Lesson 1: Fundamentals of Motion Graphics

• After Effects and the RGB Color Mode
• Frame Size
• Resolution
• Pixel Aspect Ratios
• Working with Native Transparency and Alpha Channels
• Understanding Frame Rates
• Time Code Options
• Interpreting Footage Frame Rates and Field Order

Lesson 2: Getting to Know the Workflow

• Creating a Project and Importing Footage
• Creating a Composition and Arranging Layers
• Adding Effects and Modifying Layer Properties
• Animating Composition
• Previewing Timelines
• Optimizing Performance in After Effects
• Rendering and Exporting Your Composition
• Customizing and Creating Workspaces
• Setting After Effects Preferences
• Collaborating in After Effects
• Finding Resources for Using After Effects

Lesson 3: Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets

• Importing Footage using Adobe Bridge
• Creating a New Composition
• Working with Imported Photoshop and Illustrator Files
• Applying Effects to a Layers
• Creating and applying Animation Presets
• Pre Composing Layers
• Previewing Effects
• Working with Transparency
• Understanding Keyframing Basics
• Creating and Working with Keyframes
• Temporal vs. Spacial Keyframes
• Rendering Compositions

Lesson 4: Other Animation Options

• Animating using Motion Sketch
• Using The Smoother and The Wiggler
• Using Motion Blur
• Using the Graph Editor
• Auto Orienting Motion Paths
• Splitting and Sequencing Layers
• Using Adjustment Layers
• Manipulating Time and Time Remapping

Lesson 5: Animating Text

• Creating Text Layers
• Installing Fonts Using Adobe Fonts
• Creating and Formatting Point Text
• Using Area Type
• Working with the Source Text Option
• Working with Text on a Path
• Using Text Animator groups
• Adding Properties to an Animator group
• Direct Text Keyframing
• Using Range Selectors
• Animating Tracking and Blur
• Using Per Character 3D
• Adding Motion Blur
• Using the Wiggly Selector
• Using a Text Animation Preset
• Converting Text to Shape Layers
• Converting Photoshop Text to Text Layers

Lesson 6: Working With Shape Layers

• Creating Shape Layers
• Duplicating a Shape
• Creating Custom Shapes with the Pen Tool
• Positioning Layers with Snapping
• Animating a Shape
• Using Path Operators
• Creating Self-Animating Shapes
• Animating using Parenting
• Parenting with Nulls
• Using Nulls to Connect Points
• Converting Shapes to Bezier Paths
• Shaving Shape Layers as Presets

Lesson 7: Animating a Multimedia Presentation

• Adjusting and Animating Anchor Points
• Parenting Layers
• Pre-Composing Layers
• Keyframing a Motion Path
• Applying and Editing Effect
• Using Adjustment Layers
• Splitting Layers
• Moving Layers on the Timeline
• Changing Layer Stacking Order
• Trimming Layers
• Sequencing Layers
• Animating Precomposed Layers
• Animating a Background
• Adding an Audio Track

Lesson 8: Animating Layers

• Duplicating Layers
• Using Parent and Link Options
• Using a Track Matte
• Animating Using the Corner Pin Effect
• Pasting a Path into Position Properties
• Retiming Compositions

Lesson 9: Working with Masks

• Masking Basics
• Creating a Mask with the Pen Tool
• Masking with Shape Tools
• Editing a Mask
• Feathering the Edges of a Mask
• Using the Mask Feather Tool
• Replacing the Content of the Mask
• Adjusting Mask Opacity
• Animating Masks

Lesson 10: Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools

• Puppet Tools Basics
• Adding Position Pins
• Using the Classic Puppet Tool
• Using Motion Sketch with the Classic Puppet Tool
• Posing with the Advanced Puppet Tools
• Adding Advanced and Bend Pins
• Stiffening an Area
• Easing Pin Keyframes

Lesson 11: Performing Color Correction

• Adjusting Color with the Lumetri Color Effect
• Basic Options
• Creative Options
• Curves Options
• HSL Secondary Options
• Color Wheels Options
• Vignette Options
• Using Lumetri Scopes

Lesson 12: Rendering and Outputting

• Render Queue Basics
• Render Settings
• Output Module
• Creating Templates for the Render Queue
• Exporting using the Render Queue
• Rendering with Adobe Media Encoder