:02:00 | |
| 1.1 Intro Video | 00:03:00 | ||
| 1.2 Project Files – Adobe After Effects CC 2017 Complete Training | 00:00:00 | ||
| 1.3 Animate Your Name | 00:07:00 | ||
| After Effects Basics | |||
| 2.1 Understand the After Effects Workspace | 00:06:00 | ||
| 2.2 Starting a New Composition | 00:08:00 | ||
| 2.3 Adding Media to Your Project and Timeline | 00:05:00 | ||
| 2.4 Using the Basic After Effects Tools | 00:10:00 | ||
| 2.5 Create a Perfect Circle, Alignment, and Shape Colors | 00:03:00 | ||
| 2.6 Working in the Timeline | 00:11:00 | ||
| 2.7 Layer Properties | 00:09:00 | ||
| Animating with Keyframes | |||
| 3.1 Animating in After Effects | 00:08:00 | ||
| 3.2 Position, Scale, and Rotation Animations | 00:05:00 | ||
| 3.3 Tips to Make Your Animations Look More Nautral | 00:04:00 | ||
| 3.4 Using the Graph Editor | 00:06:00 | ||
| 3.5 Challenge – Bouncing Ball | 00:01:00 | ||
| 3.6 Solution – Bouncing Ball | 00:20:00 | ||
| Shapes and Solid Layers | |||
| 4.1 Working With Solid Layers and the ken Burns Effects | 00:07:00 | ||
| 4.2 Working With Shape Layers, Strokes, and Paths | 00:06:00 | ||
| 4.3 Adding Layer Styles Like Drop Shadow, Bevel, and Gradients | 00:04:00 | ||
| 4.4 Shape Effects – Trim Path Animation, Wiggle, and Zig Zag | 00:06:00 | ||
| Important After Effects Skills | |||
| 5.1 Track Matte Animation – Make Layers Appear And Disappear | 00:09:00 | ||
| 5.2 Using Pre-Compositions to Group Layers | 00:06:00 | ||
| 5.3 Easily Reverse Complicated Animations | 00:02:00 | ||
| 5.4 Playing with Time | 00:06:00 | ||
| 5.5 Blend Modes | 00:06:00 | ||
| 5.6 Stabilize Shaky Footage | 00:04:00 | ||
| Motion Graphics Projects | |||
| 6.1 Intro to Motion Graphics Projects | 00:01:00 | ||
| 6.2 Clean Lower Third | 00:09:00 | ||
| 6.3 Logo Reveal Animation Bumper | 00:13:00 | ||
| 6.4 Colorful Transition | 00:17:00 | ||
| 6.5 Text with Mask Path Animation | 00:10:00 | ||
| 6.6 Text Bubble Animation | 00:14:00 | ||
| 6.7 Weather App 1 | 00:16:00 | ||
| 6.8 Weather App 2 | 00:08:00 | ||
| 6.9 Weather App 3 | 00:07:00 | ||
| Flat Animation Challenge | |||
| 7.1 Flat Animation Challenge | 00:03:00 | ||
| 7.2 Phil Designs his Flat Animation Scene | 00:13:00 | ||
| 7.3 Animating Fireworks with the Repeater Effect | 00:15:00 | ||
| Green Screen (Chromakeying) | |||
| 8.1 Removing Green Screen Background | 00:07:00 | ||
| 8.2 Adding a Background that Matches the Foreground | 00:08:00 | ||
| 8.3 Adding Motion to a Still Image with the Puppet Tool | 00:06:00 | ||
| 8.4 Adding Movement with the Ripple Effect | 00:06:00 | ||
| 3D Animations and the Camera Tool | |||
| 9.1 Intro to 3D | 00:10:00 | ||
| 9.2 Swinging 3D Text Animation | 00:12:00 | ||
| 9.3 Build Out Your 3D Composition | 00:06:00 | ||
| 9.4 Animating Our 3D Scene | 00:08:00 | ||
| 9.5 Create Stars in After Effects | 00:05:00 | ||
| Rotoscoping | |||
| 10.1 Using the Rotoscope Tool | 00:07:00 | ||
| 10.2 Cleaning Up Your Edges | 00:07:00 | ||
| 10.3 Finishing Our Rotobrush Animation | 00:08:00 | ||
| Screen Replacements | |||
| 11.1 Easy Screen Replacement with Masks | 00:10:00 | ||
| 11.2 Replacing a Screen Version 2 | 00:00:00 | ||
| 11.3 Screen Replacement with Mocha | 00:08:00 | ||
| Puppet Tool Animations | |||
| 12.1 Using the Puppet Pin Tool | 00:05:00 | ||
| 12.2 Animating Your Puppet Pins | 00:03:00 | ||
| 12.3 Animated Blinking Eyes | 00:08:00 | ||
| 12.4 Adding Perspective with Animated Clouds | 00:07:00 | ||
| Effects & Presets | |||
| 13.1 Applying Text Animation Presets | 00:00:00 | ||
| 13.2 Create a page Turn Effect with CC page Turn | 00:10:00 | ||
| 13.3 Radial and Linear wipes | 00:03:00 | ||
