Creating animations and video effects in Adobe After Effects with Acer

Is your child interested in animation and dreams of working in the field of computer graphics? We invite him to the motion design course from CODDY and Acer!

What is motion design? This is graphics in motion, an "alive" picture. All animated texts and images that we see in movies and games, YouTube videos and advertisements are the result of the work of motion designers.

Every year, people increasingly prefer video to any other type of content. Text? Picture? Scheme? It's not as interesting and descriptive as a spectacular video. Therefore, the demand for specialists in animation graphics is constantly growing. This profession combines many skills. Every motion designer is at least an artist, screenwriter, composer, director and programmer all rolled into one.

Together with Acer, we have developed a course for children who want to learn how to create motion design and see themselves as animation professionals.

About the course

The learning program of the Motion Design course is designed for teenagers from 11 years old. The students of the course will learn from scratch how to create the basic elements of motion graphics: animated drawings, animated logos, 3D graphics, visual effects for text decoration. We will work on a professional level - using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and After Effects, as well as the JavaScript programming language. 

The course is suitable for beginners. The teacher will not only teach how to work with graphic and animation editors, but also explain the basics of color, composition, psychology of viewer perception. 

Everything learned can be immediately applied in practice - in the design of accounts on social networks and videos on YouTube channels. Each student will form a portfolio that will be useful to him for applying to the university and further work with customers. 

Programs for creating motion graphics are demanding on the parameters of the computer. Powerful equipment with suitable specifications for the course is provided by Acer. ConceptD notebooks were designed for professional creators. Technique of this level allows teachers and students not to worry that work will be interrupted due to a frozen program or a slow file download. 

What will we do on the course?

• Draw, create and develop illustrations based on references and animate whatever we drew.
• Master the basic tools of a professional designer - Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator and After Effects;
• Learn the basic concepts of the popular JavaScript programming language;
• Develop creative thinking, make own projects, suggest new ideas and learn to confidently defend your point of view;
• Create your own professional portfolio. 

Course program

As part of the course, children will acquire skills in working with professional design software:

• Adobe Photoshop
• Graphic Design Basics
• Create GIF animations
• Edit and combine bitmaps
• Rotoscoping (frame-by-frame outlining)
• Adobe Illustrator
• Creation of logos
• Drawing vector illustrations and backgrounds for further transformation and animation
• Cartoon graphics
• After Effects
• Animating logos
• Designing kinetic typography
• Creating visual effects for videos and previews
• Character animation
• Video editing
• Prototyping interfaces

Reviews of our courses

CODDY teachers have been teaching children programming and design for over four years. During this time, thousands of children of different ages, with different hobbies and characters have attended our classes. The overwhelming majority of them stay with us for a long time, moving from level to level, from course to course - building their own path to the profession of their dreams. 

Look yourself at what the parents of our little students say about our courses. 

What do you need for classes?

Nothing is required for classes, all the necessary equipment is provided by our partner - Acer.

For online classes, the child will need a computer / laptop and Internet access. 

System requirements 

Please be sure your computer is suitable for the course. You can find our recommendations here. 

Under the guidance of experienced teachers, your child will turn his hobby into a useful skill, find like-minded people and open the door to the large world of high technology. Order a call from our managers to learn more, or leave a request to apply for the "Motion Design" course. 

At the end of the course, each student receives a personal certificate from CODDY.

Welcome to CODDY!