| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2025-09-09 | - |
Program Overview
Adobe After Effects for Instagram
Course Overview
Create eye-catching posts.
Key Details
- Location: Online
- Tuition fees per individual: £150*
If you're a student or staff, different fees apply. Please visit our dedicated student and staff areas for specific information.
Course Details
This course is ideal for beginners with some foundational knowledge of Adobe After Effects who are eager to enhance their skills and unleash their creativity.
What You'll Learn
On this course, you will learn how to use Adobe After Effects to create eye-catching Instagram posts that will impress your followers and boost your engagement. You will learn how to import and edit your media, add text and graphics, apply filters and effects, and export your posts for Instagram. You will also learn some tips and tricks to optimise your posts for different formats and devices.
- Understanding the interface and tools
- Key features for content creation
- Creating a new project
- Configuring composition settings for Instagram
- How to import videos, images, and audio
- Organizing assets in the project panel
- Adding text layers
- Using shape layers and vector graphics
- Importing and animating graphics
- Step-by-step guide to exporting in After Effects
How You'll Learn
Our online courses are delivered through Microsoft Teams, ensuring a seamless learning experience. Each session starts with a live broadcast from the tutor to introduce the topic and guide you through the resources. Our courses include various learning methods such as videos, quizzes, and exercises. The tutor remains available online for real-time support, making learning effective and enjoyable. Our blended teaching approach combines live and pre-recorded content, providing flexibility to learn at your own pace.
Susannah Travis - Course Lead
Susannah is the Digital Skills Team Lead, delivering a range of courses. With over a decade of experience in teaching Adobe and Microsoft applications, she specialises in both individual training and tailored group sessions. Her aim is to enable students to achieve a high level of digital literacy, enhancing their work and everyday lives.
What to Expect
- Engaging content
- A variety of different ways to learn
- Clear guidelines to work through the practice exercises
- Constructive feedback from tutors on your submitted work
- Technical assistance from your tutors
Computer & Software Requirements
You will need access to a laptop/desktop computer (Mac/PC) with After Effects Installed.
If you don't have an Adobe licence, consider the following options from Adobe:
- Free one-week trial from Adobe.
- One-month single application subscription for £32.98* per month, cancel anytime.
- Annual application licence for £262.51* or monthly for £21.98* (early cancellation fees apply).
- Subscribe to all Creative Cloud apps under the same types above but for all the Adobe Creative cloud apps.
Please visit the Adobe.com website to find out more.
prices are of 10/09/24
How to Apply
Tuition fees per individual | £150*
If you're a student or staff, different fees apply. Please visit our dedicated student and staff areas for specific information.
A subsidised rate of £50 is available for Cornwall and Isles of Scilly residents through the SPF Digital Futures Cornwall project. To find out more or check your eligibility, contact or please complete our form to enquire about our subsidised short courses. Once your place is confirmed, you’ll receive a secure payment link along with full instructions.
To apply for this course, make your selection from the available dates below, this will take you to an event page where you will be able to book yourself onto the course via the Book now link.
Upcoming Short Courses
- After effects Instagram
- Tue 09 Sep 2025
- 09.00-16:00 | Price £150
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