After Effects is the leading professional motion graphics and visual effects software. Never used it before? Interested in getting started? With this class, you'll learn your way around the program and the core functionality that matters to your work-now or in the future.

We'll cover the fundamental building blocks of After Effects in a way that's useful to every student and enthusiast, whether you're interested in become full-time motion graphics designer, starting a new hobby, or even giving creative direction to someone else operating the program.

As a final project, we'll create a lower 3rd, the animated banner that rolls over existing footage to display extra information to viewers, such as a speaker's name or location.