After Effects for Beginners | FREE Mega Course

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Published 2020-04-01
Learn how to use After Effects in this free course. From the After Effects basics up to more advanced topics like spatial interpolation, you'll learn it all. With expert instruction from Dave Bode, you'll start at the absolute beginning and work quickly through these free After Effects tutorials into more exciting techniques.

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It really is the best way to learn After Effects online. You'll start with the interface, before moving on to tools, workflow, keyframing, comps and precomping, shapes, masks, and so much more! You'll then move on and practice your new skills by building a lower third from scratch.

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1. Introduction
00:00:00 1.1 Introduction

2. After Effects Basics
00:00:49 2.1 What Is After Effects?
00:10:46 2.2 Main Panels
00:20:50 2.3 Settings
00:28:36 2.4 After Effects Tools
00:37:28 2.5 More AE Tools

3. Compositions and Layers
00:43:46 3.1 After Effects Composition
00:52:39 3.2 Precomposing
01:00:49 3.3 After Effects Layer Properties

4. Keyframes
01:10:22 4.1 After Effects Keyframe Basics
01:17:01 4.2 After Effects Keyframe Easing
01:27:39 4.3 Spatial Interpolation

5. Masks, Shape Layers, and Text
01:35:44 5.1 How to Mask in After Effects
01:44:27 5.2 After Effects Shape Layers: Part 1
01:53:51 5.3 After Effects Shape Layers: Part 2
02:03:57 5.4 Text in After Effects
02:11:14 5.5 Text Animation and More

6. 2.5D
02:21:23 6.1 What Is 2.5D?
02:30:01 6.2 More 2.5D

7. Motion Tracking
02:35:07 7.1 Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, and 3D Text
02:44:18 7.2 More Motion Tracking
02:50:34 7.3 Camera Tracking in After Effects
02:58:09 7.4 3D Text in After Effects

8. Mattes and Cool Effects
03:09:12 8.1 Mattes
03:20:08 8.2 EFFECTS!
03:30:58 8.3 MORE EFFECTS!
03:42:18 8.4 Mind-Blowing Third-Party Effects

9. Build a Lower Third
03:52:57 9.1 How to Make a Lower Third in After Effects
04:03:58 9.2 Final Touches on the Lower Third

10. Exporting
04:14:32 10.1 Exporting From After Effects

11. Conclusion
04:23:44 11.1 Conclusion

12. Bonus Lessons
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All Comments (20)
  • After watching 20 minutes I just paused as I had the need to make a positive comment here. You are a great teacher. Everything is very understandable, not boring at all. I did a lot of courses and you are definitely one of the best teachers. And this is all for free! For that, I want to thank you.
  • @twobone28
    FYI for AE 2022 users: 2:25:42 - the Unified Camera Tool is now split into three Camera Orbit tools. Shift +1 cycles through the tools after you select the Camera tool. Holding Option on Mac or Alt on Windows will change it to the Unified Camera Tool. Pressing C after selecting the Camera tool will cycle through Orbit, Pan, and Dolly.
  • @abishek5869
    after effects : after 4 hrs we are best friends
  • @amogh_theone
    After finishing this 4 hour beginner tutorial in just one day, I am shaking and shivering.
  • @graigjunior6525
    All in one, learnt a lot just in this course. no need to watch other several clips if you just take this one. GREAT JOB.
  • @tinycutethings
    This is awesome. No one gives a full beginning course like this. Thank you for this. This is very useful.
  • Thanks so much for making this available. As an absolute beginner to After Effects this is the best course I've found so far. AE is very overwhelming at first and this course is making it really easy to learn.
  • @cotywhite9968
    I am .... speechless...I think I want to cry out of pure happiness.
  • 03:20:14 Warp stabilizer 03:22:51 Camera shake deblur 03:24:02 Lumetri Color 03:28:24 Gaussian Blur 03:28:41 fast box blur 03:29:24 camera lens blur Chroma keying footage 03:31:41 selective color 03:32:03 color key 03:33:04 simple choker Green screen 03:33:26 keylight 03:34:09 key cleaner 03:35:03 advanced spill suppressor 03:35:53 fractal noise 03:36:41 colorama 03:36:46 tint 03:37:15 gradient ramp 03:39:01 4-color gradient 03:39:39 checkerboard 03:40:02 grid 03:41:00 scribble
  • For someone to take time to let this kind of tutorial out for people to improved themselves is worth commendations. I appreciate your kind effort. Thanks so much
  • @thiagoalves5931
    Only watched for 10 min and I already can say it's pure gold . Thanks for this !
  • @heavens988
    One of the best course of AE I've found on YT. Millions of thanks!
  • I haven’t even started but reading from others and the hours of wisdom here makes me want to say that the world needs more people like you.
  • @mattw8020
    Dave Bode, this was wonderful. Thank you providing this free FOUR and half hours worth of tutorial. Your brevity and conversational tone throughout was as reassuring (that After Effects can in fact be learned) as it was very informative. Major props, sir.
  • @OGrqspbxrry
    I was having a mental breakdown trying to figure out how to do this with unclear tutorials. This was so so helpful, prevented many tears from being shed.
  • @vickysakthi4956
    Beginners must watch the video no more words, one of the best learning videos in my life, thanks to a lot of millions Mr.Dave Bode
  • @rotimi7716
    This is so overwhelmingly awesome! Thanks for making it look, sound and feel very easy. After Effects, here I come.
  • @194HH
    thank you ive always waited for a video with all the basics and the most little things in ONE VIDEO this is amazing