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Non-Scary Adobe After Effects - Beginner to Wow (Udemy.com)

Learn Adobe After Effects from scratch with easy step-by-step instructions and projects that you can repurpose

Created by: Tim Wilson

Last updated April 2026

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What you will learn

  • How to create a video project using the fundamentals and then more advanced techniques of After Effects
  • How to make your videos stand out with professional looking text and animations
  • How to add sound and use it to move objects
  • Work with preset text effects for amazing looking type
  • How to use green screen images to create multi-video compositions and render out
  • How to export high quality videos from After Effects for use in multiple applications

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Course Description

Have fun while learning Adobe After Effects in a non-intimidating and friendly way

If you want to enhance your videos, adding motion graphics and visual effects is the perfect solution. Professionals worldwide use After Effects CC for all types of productions, from business and marketing videos to music videos, documentaries, and feature films. This comprehensive course is designed to be easy to use and not intimidating, making it the ideal way to dive in and start bringing your own videos to life.


This is a comprehensive course in Adobe After Effects, starting from scratch for complete beginners, through to professional techniques. This course uses the 2024 version but the techniques will work on most of the earlier versions as well as the newer versions.


Using real life examples, I will demonstrate and give you exciting projects to carry out so you can easily put these into practice for your own use. Whether you want to get paid for your After Effects skills, or you're doing this for fun / self-improvement or to make your social media / YouTube videos outstanding, this course and the projects will help you build confidence to be able to translate into your own work.


I will take you through After Effects by first looking at creating simple multi-video compositions and then moving on to more advanced animation techniques as well as green-screening, motion tracking, and a whole lot of other terms that mean nothing to you right now but I'll explain them as we go along. You'll then reinforce your knowledge in these with a step-by-step project at the end of most sets of lectures. The projects range from simple video transitions through to more complex animations with text and onto advanced features like tracking objects with text and distorting objects with sound. 



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Intro Music from Pixabay Royalty Free Sound: 

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Audio File Title: The Beat of Nature

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Instructor Details

Tim Wilson

Tim divides his time between training, and undertaking design and photography projects. He has trained a range of companies including BBC, Disney, Aardman, Sky, Nissan, Ford, British Airways, Virgin, Barclays, KPMG, NHS, the Times and Adobe amongst many others.


Tim spent many years as a lecturer for Graphic Design and Photography Honour Degree students at universities. He loves sharing his passion for design and this is reflected by the enthusiasm from his students who rebook his courses to continue their professional development.

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Reviews

4.8

101 ratings on Udemy

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By Anthony Gardin on 5/21/2026

Really enjoyed the course. I had used AE before, but never with any formal instruction. I thought this was full of good useful tips to provide a good base of knowledge for the software. Thank you.

By Mir Moslehuddin Murtaza on 1/2/2026

A tremendouly terrific course for learning Adobe After Effects. So well epitomised indeed with very lucid illustration. Highly recommend this course.

By Nisim Einat on 12/16/2025

The course is perfect from my own POV ... far beyond expectations, it says that it is not scarry, and try to give us students the feeling that it is really a begginers guide and that it is easy and not so demanding nor bring us into a point of quite fluently operting and using After Effects as pros.... So, practically i think that the truth about this course is not so.... it is quite an in-depth guide for many secrets that are uncovered through out the course, and other hundreds or thausands of details that may bring the participants of this course to a point where they can actually quite fluently and confidently use this software for quite strictly professional purposes... So as the buttom line this course is highly recommended since it is 100% engaging, and quite securedly, thanks for Tim's gifted teaching and instructing most phenominal characteristics, bring the students to a Pro+ point of using, manipulating and managing the After Effects software with a strong impact and an 'after effect' ;-) for practicing and learning more... Thank you Dear Tim for your masterpieces of virtual instructions, and your willing and ability to share it with us ;-)

By Nigel Hancock on 9/29/2025

I am 69 years old and have dabbled with motion graphics over the years, without doubt this is the best course I have ever taken (and I have tried a few). The calm relaxed persona of the instructor is excellent and his deliver is outstanding.

By Tanja Wevelsiep on 5/7/2025

For me as a beginner in After Effects this course was easy to follow and to get a profound overview, what After Effects is capable of. The projects in between the chapters helped me to implement the things I have just learned. And yes, with his calm and gentle voice, Tim Wilson helped me to be less scared of After Effects. I recommend this course!

By Mohammed Almalki on 4/29/2025

This is the best course I've taken for After Effects. The instructor has an incredible way of delivering knowledge. Don't hesitate or think twice about taking this course; just take it.

By Tom Feeney on 3/27/2025

So far this is easily the best After Effects training I have seen. Excellent content and delivery by Tim. His understanding of how a student needs to learn is exceptional.

By Nsikak Ekong on 1/10/2025

this course is the best for those who are scare of after effect. Tim make the learning after effect so easy and effortless. I finish the course in about 2 week. I EVEN LEARN THING THAT VERY ADVANCE. I RECOMMEND THE COURSE TO ANYONE WHO ONE TO GO FROM BEGINER TO INTERMIDIATE.

By Dongyeup Shin on 10/25/2024

I was able to quickly grasp and understand the core features of After Effects without any unnecessary frills. Of course, there are other excellent courses over 30 hours long, but I'm grateful for this course that allowed me to learn the essential functions quickly and apply them to my own projects. I highly recommend this course for anyone like me who wants to learn most of the features swiftly and move on to real-world projects.

By David Johnson on 7/25/2024

Excellent course. I bought it as soon as I saw it was available based on the instructor. His teaching style is very beginner friendly and easy to follow.

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