| 13.4 Color Correction in After Effects | 00:04:00 | ||
| Motion Tracking | |||
| 14.1 Motion Tracking Basics | 00:10:00 | ||
| 14.2 Tracking Text and Visual Effects to Video Clip | 00:06:00 | ||
| 14.3 Tracking Rotation and Scale | 00:12:00 | ||
| 14.4 Adding Details to Our Text | 00:04:00 | ||
| Character Animations | |||
| 15.1 Intro to Character Animation | 00:02:00 | ||
| 15.2 Design Your Character | 00:15:00 | ||
| 15.3 Rigging Your Character | 00:03:00 | ||
| 15.4 animation Our Character | 00:10:00 | ||
| 15.5 Adding the Animated Background | 00:09:00 | ||
| 15.6 Adding Details to Character Movement | 00:07:00 | ||
| 15.7 Adding the Paper Cut Out Look | 00:06:00 | ||
| Exporting From After Effects | |||
| 16.1 Exporting an H264 File From After Effects | 00:07:00 | ||
| 16.2 Exporting from After Effects with a Transparent Background | 00:04:00 | ||
| 16.3 Exporting from After Effects through Adobe Media Encoder | 00:05:00 | ||
| 16.4 Create an Animated GIF from After Effects | 00:07:00 | ||
| After Effects Workflow + Tips | |||
| 17.1 Audio Tips for After Effects | 00:03:00 | ||
| 17.2 Working with Premiere Pro | 00:06:00 | ||
| Expressions | |||
| 18.1 Expressions Basics | 00:07:00 | ||
| 18.2 Animate a Flickering with Expressions | 00:18:00 | ||
| Conclusion | |||
| 19.1 Conclusion | 00:01:00 | ||
| Mock Exam | |||
| Mock Exam – Adobe After Effects CC | 00:20:00 | ||
| Final Exam | |||
| Final Exam – Adobe After Effects CC | 00:20:00 | ||
| Assignment | |||
| Assignment – Adobe After Effects CC | 2 weeks, 1 day | ||
| Order Your Certificate | |||
| Order your Certificate QLS | 00:00:00 | ||
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Adobe After Effects CC is professional software used to create motion graphics, visual effects, animations, and composited video content for a wide range of media projects.
Yes, the course is suitable for beginners and provides a structured introduction to Adobe After Effects CC and animation techniques.
You will learn keyframe animation, motion graphics, compositing, masking, motion tracking, text animation, visual effects, rendering, and project organisation.
Learning After Effects can help you create professional animations and visual effects for marketing, entertainment, education, and digital content creation.
No, previous animation or visual effects experience is not required. The course introduces the software and its features from the beginner level.
The course covers keyframing, layer management, masking, compositing, motion tracking, typography animation, visual effects, rendering, and workflow optimisation.
Yes, the knowledge gained can support opportunities in motion graphics, post-production, advertising, digital media, and freelance creative work.
Important skills include creativity, storytelling, attention to detail, visual design, animation, technical proficiency, and time management.
Yes, upon successfully completing the course, you will receive a certificate of completion. This certificate can be a valuable addition to your professional portfolio and can be shared on your various social networks.
We want you to have a positive learning experience. If you're not satisfied with the course, you can request a course transfer or refund within 14 days of the initial purchase.
Our platform provides tracking tools and progress indicators for each course. You can monitor your progress, completed lessons, and assessments through your learner dashboard for the course.
If you encounter technical issues or content-related difficulties with the course, our support team is available to assist you. You can reach out to them for prompt resolution.