Product Description

Adobe After Effects CS5 Essentials enables you to learn the basics from getting started setting up compositions and importing files, to more complex animations, masks, text, and even 3D! You will learn tips and tricks, as well as techniques that you can use to create your own compositions.

After Effects is the standard in the industry for compositing and graphics animation – stay competitive and add this skill set to your knowledge.

Highlights

It enables to learn to create compositions, use Roto Brush and Auto Keyframes

It helps to discover how to use and interpolate masks

It explore how to animate using the text animation engine

It enables to learn to use the parenting capabilities of After Effects

It teaches how to use the After Effects’ 3D engine

Entry Requirements
Basic English reading and writing skills, as full tutor support is given.

Whats Included
Learning documentation, Online Resources and Tutor support for 2 years.

Course Study Format
Course will be delivered online.

Courseware Support
The biggest advantage of studying with us is that using your unique student account, you can immediately access the course materials online and submit all the question papers to the tutor online. On submission of question papers, you will immediately, receives the email containing the results and feedback.

Study Hours
Study hour is dependent upon the dedication and grasp towards the learning concepts mentioned in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each lesson there is a question paper that needs to be completed and returned to the tutor.

Learning Hours
Approximately 300 hours.

Assessment Method

The Examination:
The course is examined in below components:

Examination Paper 1 Unit 1 Introduction to Financial Accounting
This paper is one hour and thirty minutes in length and the marks provide 50% of the overall marks of the course, AS, and 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.

Examination Paper 2 Unit 2 Financial and Management Accounting
This paper is one hour and thirty minutes in length and the marks provide 50% of the overall marks of the course, AS, and 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.

Examination Paper 3 Unit 3 Further Aspects of Financial Accounting
This paper is two hours in length and the marks provide 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.

Examination Paper 4 Unit 4 Further Aspects of Management Accounting
This paper is two hours in length and the marks provide 25% of A Level. There are four compulsory questions.

Exams would need to be carried out at an approved examination centre. Please contact us for assistance.

Exams
Exam vouchers supplied with our courses must be used within the duration of your course. Exam Vouchers become invalid once the course has expired.

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO AFTER EFFECTS (73 min)
Basic Video Concepts
Importing Files
Project Panel Overview & Arranging a Workspace
Creating a New Composition
Placing Footage in the Composition
Creating a Film Strip Effect with Multiple Movies
Timeline Panel Overview
Timeline Switches, Time Ruler & Work Area
Composition Panel Overview

Chapter 2: ANIMATION BASICS (54 min)
Exploring the Transform Properties
Introduction to Keyframing
Spatial Interpolation
Temporal Interpolation
Practicing Interpolation
Copying & Pasting Keyframes
Creating a Loop & Changing the Animation Speed

Chapter 3: WORKING WITH MASKS (54 min)
Introduction to Masks
Animating Masks
Working with Mask Interpolation
Using Masks for Position Keyframes
Creating a Simple Animation Using Masks

Chapter 4: ANIMATING TEXT (38 min)
An Introduction to Text in After Effects
Using Text Presets
Creating Text on a Path
Creating a Preset
Animators: Adding a Range Selector
Adding Properties to the Same Range Selector
Animating Two or More Range Selectors
Animators: Adding a Wiggly Selector
Working with Photoshop Text

Chapter 5: ANIMATION ASSISTANTS (36 min)
Using Motion Sketch & Smoother
Working with Auto-Orient & Split Layer
Time Remapping
Creating a Picture Montage

Job Prospects
Become fully trained and substantially improve your chances of employment or earn more money!

Skills Assessments
Test yourself and receive a certificate online. Multiple choice or fill in the blanks style questioning helps you remember and learn.

Certificates
Upon completion of the course, you can download the completion certificate as well as any other qualifications you have been awarded.

Interactive simulations
Feel like you are actually using the software you are being trained about in the added security of our learning environment.

Printable reference guides and exercises
Every chapter has its own hands on exercises for you to carry out to help you gain essential experience. You also have automatic glossary and search features to help you use the course as a ‘quick reference’ guide.

Course Completion Certificate

*Please note, unless stated otherwise or included in package, our online courses only offer course completion certificates ( £10 fee) and in all cases official testing (at a charge made by testing centre) is required to gain officially certified recognised qualifications.

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Unless otherwise specified, official exams are not included.