Adobe After Effects Course with AI Learning Support
Make graphics move. Make people watch.
Static visuals get scrolled past. Motion gets noticed. In this After Effects course you’ll animate text, shapes and layers, build masks and 3D scenes, track cameras, and create motion graphics templates, then render everything for any screen.
14 days free, then ₹1,770 once · every course included
What Is an Adobe After Effects Course?
It teaches you to create motion graphics, animation and visual effects with Adobe After Effects. This After Effects online course covers the core workflow, effects and presets, text and shape animation, masks, rotoscoping, colour and mood, 3D, camera tracking, advanced techniques and rendering, with an AI tutor to help along the way.
What Will You Learn in This After Effects Course?
Knowing the panels isn’t enough. Good motion design needs smooth timing, clean layers and an output that suits where it will be watched.
Create projects and compositions, work with layers, add effects, animate properties and preview your work. Learn the Tools, Timeline and Properties panels, plus how to optimise performance.
Format and animate text with keyframes, presets and animator groups. Build shape layers, use the Pen tool, parenting and nulls, and animate layers to match audio.
Use Creative Cloud Libraries, precomposing and motion paths. Work with layered Photoshop and Illustrator files, track mattes, expressions and the Corner Pin effect. Mask, distort and cut out: Create and refine masks, bring characters to life with the Puppet tools, and separate subjects from backgrounds using the Roto Brush tool.
Adjust colour and mood, build Motion Graphics templates, then work in 3D with cameras, lights, 3D text and Cinema 4D Lite.
Use the 3D Camera Tracker, stabilise shots, remove unwanted objects and create particle simulations. Then render with the Render Queue and Adobe Media Encoder for mobile, web and broadcast.
After Effects vs Premiere Pro
They work well together, but they do different jobs.
| Adobe After Effects | Adobe Premiere Pro |
|---|---|
| Built for motion graphics, animation and visual effects | Built for editing and assembling video |
| Layer-based, with detailed control over every | Timeline-based, focused on cutting and |
| property | sequencing |
| Used to make animated titles, effects shots | Used for the full edit, from raw footage to |
| and graphics | export |
| A natural next step once you can edit Say a creator wants an animated intro for a channel. In After Effects, they animate the logo and title, add effects and render it. In Premiere Pro, they place that intro at the start of the video and finish the edit. | The first tool to learn for video editing |
Course Curriculum (15 Chapters)
From your first composition to rendering a finished animation.
- Chapter 1: Getting to Know the WorkflowCreating a project and importing footage, compositions and layers, effects and properties, animation basics, the Tools, Timeline and Properties panels, timecode, previewing, optimising performance, rendering, customising workspaces and collaborating.
- Chapter 2: Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and PresetsSetting up a composition, working with Illustrator layers, applying and controlling effects, animation presets, precomputing layers, adding transparency and rendering.
- Chapter 3: Animating TextText layers, Adobe Fonts, point text, scale keyframes, text animation presets, animating Photoshop text, tracking and opacity, text animator groups and motion blur.
- Chapter 4: Getting Started with ShapesShape layers, self-animating shapes, the Pen tool, snapping, parenting, nulls, parent and child layers and animating to match audio.
- Chapter 5: Animating a Multimedia PresentationCreative Cloud Libraries, anchor points, parenting, precomposing, motion paths, solid-colour layers, animating the background and adding and editing audio with Adobe Audition.
- Chapter 6: Animating LayersPreparing layered Photoshop files, simulating lighting changes, the pick whip, layer styles, track mattes, expressions, the Corner Pin effect, render times and retiming.
- Chapter 7: Working with MasksCreating masks with the Pen tool, Bezier masks, mask modes, feathering, replacing mask content, shadows, vignettes and the Rectangle and Ellipse tools.
- Chapter 8: Distorting Objects with the Puppet ToolsPosition, Advanced and Bend pins, overlap and stiffness, squash and stretch, animating pin positions and recording animation.
- Chapter 9: Using the Roto Brush ToolRotoscoping, segmentation boundaries, fine-tuning mattes, Refine Soft Matte and Refine Hard Matte, freezing results, changing the background and adding animated text.
- Chapter 10: Adjusting Color and MoodColour enhancements, colourised effects, background replacement, Auto Contrast, cloning objects, darkening a scene, freezing the action and transitions.
- Chapter 11: Creating Motion Graphics TemplatesMaster compositions, Essential Graphics panel properties, protecting timing, essential properties and exporting templates.
- Chapter 12: Using 3D Features3D shapes, the ground plane, the 3D Transform Gizmo, importing 3D objects, 3D text, cameras, lighting, HDR lights, animating a 3D scene and Cinema 4D Lite.
- Chapter 13: Working with the 3D Camera TrackerTracking footage, repairing rolling shutter, ground planes, text and objects in 3D space, depth of field, realistic shadows and ambient light.
- Chapter 14: Advanced Editing TechniquesWarp Stabilizer, motion tracking, removing unwanted objects, particle simulations, Mocha AE, HDR footage and the Timewarp effect.
- Chapter 15: Rendering and OutputtingThe Render Queue, movies for mobile devices, Render Queue templates, Adobe Media Encoder, compression and broadcast output.
Practical Example: Your First Animation
The course starts with a complete project built from the ground up. Here’s the process:
- Set up: Create a project and import your footage.
- Compose: Create a composition and arrange your layers.
- Style: Add effects and adjust layer properties.
- Animate: Add keyframes so the elements move.
- Preview and render: Play it back, then render the finished composition.
The result: a finished animation, and a clear view of how every later chapter fits into the After Effects workflow.
Based on the workflow lessons in Chapter 1.
Who Should Take This After Effects Course?
Learn Adobe After Effects from the interface up, with every step shown in hands-on lessons.
Add animated titles, effects and polish to your edits, and go beyond what you can do in Premiere Pro.
Learn the techniques clients ask for: animated text, logo animation, templates, 3D and tracking.
Create animated promos, social content and explainers without outsourcing every project.
Whichever group you’re in, the AI tutor is there to explain concepts as you learn at your own pace.
After Effects Techniques Covered
Compositions and layers, keyframe animation, effects and animation presets, text animation, animator groups, shape layers, parenting and nulls, precomposing, Creative Cloud Libraries, expressions, track mattes, Corner Pin, masks and feathering, Puppet tools, Roto Brush, colour correction, Motion Graphics templates, 3D layers, cameras and lights, Cinema 4D Lite, 3D Camera Tracker, Warp Stabilizer, motion tracking, particle simulation, Timewarp, Render Queue and Adobe Media Encoder.
AI Learning Features on The Profesor
- 24/7 AI tutor for course doubts
- AI explanations of animation and effects concepts
- Personalised AI career guidance
The course teaches After Effects through hands-on lessons. AI supports your learning. It doesn’t animate your projects for you.
What to Learn Next
When you’re ready for more, these pair well with this course:
Learn the full video editing workflow to pair with your animations.
Explore Adobe Premiere Pro →Design vector logos, icons and illustrations to animate. Adobe Illustrator course
Explore Adobe Illustrator →Design posts, reel covers and a consistent look for your channels.
Explore Social Media Graphics →Frequently Asked Questions About Adobe After Effects
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How is AI integrated into this course?
Learn Adobe After Effects from First Composition to Final Render
Great motion design starts with a clear idea and precise timing. Learn to animate text and shapes, build masks and 3D scenes, track cameras, create templates and render for any platform. Go at your own pace, with the AI tutor there whenever you need it.
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