After Effects CS6

Overview:

This After Effects CS6: Introduction & New Features course is taught by an After Effects guru, and focuses on the power of After Effects CS6, the industry-standard video-compositing, motion-graphics-design and animation tool. During this After Effects CS6 course you’ll review the After Effects workflow and see how it integrates with the Creative Suite, how it can be used in television and film to create special effects, how to composite scenes with blue/green screen keying, and complete creative tasks like drawing, 3D, and titles. In addition, this After Effects CS6 course will teach you the latest and greatest new features of After Effects CS6, including the Global Performance Cache, 3D Camera Tracker, Ray-traced 3D, Variable Mask Feathering, 3D Environment Maps, 3D Material options, Rolling Shutter Repair, and more. After Effects is a standard in the industry for compositing and graphics animation, so if you want to enhance your job search and stay competitive, this course is for you.

Our learning material is available to students 24/7 anywhere in the world, so it’s extremely convenient. These intensive online courses are open to everyone, as long as you have an interest in the topic! We provide world-class learning led by IAP, so you can be assured that the material is high quality, accurate and up-to-date.

What will I learn?

• Get an introduction to Ray-traced 3D with an in-depth look at extruded vector layers
• Discover the new Mask Feather tool and why it’s so important
• Examine 3D bendable layers and their properties
• Transform a 2D layer into an Environment Layer and discover what an Environment Map is

Meet the instructor:

Brian Maffitt brings a singularly diverse background to presenting and directing. As a former professional actor, photographer, carpenter, and Graceland Tour Guide, he jumped on board the computer graphic revolution in the late 1980s. He founded MAFF/x in 1993 and won several awards for video production, interactive design, and animation. Brian also co-founded Atomic Power Corporation and released two award-winning sets of software plugins for After Effects, “Psunami”, and “Evolution”. The latter was acquired by Adobe in 2001 and is now included with every copy of After Effects sold, and has been featured prominently in untold commercials and films,including Pixar’s Academy Award-winning “The Incredibles”.

A combination of communication skills and computer proficiency made video training a natural progression. As Total Training’s co-founder and Chief Creative Officer, he is devoted to great training, crafted by an extraordinary creative team, for exceptional customers. And if he can occasionally make you smile (or roll your eyes) along the way, so much the better.

This course covers the following modules:

• Module 01: Basic workflow and terminology
• Module 02: Project and Flowchart Panels
• Module 03: Composition and Layer Panels
• Module 04: The Timeline
• Module 05: The Preview Panel
• Module 06: Enhanced performance
• Module 07: New and updated effects
• Module 08: Working in 3D
• Module 09: Optimizing for high performance
• Module 10: Global Performance Cache
• Module 11: 3D Camera Tracker
• Module 12: Introduction to Ray-traced 3D
• Module 13: Ray-traced 3D, extruded text, and shapes
• Module 14: Variable Mask Feathering, Part 1
• Module 15: Variable Mask Feathering, Part 2
• Module 16: 3D Bendable Footage and Composition Layers
• Module 17: 3D Environment Map
• Module 18: 3D New Material options
• Module 19: Fast draft preview renderer
• Module 20: Fast previews
• Module 21: Layer Bounding Boxes and Selection Indicators
• Module 22: Vector Footage Art-to-Shape conversion with ILCS6
• Module 23: Rolling Shutter Repair

What are the requirements?

• You must be 16 or over
• You should have a basic understanding of English, Maths and ICT
• You will need a computer or tablet with internet connection (or access to one)

How will I be assessed?

• You will have one assignment. Pass mark is 65%.
• You will only need to pay £19 for assessment.
• You will receive the results within 72 hours of submittal, and will be sent a certificate in 7-14 days.

 What certification will I receive?

Those who successfully pass this course will be awarded a After Effects CS6: Introduction & New Features certificate. Anyone eligible for certification will receive a free e-certificate.

What careers can I get with this qualification?

This excellent After Effects CS6 course will qualify you to be a Video Producer. The average salary of a Video Producer in the UK is £26,978, and this will go up with experience (payscale.com). With this course you could enter any of the following industries:

• Video Producer
• Video Editor
• Videography
• Editor
• Motion Graphics Producer