01. Orientation- Meet your instructor and learn about the overview of this class - Useful website for reference & program required for the class

02. Quick Introduction to After Effects- Setting up After Effects to be ready to work with 2D footage - Guide about the interface

03. Additional Plugins for Compositing- Introducing OLM Plugins & F's Plugin - Downloading additional plugins - Useful plugins for compositing

04. Workspace Setup for CSP- Setting up CSP to be ready for animation - Useful brush for animation

05. Pipeline in My Animation- Explaining the overall pipeline in animation - Aspect ratios in animation (16:9, 21:9)

06. What is VFX?- Explaining what VFX is for - What type of VFX will work with 2D animation?

07. How to Create Simple VFX (2D)- Introduction to Fractal noise/Turbulence noise - Demonstrating how to use noise - Introduction to CC Mr.Mercury to create simple liquid physics - Distorting noise to the shape you want & simple masking - Colorizing your noise

08. How to Create Complex VFX (3D)- Introduction to 3D layer - Demonstrating how to use Shape Layer to construct a 3D cube - Demonstrating how to use CC Ball Action - Showing how to use Particle World and adding custom particle - Explaining how to make 2D noise into 3D noise with perspective

09. Create Key VFX for Your Animation- Creating complete demo VFX for the final animation

10. What Is a Storyboard?- How is storyboard important? - Types of storyboard templates

11. Explaining Rules in Composition- Explaining the rule of thirds theory - Explaining the golden ratio theory - Demonstrating composition with a thumbnail sketch

12. How to Add Lighting- Showing how different lighting changes overall meaning of the work - Demonstrating how to create captivate lighting

13. How to Find a Good Camera Angle- Explaining different camera angles (low angle, high angle, dutch tilt, and more!)

14. How to Apply Camera Movement- Type of camera movement (pan, tilt, zoom in, zoom out) - How to add a camera folder in CSP

15. Create 3-Cuts Storyboard for Your Animation- Creating a detailed storyboard for the final animation

16. Introduction to Layout- What is a layout? - Meaning of colored line in layout (red, blue, special color) - Applying layout into your animation process

17. Simple Animation Theory- Ease in & Ease out - Hair animation - Cloth animation

18. Making a Loop Animation- Creating 3 cuts of looping animation for your final animation

19. How to Clean Up Your Animation- Demonstrating on how to do clean up with brush/curve tool

20. How to Color Your Animation- Demonstrating how to use the fill tool

21. Importance of Assets & Background- Explaining what assets & background is

22. How to Create Assets- Creating organic particles (snow, dust, flower petals, lens flare) - Creating foreground element

23. Making Simple Background- Creating simple gradient background

24. Create Assets & Background for Your Animation- Creating all assets and background needed for your final animation

25. What Is Compositing?- Why compositing is important! - Explaining different styles in compositing (bland, overcomp)

26. Prepare Your Footage- Exporting your animation footage from CSP - Preparing asset files - Importing PSD file into After Effect

27. How to Composite VFX with Animation: Part 1 (Still Images)- Explaining what technique to use for composite - Demonstrating the use of OLM plugins & F's Plugin - Using solid as a light source - Adding rim lights with F's plugin - Saving your effect preset

28. How to Composite VFX with Animation: Part 2 (Animation)- Adding keyframe into plugins - Animating solid to add emphasize - Using fractal noise with animated footage - Adding character effects (lightning, fire, water)

29. Composite Your Animation- Demonstrating how to add every effect from the demo - Advice on how to create harmony between animation and VFX - Tips on compositing faster

30. Adding Filter - Introduction to lumetri color - Adding bloom filter

31. How to Create Final Touch Effects- Adding light leaks - Creating simple lens flare - Adding chromatic aberration

32. How to Export Your Animation- Difference between .mp4 & .mov files - Demonstrating what export setting is for the best quality

33. Editing & Transition- Adding transition in the editing program

34. Final Check- Guide on which error you should look for before posting - Advice in over-exposed/under-exposed footage

35. My Journey as a Compositor- Sharing my starting point & what I did before I became a compositor - How I come up with creative ideas

36. How to Grow Your Social Media- Type of contents that will help you grow as a compositor/animator

37. Final Thoughts- Advice in compositor career - What you should focus in the future