Adobe After Effects

L2 Level 2
5 August 2025 — 6 August 2025
City Centre Campus, Cardiff

About this course

Certified After Effects training course for beginners, teaching key techniques for creating impressive, professional-standard animations and videos. 

At the end of the course, you’ll be given an opportunity to sit the online exam and become certified.

What you will study

This 2-day course will take place onsite at our City Centre Campus from 9.30am – 4pm on both dates.  

The 5 sections looked at are: 

  • Working in the Visual Effects and Motion Graphics Industry. 
  • Project Setup and Interface. 
  • Organizing Video Projects. 
  • Creating and Modifying Visual Elements. 
  • Publishing digital media.  
  • Publishing digital media 

 You will learn how to: 

  • Prepare motion graphics projects for clients. 
  • Understand input and output file formats. 
  • Use techniques in animation, motion graphics and compositing. 
  • Create and modify projects and compositions. 
  • Work with file sizes, aspect ratios and resolution. 
  • Use keyframes for motion graphics. 
  • Import assets into a project and create visual elements. 
  • Navigate, organize, and customize the application workspace. 
  • Control and work with layered media and the timeline.  
  • Create, manipulate, and animate text. 
  • Use track mattes, blending modes and masks. 
  • Adding effects, exporting video and much more. 

Course fees

Course Fee: £660.00

Entry requirements

You are eligible for this course if you:

  • are aged 19+
  • are not in full time education
  • can attend both dates

Important points

  • The College welcomes contact with parents/guardians of students who are under 18.
  • Additional support is available for students with learning difficulties and disabilities.
  • Cardiff and Vale College is committed to inclusion and values diversity. We are determined to promote equality of opportunity and to treat everyone fairly and with respect.
  • Cardiff and Vale College reserves the right to make changes to this course without prior notice.
  • Course fees are subject to change. Your fee will be confirmed prior to enrolment.
  • All courses are accurate at the time of upload or print.
  • Courses can only run if there are sufficient numbers.
  • Please note, if you choose three or more course choices, then you may be referred for a careers appointment first. This does not apply to A Level or GCSE choices.
Key information

Start date

5 August 2025

End date

6 August 2025

Time of day

Day Time

Location

City Centre Campus, Cardiff
Maps & directions

Course code

CSAAE2P01
L2

Qualification

Adobe After Effects

Locations

City Centre Campus, Cardiff
City Centre Campus, Cardiff

City Centre Campus,

Dumballs Road,

Cardiff,

CF10 5FE