After Effects 101

Learn essential Adobe After Effects tools, tips and techniques at your own pace with private one-on-one training. This customized training format is ideal for anyone with special training needs or specific project goals that may fall outside of the scale and scope of group workshops. Private sessions are appropriate for beginner skill levels. Training...

This two-day advanced class will help you achieve better results from this comprehensive application. Building on concepts from After Effects Level 1 and Level 2 classes, this course covers all about alphas (straight vs. pre-multiplied alphas, working with Photoshop and Illustrator and vector paint) and advanced formatting and rendering (video, interlaced...

This three-day introductory class introduces you to the essentials for this powerful application for motion graphics and visual effects.  Topics include traditional after effects workflow, basic animation with effects and presets, introductory text animation, basic keying and 3D, rending and output. Prerequisite: Basic Mac OS X knowledge. ...

This two-day intermediate class will take you beyond the basics by focusing on industry standard best-practices for creating motion graphics.  Building on concepts learned in the level one class, you will learn how to incorporate text, graphics, and effects to your movies.  Upon completion of this course, you will have an excellent understanding...

Learn the basics of vector animation in Adobe After Effects for Beginners Today’s businesses need dynamic visual effects and motion graphics to help build engaging visual content. In the Adobe After Effects for Beginners class (Level 1) at Digital Workshop Center, you will learn to create content for commercial video and motion picture production,...

Demystify Cinema 4D in this two-day course that will introduce to you to workflows and best practices when using the Cineware plugin in After Effects. Learn to animate in Cinema 4D Lite with a simplified timeline and animation controls. Model basic objects, splines, materials, reflections and more. Work with parenting to create text extrusions...

In the Adobe After Effects Advanced class (Level 2) students will dive deeper into animation and motion graphics for video projects. After Effects has an amazing power to create visually interesting motion graphics, but getting started with this software requires a lot of time and practice with the program. This advanced After Effects workshop aims...

Learn After Effects in this three-day training event with an in depth courseware that covers both fundamental and more advanced topics. Learn After Effects to create rich compositions with video, Photoshop, Illustrator and other files. Utilize advanced text effects, video blending, keying effects and track mattes. Work from a fundamental level to...

Take your After Effects skills to the next level in this two day training. You will start off with a refresher of the basics and move on to more advanced concepts. This training will cover several hot topics including creating motion and mask tracking in After Effects and Mocha AE. Other essential skills include properly keying footage, manipulating...

The Adobe After Effects Bootcamp training is a comprehensive course that pairs and integrates both of our essential skills classes. This course is a complete foundation that starts at a beginning level and progresses to an intermediate level of mastery. This five-day After Effects training is an in-depth courseware using the industry standard tool...