Course Description
Adobe After Effects CS4 is a two day course, designed to help you take video, animation or stills to the next level of creativity. This course introduces the basic concepts of working with After Effects.
The course content to the right is that which will be covered. Attendees are encouraged to ask specific questions, taking the course into more or less detail on any of these topics plus others, where required.

Who should attend?
Anyone who wishes to work in the video field or who currently works in the field, or an Adobe application user looking to expand his or her skills, looking to add effects to video and animation projects.

Prerequisites
Students should have the following prerequisite knowledge prior to attending this course:
• Basic Mac OS X knowledge • Knowledge of other Adobe applications • Experience with Video Editing Applications is desireable but
not essential

Costs
£550* per trainee. Training at GBM includes refreshments, a light lunch, course notes or a suitable reference book.
*All Prices exclude VAT

Introduction to the Interface
Project window, Composition window, Timeline, Layer window, Pallettes, Managing your workspace...

Creating a Sequence of Media Clips
Create a Composition, Import Media, Create Layers from Footage Items, Position Layers in Time

Animating Layers and Effects
Animate Transform Properties, Duplicate Properties, Control Appearance of Vector Graphics, Create Animated Text, Apply Effects, Apply Text Animation Presets, Set Blending Modes for Layers, Create Solids

Sequencing Layers Precisely
Replace the Footage Within a Layer, Set a Layer's In and Out Points, Slip Edit Layers, Control a Layer's Playback Rate, Loop a Footage Item, Nest Compositions, Pre-compose Layers

Creating Transparency
Assign Track Mattes, Create Masks

Outputting Video Files
Create a Render Settings Template, Create an Output Module Template, Render a Composition, Export a Composition