The online elearning provider ALISON.com and the award-winning multimedia teacher Russell Stannard have teamed up to release a free online course on Adobe After Effects - the world’s leading software programme for visual effects and motion graphics. The course provides a rigorous introduction to the topic and is ideal for students studying graphic and visual design, those working in video and film post-production or anyone interested in the topic.

Adobe After Effects allows users to animate, alter, and composite multimedia in 2D and 3D for films and video. The software has become the industry standard for visual effects and motion graphics and its applications can be seen in motion pictures, mobiles phones and websites.

This free online course offers an informative and practical introduction to the programme and video and film editing more generally. The video-based tutorials introduce the After Effects graphical user interface (GUI) and workspace, demonstrate how to import and organise files, explain video standards and presets and demonstrate how to compose motion effects and visual graphics for video and films.

This course is the ideal introduction to Adobe After Effects and visual effects and motion graphics more generally. On completion of the course, learners will have an enhanced understanding of how to develop professional-looking graphics and visual effects.

Learners are entitled to receive a certificate of completion to prove to potential employers their competency in the subject. Trainers and teachers are able to monitor and guide students using ALISON’s learner management system. 

To access the free ALISON course click on the following link.