After Effects CC 2015 Essential Training

- [Voiceover] Hello, my name is Ian Robinson and welcome to After Effects CC Essential Training. In this course we'll focus on the fundamentals you need to know to get started working in After Effects CC. After Effects has six main components and I've broken down each area into its own chapter. So together we can explore how motion graphics are built. First, we'll start in the Project panel and learn about compositions. Then we'll look at how to use layers with blend modes to better blend our graphics together and create one cohesive look.

Once the initial design is built, then we'll move on to creating animations with keyframes, gain more control over those animations with parenting, and even explore how to time movements together between parameters by creating expressions with the pick whip. Then we'll play with effects and talk about how to generate animated strokes and backgrounds. And even how to add some stylistic pop to our graphics using gradients and glows. Once we've covered those essentials, we'll jump to the next dimension and explore 3D with the Advanced Renderer and look at how to use Cinema 4D Lite.

And finally, to round out our knowledge base, we'll look at how we can actually create finished, self-contained graphics by exploring the process of rendering. So as you can see, we've got lots of really cool things to nerd out about as we learn about this powerful tool known as After Effects CC. So, let's do this.