How To Make An Intro In After Effects CS4 CS5

This 2 day Introduction to Adobe After-Effects CS3 CS4 CS5 CS6 course is designed for those users who wish to take video, animation or stills to the next level of creativity.
This course introduces delegates to the basic concepts of working with After Effects. It aims to give delegates the confidence to begin using the application in a professional environment to produce smooth animation and sophisticated special effects.
PREREQUISTES 
Knowledge of the windows interface would be required. No experience of Adobe After-Effects is necessary.
BENEFITS
Course is ideal for anyone who wishes to develop their skills to produce complex to basic video productions for commercial or home use.
COURSE OUTLINE
CREATING A SEQUENCE OF MEDIA CLIPS

• Create a Composition
• Import Media
• Create Layers from Footage Items
• Position Layers in Time

ANIMATING LAYERS AND EFFECTS

• Animate Transform Properties
• Duplicate Properties
• Control Appearance of Vector Graphics
• Create Animated Text
• Apply Effects
• Apply Text Animation Presets
• Set Blending Modes for Layers
• Create Solids

SEQUENCING LAYERS PRECISELY

• Replace the Footage Within a Layer
• Set a Layer's In and Out Points
• Slip Edit Layers
• Control a Layer's Playback Rate
• Loop a Footage Item
• Nest Compositions
• Pre-compose Layers

CREATING TRANSPARENCY

• Assign Track Mattes
• Create Masks
• Outputting Video Files
• Create a Render Settings Template
• Create an Output Module Template
• Render a Composition
• Export a Composition