AE is an advanced piece of software used by professionals to edit pieces of footage features like colour correction or chroma-key.
I spent about five lessons based solely on the use of After Effects, learning the basics with the aid of my teacher as well as the use of videocopilot basic training videos.
In class we worked on some test videos as well as making some compositions without using footage and using the features of after effects to make some animations. This went well and I was able to make my first composition which was not filmed with any great quality, however the use of after effects allowed me to put together a short clip which is able to be followed quite easily.
In order to continue my work at home, and so that I could spend my own time working on my own projects I installed After Effects CS5 on my home laptop. This allowed me to practise my skills when out of the classroom.
Here is a short composition that i made in my own time:
I was also given the opportunity to use a program called final-cut pro, installed on the Apple Macs at my college, however there is no support for windows opersting systems for this program as of yet so all of my editing and sound (inc. sound effects) was completed in Adobe After Effects. Many people say that After Effects is no good with sound or sound effects, but I found no problem with this and would hapily use it in the future for even just solely editing sound as it is easier to use than most other programs thate are available for this specific purpose.
