{"id":2978,"date":"2020-07-12T12:45:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-12T11:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/?p=2978"},"modified":"2021-03-16T15:05:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:05:45","slug":"beginners-guide-to-adobe-after-effects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/blog\/beginners-guide-to-adobe-after-effects\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete Beginner&#8217;s Guide To Adobe After Effects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Create a 2D video presentation from scratch<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/garethdavidstudio.com\/images\/blog\/gifs\/AE_v2.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Welcome to the complete Beginner\u2019s Guide To Adobe After Effects.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Whether you are a designer and looking to apply effects and transitions to your video, or create animated logos, illustrations or info graphics, Adobe After Effects is the program to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tools in After Effects make it very easy to build video compositions, add video effects and motion graphics to bring your presentation to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This course has been carefully created to bring you up to speed with the program and how to use it.  So, not only will you be able to create a simple project yourself, but you&#8217;ll also be able to see many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this course, you&#8217;ll learn all the methods I use to create my videos. 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