Video Editing

Who This Course Is For

Beginners who want to learn video editing and motion graphics from the basics.

What You’ll Learn

• Animation fundamentals and motion graphics
• Text and title animation
• Audio and sound effects
• Colour correction and grading
• Editing video for social media
• Exporting finished video

Tools You’ll Use

• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Pro

Course Syllabus

Four modules over eight weeks: After Effects in Month 1 and Premiere Pro in Month 2. Each week has six training days. Daily topics may be adapted to student pace and software version.

1. Module 1

   After Effects: Animation Foundations

   Training structure: Month 1, Weeks 1 to 2, six training days per week.

   • Motion graphics, interface and workspace
   • Projects, compositions, resolution, frame rate and aspect ratio
   • Importing files and organising assets
   • Timeline, layers and transform properties
   • Keyframes for position, scale, rotation and opacity
   • Anchor point and parenting
   • Easy Ease and Graph Editor basics
   • Text animation and text animators
   • Shape layers and shape animation
   • Masks, track mattes and reveals
   • Kinetic typography

   Practical work and portfolio outputs: Weekly projects: a simple animated title (Week 1) and a typography animation (Week 2).

2. Module 2

   After Effects: Motion Graphics, Effects and Project

   Training structure: Month 1, Weeks 3 to 4, six training days per week.

   • Pre-compositions and reusable animation
   • Logo animation
   • Effects, presets and adjustment layers
   • Motion tracking basics
   • Green-screen keying basics and compositing
   • Render queue and export settings
   • Planning a short motion-graphics video
   • Building scenes and arranging layers
   • Effects, transitions and sound
   • Refining timing and polishing animation
   • Render, review and corrections

   Practical work and portfolio outputs: Weekly projects: an animated logo or social media motion graphic (Week 3) and a complete short intro or promotional animation (Week 4).

3. Module 3

   Premiere Pro: Basics and Editing Workflow

   Training structure: Month 2, Weeks 5 to 6, six training days per week.

   • Video editing and the Premiere Pro interface
   • Projects, sequences and import settings
   • Bins, labels and markers
   • Timeline, source monitor and program monitor
   • Cutting, trimming, splitting and arranging clips
   • Ripple, rolling, slip and slide edits
   • Transitions, cut techniques and pacing
   • Audio levels, gain and keyframes
   • Background music, sound effects and fades
   • Voice-over and basic dialogue cleanup
   • Titles, captions and lower thirds

   Practical work and portfolio outputs: Weekly projects: a basic 30 to 60-second video (Week 5) and a short video with music, titles and sound effects (Week 6).

4. Module 4

   Premiere Pro: Colour, Social Media Editing and Final Project

   Training structure: Month 2, Weeks 7 to 8, six training days per week.

   • Lumetri Color and correction basics
   • White balance, exposure, contrast and saturation
   • Creative grading and matching shots
   • Speed changes and time remapping basics
   • Editing Reels, Shorts and YouTube videos
   • Vertical (9:16), square (1:1) and landscape (16:9) formats
   • Export settings: H.264, resolution and bitrate
   • Rough cut and story flow
   • Audio balancing, titles and colour correction
   • Feedback and revisions
   • Quality check and portfolio presentation

   Practical work and portfolio outputs: Weekly projects: a polished Instagram Reel or YouTube Short (Week 7) and a complete business promotional video or YouTube video (Week 8).

Practical Projects

• A simple animated title and a typography animation
• An animated logo or social media motion graphic
• A short intro or promotional animation
• A basic edited video and a short video with music, titles and sound effects
• A polished Instagram Reel or YouTube Short
• A business promotional video or YouTube video

Learning Approach

Practical, exercise-based learning.