Get started with Adobe After Effects and learn how to create engaging motion graphics and animations. You’ll practice animating text, shapes, and transformation properties like position and scale, while exploring blending modes, opacity, and other effects that add polish to your projects. Along the way, you’ll gain a clear understanding of essential video and animation concepts.
Through guided, hands-on projects, you’ll build practical skills and confidence working in After Effects. By the end of the course, you’ll be able to create titles, animations, and motion graphics that look professional, whether you’re brand new to the software or looking to strengthen your foundation.
Receive instruction from subject‑matter experts who bring proven government experience.
Courses that are regularly updated based on feedback and industry developments, ensuring versions are mapped to federal competencies.
The instructor was wonderful and so knowledgeable. The course materials were extremely relevant to what my job is. I feel like I can be better because of this class.
— 2025 student
Directly addressing the day-to-day challenges of federal employees.
Your trusted training partner, equipping public service professionals with the skills and knowledge to excel in their roles and drive meaningful impact.
Attend this course in-person in NYC or Live Online. Engage with expert instructors, ask questions, and get feedback on your exercises and projects.
At Graduate School USA, you’ll learn in small groups and receive personalized attention.
Get face-to-face interaction with an instructor and other students when you learn at our NYC campus. Courses are hands-on with a computer and software provided.
Get the same interactivity and access to the instructor as in-person students. There are no extra fees and we’ll work with you to ensure your remote setup is perfect.
We want you to leverage the skills you’ll learn. In addition to 18 hours of hands-on, small group training, you’ll receive one 1-on-1 training session where you can:
Upon completion of this course, you’ll receive an official certificate testifying to your mastery of the curriculum. We’ll send you a link where you can download your certificate, share it online with your friends, post it to your professional network on LinkedIn, and view all your earned certificates. Congratulations on your achievement!
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You can also access recordings of each session in your student portal within one business day of the session’s end. Recordings are available for one month after the session.
