Training Course
Adobe After Effects Essentials
Course Duration: 2 Days
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 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
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- 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
- 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:
Prerequisites
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- 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.
- This course is aimed at people looking to professionally edit and manipulate video files, adding post production effects to a high standard.
Course Content
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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
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- 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.
27 Aug - 28 Aug 2025
Newcastle
£855
25 Sep - 26 Sep 2025
Virtual
£595
22 Oct - 23 Oct 2025
Newcastle
£855
26 Nov - 27 Nov 2025
Virtual
£595
08 Dec - 09 Dec 2025
Virtual
£595
08 Jun - 09 Jun 2026
Virtual
£595
26 Aug - 27 Aug 2026
Newcastle
£855
24 Sep - 25 Sep 2026
Virtual
£595
21 Oct - 22 Oct 2026
Newcastle
£855
25 Nov - 26 Nov 2026
Virtual
£595
07 Dec - 08 Dec 2026
Virtual
£595
Private Training
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Flexible date and location
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Public Dates
Prices per delegate. All prices exclude VAT.27 Aug - 28 Aug 2025Newcastle£85525 Sep - 26 Sep 2025Virtual£59522 Oct - 23 Oct 2025Newcastle£85526 Nov - 27 Nov 2025Virtual£59508 Dec - 09 Dec 2025Virtual£59508 Jun - 09 Jun 2026Virtual£59526 Aug - 27 Aug 2026Newcastle£85524 Sep - 25 Sep 2026Virtual£59521 Oct - 22 Oct 2026Newcastle£85525 Nov - 26 Nov 2026Virtual£59507 Dec - 08 Dec 2026Virtual£595Private Courses
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Adobe After Effects Essentials Course Options
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More confident
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What were the most useful aspects of the course
Dealing with customers
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Public Scheduled Courses
Prices per delegate. All prices exclude VAT.
27 Aug - 28 Aug 2025
Newcastle
£855
25 Sep - 26 Sep 2025
Virtual
£595
22 Oct - 23 Oct 2025
Newcastle
£855
26 Nov - 27 Nov 2025
Virtual
£595
08 Dec - 09 Dec 2025
Virtual
£595
08 Jun - 09 Jun 2026
Virtual
£595
26 Aug - 27 Aug 2026
Newcastle
£855
24 Sep - 25 Sep 2026
Virtual
£595
21 Oct - 22 Oct 2026
Newcastle
£855
25 Nov - 26 Nov 2026
Virtual
£595
07 Dec - 08 Dec 2026
Virtual
£595
Private Courses
Flexible dates, location and content. All prices exclude VAT.
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Oakville, 14 Durham Road West, Bowburn, Durham, DH6 5AU
0191 377 8377
ittrainingsolutions.co.uk
Printed:8/12/2025 11:07:15 PM