Skip to main content

After Effects Intro Course

Build motion graphics and visual effects from scratch on this two-day After Effects course.

Adobe Certified Experts guide you through keyframes, effects and compositing.

Build motion graphics and visual effects from scratch on this two-day After Effects course. Adobe Certified Experts guide you through keyframes, effects and compositing.

2,248 Reviews
9.7/10 Satisfaction
99.6% Recommend
See reviews
After Effects Intro training course

After Effects Intro Course

Unlock the world of visual storytelling with our Introduction to Adobe After Effects course.

Gain hands-on experience in creating captivating motion graphics, stunning visual effects and dynamic animations.

Learn essential techniques and tools from industry experts empowering you to enhance your creativity and career prospects.

This beginner’s course provides the perform foundation in After Effects enabling you to bring your ideas to life and stand out in the competitive media and design industry.

Join us and embark on an exciting journey of artistic expression.

Once you've completed this course, After Effects Intermediate covers advanced compositing, expressions and 3D layers.

View course outline

Course Dates

Course Dates Days Location Places RRP Discount You Pay
1-2nd Sep 26 Tue-Wed London Islington Available £549.00 £150.00 £399.00 + VAT
21-22nd Sep 26 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £120.00 £429.00 + VAT
7-8th Oct 26 Wed-Thu London Islington Available £549.00 £100.00 £449.00 + VAT
28-29th Oct 26 Wed-Thu Online Available £549.00 £70.00 £479.00 + VAT
11-12th Nov 26 Wed-Thu London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
30th Nov - 1st Dec 26 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
10-11th Dec 26 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
11-12th Jan 27 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
28-29th Jan 27 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
10-11th Feb 27 Wed-Thu Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
4-5th Mar 27 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
15-16th Mar 27 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
8-9th Apr 27 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
19-20th Apr 27 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
10-11th May 27 Mon-Tue London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
26-27th May 27 Wed-Thu Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
10-11th Jun 27 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
21-22nd Jun 27 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
13-14th Jul 27 Tue-Wed London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
28-29th Jul 27 Wed-Thu Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
No in-person dates available at the moment.
Course Dates Days Location Places RRP Discount You Pay
1-2nd Sep 26 Tue-Wed London Islington Available £549.00 £150.00 £399.00 + VAT
7-8th Oct 26 Wed-Thu London Islington Available £549.00 £100.00 £449.00 + VAT
11-12th Nov 26 Wed-Thu London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
10-11th Dec 26 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
28-29th Jan 27 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
4-5th Mar 27 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
8-9th Apr 27 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
10-11th May 27 Mon-Tue London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
10-11th Jun 27 Thu-Fri London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
13-14th Jul 27 Tue-Wed London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
16-17th Aug 27 Mon-Tue London Islington Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
Course Dates Days Location Places RRP Discount You Pay
21-22nd Sep 26 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £120.00 £429.00 + VAT
28-29th Oct 26 Wed-Thu Online Available £549.00 £70.00 £479.00 + VAT
30th Nov - 1st Dec 26 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
11-12th Jan 27 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
10-11th Feb 27 Wed-Thu Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
15-16th Mar 27 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
19-20th Apr 27 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
26-27th May 27 Wed-Thu Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
21-22nd Jun 27 Mon-Tue Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT
28-29th Jul 27 Wed-Thu Online Available £549.00 £549.00 + VAT

Private & team training

Request a quote for After Effects Intro

Available as private, bespoke or team training at our centre, live online, or at your venue. Customise the outline, train as a group, or book a one-to-one with an expert.

Course dates

Swipe for more dates

1-2nd Sep 26

Tue-Wed

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
£150.00
You pay
£399.00 + VAT

21-22nd Sep 26

Mon-Tue

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
£120.00
You pay
£429.00 + VAT

7-8th Oct 26

Wed-Thu

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
£100.00
You pay
£449.00 + VAT

28-29th Oct 26

Wed-Thu

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
£70.00
You pay
£479.00 + VAT

11-12th Nov 26

Wed-Thu

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

30th Nov - 1st Dec 26

Mon-Tue

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

10-11th Dec 26

Thu-Fri

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

11-12th Jan 27

Mon-Tue

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

28-29th Jan 27

Thu-Fri

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

10-11th Feb 27

Wed-Thu

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

4-5th Mar 27

Thu-Fri

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

15-16th Mar 27

Mon-Tue

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

8-9th Apr 27

Thu-Fri

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

19-20th Apr 27

Mon-Tue

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

10-11th May 27

Mon-Tue

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

26-27th May 27

Wed-Thu

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

10-11th Jun 27

Thu-Fri

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

21-22nd Jun 27

Mon-Tue

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

13-14th Jul 27

Tue-Wed

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

28-29th Jul 27

Wed-Thu

Location
Online
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

16-17th Aug 27

Mon-Tue

Location
London Islington
Places
Available
RRP
£549.00
Discount
You pay
£549.00 + VAT

