Introduction to After Effects

This class serves as an introduction to After Effects, a veritable Pandora's Box for enhancing artistic projects across any digital medium.

Students will experience the complete After Effects workflow, beginning by capturing their own still images and videos using the available iMac hardware, and concluding by rendering and exporting an original composition as a Quicktime movie.

All basic applications of the program will be touched upon, including manipulating various forms of media, working with layers, keyframe animation, creating crazy text, and of course the great Wiggly Selector. By the end of the workshop, each student will be fully equipped to dive further down the rabbit hole should they so choose.

This class will take place in our Media Lab, equipped with fully-loaded iMac design workstations. Basic Macintosh computer literacy is required for this course, but no previous After Effects or animation experience is necessary. This is a Mac-based lab, but Mac or PC laptops with AE 7.0 or greater are welcome. Students are encouraged to bring a thumb drive to back up their work.

Instructors:

Fatima Abouchane has been working as a 3D Artist/ Animator on several productions, including “Little Spirit” A movie aired on NBC and produced by Curious Pictures. As well as different commercials for different brands such as Coca cola, Fanta, Sprite, Budweiser, LG, Pringles, Activia and more, while working for Launch/Charlex. She worked as a Director on the movie “Cold Night Dream” aired on television. She teaches at New York University, Department of Design and Digital Arts, different courses such as Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop and 3D Maya Animation. She holds a master’s degree from New York University, Center of Advanced Digital Imaging, and an Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering from the National Institute of Telecommunication.

John Goodwin is an animator, teacher, freelance designer and choreographer Has worked on projects throughout most of North America and Europe for the Bob Hope Show, Joffrey Ballet, Michigan Ballet, Pasadena Ballet, Owensboro Ballet, Capital GE, Price Waterhouse, Lehman Brothers, Emaron Shampoo (Japan), Nomura Securities International and Stanford University. He also teaches at F.I.T. His animations have played in film festivals and museums all over the world. You can view his work here at nutcracked.com.

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