Digital Workshop Center Trade School

Adobe After Effects Beginners

Level 1 | Target Audience: Beginner | 14 hours

Adobe After Effects BeginnersIn Adobe After Effects Beginners (Level 1), you will learn to create content for commercial video and motion picture production, designs for the web, and graphics for use in presentations. Today’s marketing needs dynamic visual effects and motion graphics to help build engaging visual content.  Learn how to become a visual effects professional and impress your audience with breathtaking motion graphics.

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Adobe After Effects Beginners Classes

  • Start Date
    Feb
    01

    Adobe After Effects (Level 1)

    Online
    4 sessions, Mon & Wed 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    Learn the basics of vector animation in Adobe After Effects Beginners
    Session information
    Sessions
    AE1 - Session 1
    Mon, Feb 01 09:00 am MST - Mon, Feb 01 12:30 pm MST
    Online
    AE1 - Session 2
    Wed, Feb 03 09:00 am MST - Wed, Feb 03 12:30 pm MST
    Online
    AE1- Session 3
    Mon, Feb 08 09:00 am MST - Mon, Feb 08 12:30 pm MST
    Online
    AE1 - Session 4
    Wed, Feb 10 09:00 am MST - Wed, Feb 10 12:30 pm MST
    Online
    • $1,325.00 excl.
    Register
  • Start Date
    Apr
    12

    Adobe After Effects (Level 1)

    Online
    4 sessions, Mon & Wed 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    Learn the basics of vector animation in Adobe After Effects Beginners
    Session information
    Sessions
    AE1 - Session 1
    Mon, Apr 12 09:00 am MDT - Mon, Apr 12 12:30 pm MDT
    Online
    AE1 - Session 2
    Wed, Apr 14 09:00 am MDT - Wed, Apr 14 12:30 pm MDT
    Online
    AE1- Session 3
    Mon, Apr 19 09:00 am MDT - Mon, Apr 19 12:30 pm MDT
    Online
    AE1 - Session 4
    Wed, Apr 21 09:00 am MDT - Wed, Apr 21 12:30 pm MDT
    Online
    • $1,325.00 excl.
    Register

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Overview

The Adobe After Effects Beginners Class is hands-on and intensive, but designed to help make difficult topics easier to understand. Your instructor, an Adobe Certified Expert, will work with you closely to make sure that you avoid common mistakes when creating, designing and exporting 2D/3D compositions and vector animation projects.

Whether you are creating a full composition or adding visual effects, Adobe After Effects training will help you be more productive with your workflow and improve your career skills.  Talk to an advisor to learn more about After Effects classes today.

Class Objectives

Upon successful completion of the Adobe After Effects Beginners class, students will be able to:

  • Explore the Adobe After Effects environment and workflow
  • Work with a composition and apply special effects
  • Create transparencies and 2D animations
  • Color correct video and replace/remove unwanted elements
  • Integrate Adobe After Effects with other applications
  • Output video files
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Pre-requisites

  • Basic digital literacy including file management is required.
  • Adobe Illustrator Level 1 or equivalent knowledge is required.
  • Introduction to Design Fundamentals is recommended, but not required.
  • It is required you install the latest Adobe Illustrator & Adobe Bridge software before starting class. Learn about Adobe CC student rates through DWC here or download a trial from Adobe.com

Talk to a student advisor to ensure you have the right pre-requisites for each class or program.

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Inside Our Curriculum

Online Tech Skills Classes

Focus on Real-World Skills

Each of our stand-alone classes is designed to teach how to improve your skills in a real-world setting.  DWC's experiential learning style ensures you will be guided by an expert instructor will performing all of the tasks to help you learn.

The challenges you face in class will mimic what you will need to land a job and improve your daily productivity.

Adobe After Effects Beginners Classes

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Support & Mentoring

All Adobe After Effects classes are offered in an accelerated workshop format.

Your instructor will provide hands-on, experiential style classroom learning for you to learn best practices of applying tech skills in the real-world.

Each class may be eligible credit towards a certification program, which includes career counseling and portfolio projects.

Flexible scheduling options allow you to choose what works best for your time.

Why Digital Workshop Center?

Certificate Programs

82%

of program graduates last year from unemployed to employed.

Financial Aid Programs

$0 Upfront

Pay nothing until you’re hired with the Ignite ISA plan.  Payment plans and financial aid options available.

