AFTER EFFECT COURSE

1-Month After Effects Course: Basic to Advanced

🗓 Week 1: Foundations of After Effects (Beginner Level)

What is After Effects?
Interface walkthrough
Creating a new composition
Importing media
Understanding timeline and layers
Keyframes: Position, Scale, Rotation, Opacity
Previewing animations
Easy Ease and Motion Blur
Anchor point and its importance
Creating text layers
Text animation presets
Shape layers and animating shapes
Using masks
Layer types: solid, null, adjustment, camera
Layer hierarchy and parenting
Pre-compositions: nesting and organizing
Create a short animated title or logo reveal using shape and text layers.

🗓 Week 2: Intermediate Animation & Effects

Speed vs value graph
Smoothing animation curves
Bouncing & overshooting effects
Applying and customizing effects
Blur, Glow, Color Correction, Noise
Animating effect properties
Chroma keying with Keylight
Garbage masking
Rotoscoping basics
Activating 3D layers
Using the camera and lights
Depth, shadows, and parallax
Create a kinetic typography or motion poster using camera moves and effects.

🗓 Week 3: Advanced Techniques & Motion Design

What are expressions?
Wiggle, time, value, loop expressions
Pick-whipping and basic scripting
2D motion tracking
Applying tracking data
Warp stabilizer for shaky footage
Intro to popular plugins (Saber, Animation Composer, etc.)
How to install and use them
Using templates and third-party assets
Importing and syncing sound
Animating to beats
Audio spectrum effects
Create an animated scene or product ad using 3D layers, expressions, and audio sync.

🗓 Week 4: VFX, Compositing & Final Portfolio

VFX scene breakdown
Particle systems (CC Particle World)
Simulating fire, rain, or smoke (with/without plugins)
Blending modes
Matte layers & Track mattes
Color grading with Lumetri
Best render settings for web, YouTube, Instagram
Using Adobe Media Encoder
Alpha channel export (transparent background)
Plan and storyboard a final motion graphics or VFX project
Begin execution with instructor feedback
Complete final render
Peer review & critique
Certificate of completion + Portfolio guidance

💼 Final Deliverables:

4 mini projects
1 final professional-level animation
Beginner-to-advanced skill certificate
Portfolio-ready motion graphics/VFX reel