Certificate in Adobe After Effects

• Creating Video Transitions
• Enhancing Visual Elements
• Working with Green Screens
• Applying Video Overlays
• Adjusting Speed and Motion
• Stabilising Footage and Applying Colour Correction
• Creating Sky Replacement Effects
• Fixing Footage and Exporting Projects
• Combining Text and Video
• Tracking Text in Video
• Creating a Clone Effect
• Creating Neon Animations
• Animating Still Images
• Visual Effects Techniques Part 1
• Visual Effects Techniques Part 2

• Animating with Trim Paths
• Creating Looping Social Posts Part 1
• Creating Looping Social Posts Part 2
• Creating Morphing Animations Part 1
• Creating Morphing Animations Part 2
• Creating Morphing Animations Part 3
• Creating Loading Animations
• Creating Liquid Motion Effects
• Logo Animation Example Part 1
• Logo Animation Example Part 2
• Logo Animation Example Part 3
• App UI Animation Part 1
• App UI Animation Part 2
• HUD Animation Part 1
• HUD Animation Part 2
• HUD Animation Part 3

• Converting Character File Types
• Animating Eyes Part 1
• Animating Eyes Part 2
• Animating the Head and Hair
• Creating Mouth Shapes
• Facial Expression Animation Example A Part 1
• Facial Expression Animation Example A Part 2
• Facial Expression Animation Example A Part 3
• Facial Expression Animation Example A Part 4
• Facial Expression Animation Example A Part 5
• Facial Expression Animation Example B Part 1
• Facial Expression Animation Example B Part 2
• Facial Expression Animation Example B Part 3
• Facial Expression Animation Example B Part 4
• Installing Duik Bassel Plugins
• Getting Started with Duik Bassel Part 1
• Getting Started with Duik Bassel Part 2

• Animating Talking Characters Without Plugins Part 1
• Animating Talking Characters Without Plugins Part 2
• Creating a Character Walk Cycle Part 1
• Creating a Character Walk Cycle Part 2
• Creating a Character Walk Cycle Part 3
• Creating a Character Walk Cycle Part 4
• Creating a Character Walk Cycle Part 5
• Animating a Bike Ride Part 1
• Animating a Bike Ride Part 2
• Animating a Bike Ride Part 3
• Animating a Bike Ride Part 4
• Animating a Night to Day Landscape Part 1
• Animating a Night to Day Landscape Part 2
• Animating a Night to Day Landscape Part 3
• Animating a Night to Day Landscape Part 4
• Creating a Character Run Cycle Part 1
• Creating a Character Run Cycle Part 2
• Creating a Character Run Cycle Part 3
• Creating a Character Run Cycle Part 4
• Creating a Character Run Cycle Part 5
• Animating Complex Character Scenes Part 1
• Animating Complex Character Scenes Part 2
• Animating Complex Character Scenes Part 3
• Animating Complex Character Scenes Part 4

• Introduction to 3D Animation in After Effects
• Working with Camera Layers Part 1
• Working with Camera Layers Part 2
• Working with 3D Lights Part 1
• Working with 3D Lights Part 2
• Working with 3D Lights Part 3
• Using Layer Styles Part 1
• Using Layer Styles Part 2
• Using Layer Styles Part 3
• Working with Cinema 4D
• Using Material Options and Environment Layers

• Animating Elements Through Text A Part 1
• Animating Elements Through Text A Part 2
• Animating Elements Through Text B Part 1
• Animating Elements Through Text B Part 2
• Animating Lines Through Text Part 1
• Animating Lines Through Text Part 2
• Creating 3D Text Styles Part 1
• Creating 3D Text Styles Part 2

• Creating a Creative Photo Montage
• Creating a Sky Flip Effect
• Creating Freeze Frame Transitions A
• Creating Freeze Frame Transitions B Part 1
• Creating Freeze Frame Transitions B Part 2
• Creating a Dolly Zoom Effect Part 1
• Creating a Dolly Zoom Effect Part 2
• Placing Elements in the Sky Part 1
• Placing Elements in the Sky Part 2
• Placing Elements in the Sky Part 3
• Working with Compositions and Camera Part 1
• Working with Compositions and Camera Part 2
• Transforming 2D Images into 3D Scenes Part 1
• Transforming 2D Images into 3D Scenes Part 2
• Transforming 2D Images into 3D Scenes Part 3
• Creating a 3D Mobile App Scene Part 1
• Creating a 3D Mobile App Scene Part 2
• Creating a Detective Desk Scene Part 1
• Creating a Detective Desk Scene Part 2
• Creating a Detective Desk Scene Part 3
• Creating a Detective Desk Scene Part 4