Vocational School

$19k

average increase in salary of certificate program students

Professional Development Training

1-on-1

career counseling and mentoring services included

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FAQs

When can I start?

DWC classes are scheduled on a rolling enrollment system with flexible scheduling options. Each student needs to choose the schedule that best fits your availability.

Public, group classes in the certificate programs are offered approximately every 6-8 weeks. Students are able to start with any Level 1 class within the program list as long as prerequisites are met.

Who teaches these classes?

All classes are taught by industry professionals with 10+ years experience in their field.  Check the specific class offering to learn more about the assigned instructor for each class.

You may also learn more about our team here.

What format are these classes?

Stand-alone classes at DWC are focused skills workshops that teach in a specific area of a high demand career field. 

Often described as a "short course" format, these accelerated workshops can be attended as stand-alone or can be taken as part of a larger certificate program.

Certificate programs offer more comprehensive training to help lead you to empoyment, support & mentoring, portfolio building, and career coaching.

To find out more about DWC's style of training, talk to a student advisor today.

What if the listed schedule doesn't work for me?

Click to request more information on a private class or contact us to discuss your training options.

What's included?

Stand-Alone Classes

Every stand-alone class at DWC includes support and mentoring throughout.

Stand-alone classes within your program also include:

  • Professional Textbook(s) or Reference Packet(s)
  • Download materials with practice examples
  • One month of technical support & mentoring
  • One year for a free re-take (for attended students of public classes only)
  • Certificate of Completion

Certificate Programs & Bootcamps

Each Certificate Program & Bootcamp is comprised of several stand-alone classes, plus additional training specific to your career field, portfolio building with a comprehensive Capstone Project, and career coaching workshops.

Support and mentoring a huge part of all of our full length programs.

Talk to a student advisor to learn more about specific details on each class or program.

What career services do you offer?

For full length programs, support and mentoring is included and you will be eligible to work one-on-one with a career counselor. 

Workshops for job search and resume writing are included in the cost of your program.  Our expert career advisors will help you prepare for the next steps of your career path.  Your success is our success.

Talk to a student advisor to discuss career coaching options today.

Payment & financial aid options

DWC offers several flexible financial aid options to help you finance your education.  None of our financial aid tools will require a federal student loan or add severe interest penalties.  

Popular financial aid tools include payment plans and  Ignite Income Share Agreement.

If you are interested in scholarship opportunities, you must first speak with a student advisor and discsuss eligibility requirements.

Click here to learn more about financial aid options.

Terms & conditions

Please read our Terms and Conditions before you register.

Still curious?

If you have more questions, view the full FAQ page or contact us today.

Upcoming Adobe After Effects Classes

  • Start Date
    Feb
    01

    Adobe After Effects (Level 1)

    Online
    4 sessions, Mon & Wed 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    Learn the basics of vector animation in Adobe After Effects Beginners
    Session information
    Sessions
    AE1 - Session 1
    Mon, Feb 01 09:00 am MST - Mon, Feb 01 12:30 pm MST
    Online
    AE1 - Session 2
    Wed, Feb 03 09:00 am MST - Wed, Feb 03 12:30 pm MST
    Online
    AE1- Session 3
    Mon, Feb 08 09:00 am MST - Mon, Feb 08 12:30 pm MST
    Online
    AE1 - Session 4
    Wed, Feb 10 09:00 am MST - Wed, Feb 10 12:30 pm MST
    Online
    • $1,325.00 excl.
    Register
  • Start Date
    Apr
    12

    Adobe After Effects (Level 1)

    Online
    4 sessions, Mon & Wed 9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    Learn the basics of vector animation in Adobe After Effects Beginners
    Session information
    Sessions
    AE1 - Session 1
    Mon, Apr 12 09:00 am MDT - Mon, Apr 12 12:30 pm MDT
    Online
    AE1 - Session 2
    Wed, Apr 14 09:00 am MDT - Wed, Apr 14 12:30 pm MDT
    Online
    AE1- Session 3
    Mon, Apr 19 09:00 am MDT - Mon, Apr 19 12:30 pm MDT
    Online
    AE1 - Session 4
    Wed, Apr 21 09:00 am MDT - Wed, Apr 21 12:30 pm MDT
    Online
    • $1,325.00 excl.
    Register
(view enrollment terms and conditions)

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