The Beginner's Guide to Adobe After Effects

Hello and welcome to this course. If you like animation, whether you want to learn it as a hobby or you are considering it as a career, I think this course is for you. In this course, we will learn how to create a simple animated login interface in Adobe After Effects.

So you might ask, what is adobe after effects?

Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Systems and used in the post-production process of filmmaking, video games, and television production. Among other things, After Effects can be used for keying, tracking, compositing, and animation.

Yes, it's massive software !! But the good news is it is easy to learn, compare to traditional animation. You won't need drawing skills or anything.

At first, we will start with the basics of the software, then we will have an overview of panels and the basics of animating.

As we go through the class, you will the core concepts of the software. We will cover things such as :

Masks

Track Matte

Parenting and Links

Pen Tool

Type Tool

Puppet Pin Tool

Principles of animation such as Arcs

Nulls

And so many more. This is a basic course, and it is good for those who are new to this software. Once again, welcome and I hope this course can help you.