| Lecturer |
Anna Tow |
| Duration |
Three Saturdays, 10am – 4pm |
| Dates |
May 5, 12, 19 |
| Venue |
Billy Blue College of Design, 171 Pacific Highway, North Sydney |
| Fee |
$792 |
Course Outline
This course is a great introduction to Adobe After Effects, so you can create compelling motion graphics and visual effects. You will learn a comprehensive set of tools for compositing, animation and effects. After thoroughly exploring the fundamental concepts and features needed to use the program you will be able to apply these skills to motion graphics production and broadcast design.
Who Should Attend
• you are experienced in digital media and want to move into the realm of motion graphics and broadcast design
• you want to be able to effectively use Adobe After Effects to save time and increase your creative power.
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course you will:
• be familiar with the After Effects work flow and know how to powerfully move your still Photoshop and Illustrator files into the animated realm
• have discovered the relative ease of animating typographical elements within multi-layered video and still graphics composites
• understand the basic principles of compositing digital media
Course Content
• interface and tools available
• creating a project and importing footage
• creating a composition and arranging layers
• adding effects and modifying layer properties
• animating compositions
• previewing compositions
• exporting compositions
• working with Photoshop files
• using text
• animating text
• working with masks
• green screen keying
• animating effects
• rendering
• 3D layering and effects
NB: The focus of the course can change depending on the requirements of the class. Where possible, request topics will be included.
Prerequisites:
Good computer/internet skills with PC or Mac and basic skills working with Adobe Photoshop.
Lecturer’s Biography
Anna Tow is a film maker, animator and motion graphics designer who’s been involved in the film and TV industry for eight years and has worked for Foxtel, the ABC, and Network Ten. She has worked on a number of broadcast, film and independent animation projects, some of which have been screened in competition at international film and animation festivals. Anna has a Masters of Film and Television from the Australian Film TV Radio School (AFTRS) and a Bachelor of Visual Arts from Sydney University. She lectures at Billy Blue in Communications and Digital Media.
