Intro to Motion Graphics with After Effects

If you hope to pursue professional video editing, learning to use the motion graphics capabilities in software like Adobe's After Effects is essential. In this beginner class, we'll teach you how to apply them to video production, diving into the program's post-production features.

This class is part of our Animation & Visual FX track. Learn more about our media education tracks here.

Introductory: Aimed at novice media makers with some prior knowledge of media production, Introductory classes move at a pace for learners who are new to the field of media but already have a basic understanding of the concepts in the class description.

Recommended Prior Experience: If you have never used Photoshop, we recommend taking Photoshop Basics and Intro to Photoshop for Video & Animation before taking this class or having an intro level understanding of Photoshop and animation concepts, such as keyframing and layers.

Certification: This workshop will certify you to reserve a MacBook Pro laptop that comes with Adobe After Effects, Fkinal Cut Pro X and Adobe Creative Cloud. You will also be able to borrow our hard drives and submit videos to our channels!

Interested in a Personalized Training? 

To schedule this workshop for an individual, small or large group complete a request form here.

Have more questions?

If you want to talk to a member of our education team about which class is right for you, please email us at education@opensignalpdx.org.