• Constructing Geometric Shapes A Part 1
• Constructing Geometric Shapes A Part 2
• Constructing Geometric Shapes B Part 1
• Constructing Geometric Shapes B Part 2
• Constructing Geometric Shapes C Part 1
• Constructing Geometric Shapes C Part 2
• Creating Floating Cubes Part 1
• Creating Floating Cubes Part 2
• Creating Sphere Planet Animations Part 1
• Creating Sphere Planet Animations Part 2
• Creating Sphere Planet Animations Part 3
• Creating Sphere Planet Animations Part 4
• Creating Sphere Planet Animations Part 5
• Creating Neon Shape Animations Part 1
• Creating Neon Shape Animations Part 2
• Creating Neon Shape Animations Part 3
• Creating Neon Shape Animations Part 4
• Creating Neon Shape Animations Part 5
• Creating Neon Shape Animations Part 6
• Creating Metallic Logo Motion Part 1
• Creating Metallic Logo Motion Part 2
• Creating Metallic Logo Motion Part 3

• Applying Patterns to Surfaces
• Mocha Tracking in After Effects A Part 1
• Mocha Tracking in After Effects A Part 2
• Mocha Tracking in After Effects B Part 1
• Mocha Tracking in After Effects B Part 2
• Mocha Tracking in After Effects B Part 3
• Mocha Tracking in After Effects C

• Face Distortion Effects A Part 1
• Face Distortion Effects A Part 2
• Face Distortion Effects A Part 3
• Face Distortion Effects B
• Creating a Disintegration Effect Part 1
• Creating a Disintegration Effect Part 2
• Disintegration VFX Part 1
• Disintegration VFX Part 2
• Disintegration VFX Part 3

• Creating Black Eye Effects Part 1
• Creating Black Eye Effects Part 2
• Creating Black Eye Effects Part 3
• Creating Black Eye Effects Part 4
• Creating Black Eye Effects Part 5
• Creating Horror Film Eye Effects Part 1
• Creating Horror Film Eye Effects Part 2
• Creating Horror Film Eye Effects Part 3
• Creating Horror Film Eye Effects Part 4
• Creating Horror Film Eye Effects Part 5
• Creating Horror Film Eye Effects Part 6
• Creating Iris Effects A Part 1
• Creating Iris Effects A Part 2
• Creating Iris Effects A Part 3
• Creating Iris Effects A Part 4
• Creating Iris Effects A Part 5
• Creating Iris Effects A Part 6
• Creating Iris Effects A Part 7
• Creating Iris Effects B Part 1
• Creating Iris Effects B Part 2
• Creating Iris Effects B Part 3
• Creating Iris Effects B Part 4

• Creating Energy Power Effects Part 1
• Creating Energy Power Effects Part 2
• Creating Energy Power Effects Part 4
• Creating Fire Hand Effects Part 1
• Creating Fire Hand Effects Part 2
• Creating Electricity Power Effects Part 1
• Creating Electricity Power Effects Part 2
• Creating Electricity Power Effects Part 3
• Creating Glowing Vein Effects Part 1
• Creating Glowing Vein Effects Part 2
• Creating Glowing Vein Effects Part 3
• Creating Glowing Vein Effects Part 4
• Course Completion and Next Steps
• Final Course Message

186 lessons across 12 modules and about 50 hours of video, every lesson with written notes and key takeaways, plus 122 interactive questions, 12 checkpoints and a final assessment. Module 1 is video editing and visual effects, module 2 is motion graphics, modules 3 and 4 are character animation, modules 5 to 8 are 3D, module 9 is tracking with Mocha, and modules 10 to 12 are visual effects: distortion, eye effects and glowing energy.

No, and it is worth knowing before you buy. The delivered material opened with 26 units covering the interface, the tools, layers, keyframes and masks, and not one of them arrived with a video, so none of them are in the course. It starts at intermediate level and the first lesson says so plainly. You need four things to follow it comfortably: what a composition is, what a layer is, how to set a keyframe, and how to draw a mask with the pen tool. Adobe's own free Get Started series covers exactly that ground in an afternoon.

No. The videos refer to a resource pack of footage, illustrations and project files in 43 of the 186 lessons, and none of it was supplied to us. Every one of those lessons says so where it comes up and points at a free alternative, usually a stock site or your own footage, which on the effects lessons is the better exercise anyway.

Three lessons in module 7 prepare files in Photoshop, which any image editor that produces transparent layers can replace, including free ones. Nine lessons in modules 3 and 4 use Duik, a free and open source rigging script from Rainbox Laboratory. Mocha and Cinema 4D Lite both ship with After Effects. Nothing in the course needs a paid plugin.

You do not, though basic editing skills help. Module 1 of this course is genuinely video editing, transitions, keying, stabilisation, colour and export, so you will do some of that here regardless. If you cannot yet cut a simple sequence together, take Adobe Premiere Pro first and this will make more sense.

After Effects is a paid Adobe subscription with a free trial, and the trial is the complete application with every feature and no watermark on exports. Start it on a week when you can put real hours in, because the clock runs whether or not you open the software.

Every OBA certificate can be verified online by an employer. Pass the 20-question final assessment at 80 per cent and it is issued with a public verification page. In motion design the work you finish does most of the talking, so build things while you learn.

Every course has a 7-day money-back guarantee. Try it, and if it does not fit, we refund you.