Dive into Adobe After Effects 1: Learn the Basics (Udemy.com)

A project-based course that guides you through creating a title card of your favorite brand in Adobe After Effects.

( 50 Reviews )

Created by: Phil Ebiner

Produced in 2016

What you will learn

navigate through the After Effects program
open new compositions with the right settings
add and edit text, shape, photos, and other elements to a composition

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Course Description

You want to start using After Effects, right?
If you've never opened (or opened and immediately closed) After Effects, you're in the right place.
This is the first part in my 3-part Dive Into After Effects series. I created this series to make learning how to use After Effects as easy as possible.
You learn by doing.
In the Dive Into After Effects series, you'll follow along and work on your own project while learning.

What makes me qualified to teach you?
My name is Phil. I am a professional motion graphics artist and video creator. Plus, I'm the creator of some of the world's most popular After Effects courses - with over 150,000 students and thousands of 5-star reviews like these ones from this course:
I am new to after Effects and this course is so easy to follow. Good Job! - Sequin Frederick
Excellent course for a beginner like me! A step by step guide. - Fairuz Nabilah

I enjoyed this course and found it very helpful to explain the basics. Phil went through things clearly and through the videos I was able to catch some of the skills that i have been struggling with. I would recommend this for anyone starting After Effects - June Beveridge
My Promise to You
I'll be here for you every step of the way. If you have any questions about the course content or anything related to this topic, you can always post a question in the course or send me a direct message.
I want to make this the best course on learning After Effects for beginners. So if there is any way I can improve this course, just tell me and I'll make it happen.
What's this course all about?
After Effects is an amazing program that can help you create motion graphics, visual effects, and titles that make your videos better, but it can be intimidating to try out. In this 45-minute course, you'll learn the basics of using After Effects: understand the program layout, learn how to use the tools, get comfortable with using the timeline. We'll cover everything from opening up After Effects for the first time, importing assets, and creating your very first composition.

This class is perfect for video creators, designers, and everyone who wants to learn After Effects in an un-intimidating way. No prior knowledge or experience is required! By the end of the class, you'll have the basic knowledge to start creating projects and dive even further into the world of After Effects.
Course Assignment
Create a title card within After Effects. This assignment will teach you how to create a new composition, use the basic After Effects tools, arrange layers in your sequence, and use layer properties to change the scale, position, transparency, and rotation of your objects.
With our 30-day 100% money back guarantee, there is nothing holding you back from jumping in right now and trying the course out.
Go ahead and click the enroll button, and I'll see you in lesson 1!
Cheers,
Phil

Who this course is for:

This course is for anyone who has never used After Effects. This is a very basic course for new users.
This course is for anyone that likes learning by doing. We'll work together to create a title card for your favorite brand (or your own brand).

Time: 1h

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Phil Ebiner

4.7 Rating
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MORE ABOUT PHIL:
I've always tried to live life presently and to the fullest. Some of the things I love to do in my spare time include mountain biking, nerding out on personal finance, traveling to new places, watching sports (huge baseball fan here!), and sharing meals with friends and family. Most days you can find me spending quality time with my lovely wife, twin boys (and soon to be girl), and dog Ashby.
In 2011, I graduated with my Bachelor of Arts in Film and

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By Ali Atta ur Rehman on

Pretty Basic course. Instructor explained the tool pretty well. Same things could be explained in shorter period of time.

By Leonardo Gonalves on

Achei massa!!

By Paul Ison on

Very early in the course but so far, so good. Seems to be thorough and clear in explaining the basics of Adobe After Effects. The pace seems to be good as well. Looking forward to continuing the course and learning this software.

By Ridz Al on

I recommend this course to those who didnt know anything about Adobe AE but curious to know more and to understand how it works.The instructor is very clear and easy to understand.

By Maksim Burak on

Basic control elements of after effects are covered. Creating animation is not covered. Course for beginners in after effects, those who only make their first steps in video editing. Explanation is simple, though a litle more attention can be added to showing every element of program's interface. Overall usefulness - very good.

By Sarit Oster on

There are too many things that he didn't explain and although it's a basic course, it's just too basic to pay that amount for the course, moreover, the exporting video seemed to be a video he made for his YouTube channel that is obviously for free (and that video was harder to understand).He did explain thing clearly and not too fast which was good.Overall, I don't feel that more knowledgeable.

By Preeya on

Not particularly happy with this course. It's not that it wasn't taught well, but rather for $10.99 for about a 1 hour course, you aren't getting much bang for your buck. I would expect at least 3 hours worth of content for what I'm paying. I would be happy if the Dive into Adobe After Effects 1 & 2 were bundled together for this price.

By Jen Hodgson on

Great course.. Im a total beginner with AE and this course was a great intro in the layout and basics of the software.

By Wendy Whose on

I really liked the style of the course with short good understandable professional made lessons but I think there should be more content and I didn't get how the export video fits into the other content.

By June Beveridge on

I enjoyed this course and found it very helpful to explain the basics. Phil went through things clearly and through the videos I was able to catch some of the skills that i have been struggling with. I would recommend this for anyone starting After Effects

By rich purkey on

this has been a very clear and understanding cores i give 4 starts for being a bit slow but this is a very good beginner cores as in if you have never used Adobe software im new to After Effects but not Adobe like Primer pro alittel slow but i know its a beginner cores going into this

By Colleen Green on

Great intro. Although I knew a lot of this as I'm an avid user of Photoshop and Illustrator, it was good review. Definitely great for someone who is not a regular Adobe products user and needs the down and dirty quick overview.