Course Outline

1

Getting Started

Workspaces - selecting a layout and resetting the windows

The Project window, timeline and viewer

Setting Up Your Database & folder structure

Creating Compositions - Comp settings

Essential viewer window settings

Creating assets within AE

Arranging objects in the viewport

How layers work in the timeline window

Object properties - the basics - Position, Scale, Rotation, Anchor Point and Opacity

2

Animating

Manipulating object transforms

Navigating the timeline, playing scrubbing and zooming

Simple animation - your first keyframes

Position animation and Bezier curves

Manipulating keyframes

Using the keyframe navigator

Adding ease to improve animation quality

Copying and pasting keyframes

Proportional scaling of keyframes on the timeline

Using hotkeys to reveal keyframes and properties

Adding Motion Blur - Adjusting the global motion blur settings

3

Adding Effects

The effect controls palette

Ensuring that you explore effects completely - good workflow practices

How effects work with keyframes

Combining effects together

Adjustment layers

4

Best Practices & Importing Different Files

Exploring the interface in more detail, switches, modes and time controls

Ensuring correct workflow vector files

The collapse transformations switch

Importing video footage

Trimming and time manipulation of layers

Sorting, finding and working with assets in the project window

Importing Photoshop files

Importing Illustrator files

Layer modes

PreComps - Why Precomps are vital

Sending Projects To Others

5

Keyframes - A Deeper Look

Hold keyframes

Reversing animation the right way - avoiding Bezier twists

Roving keyframes

Auto orientation

6

Track Mattes & Masks

Track Matte Types - Luma & Alpha

Editing masks

Using masks to reveal and hide layers

Animating Masks

Other mask uses for paths and effect controls

7

Creating a Basic Logo

Anchor point issues

Pre-composing base elements for better workflow

Adding effects to build our sequence

Parenting Layers

A simple expression - Wiggle

How Wiggle works - what the numbers do

8

Text and Titles

Using basic presets as a start point

Text presets - a special case

Creating your own text animators

Saving text animators as a preset

9

Rendering

Rendering & Media Encoder - Best Practices

Who is this course for?

Suited to designers, animators, marketers and video editors who want to add motion graphics and visual effects to their work. No prior After Effects experience required.

2,248 Reviews
9.7/10 Satisfaction
99.6% Recommend

Really good and thorough coverage of the basics of After Effects.

Anna – 10th August 26

Explaining things thoroughly and making sure we all understood what was going on before moving ahead.

Milly – 6th July 26

Easy to follow step by step course, Tom was very insightful and took the time to explain everything.

Ilona – 17th June 26

Very knowledgable and helpful, showing good examples and changing content, exmaples and requests to us on the fly based on our very specifi…

Russell – 17th June 26

Tom was very insightful and easy to follow. Great course and can't wait to apply it to real life.

Ilona – 15th June 26

Foundations, applying the course to the real world. Great exampples. Thorough knowledge and well taught.

Elanore – 8th June 26

In depth explaining and going through things along with answering questions and making sure everyone was on the same page.

Emilia – 8th June 26

Really good overview of the interface and principles of the programme.

Alice – 8th June 26

Swipe for more

Read course reviews

Who attends?

Career Progressives icon

Career Progressives

Professionals who wish to develop skills for their current role and companies who believe in developing their talent.

Career Changers icon

Career Changers

People seeking opportunities which require new skills. Industry relevant training for those pursuing a new role.

Graduates icon

Graduates

Certified courses for those who have earned their theoretical stripes, but need to prove capability to future employers.

Further Reading

How to Get an Animation Job in 2025 article image

How to Get an Animation Job in 2025

Thinking of becoming an animator?

After Effects Skills Every Editor Should Know article image

After Effects Skills Every Editor Should Know

Whether you're new or experienced in After Effects, there are a few skills that every editor should know such as motion…

5 Common Storyboarding Mistakes to Avoid article image

5 Common Storyboarding Mistakes to Avoid

Storyboarding is an essential part of video production, which needs to be accurate and complete.