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Order of Learning Aftereffects,photoshop and premiere pro

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May 24, 2018
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Hi all!

I got approval to do the official Adobe training to for Premiere pro, Photoshop and Aftereffects.

I just wanted to make sure I'm not stuffing up the order of learning...

So far I'm guessing I need to do Premiere pro before Aftereffects for sure, but is it also ideal to do Premiere pro and Photoshop before Aftereffects?

There are some places which have two courses for each e.g.

Premiere pro basic

Premiere pro Advanced

Photoshop Basic

Photoshop Advanced

Aftereffects basics

Aftereffects advanced.

So i'm thinking along the lines of

1.Premiere pro basic

2.Photoshop Basic

3.Aftereffects basics

then two months later...

4.Premiere pro Advanced

5. Photoshop Advanced

6.Aftereffects advanced

Does this look ok or is this also ok:

1.Premiere pro basic

2.Aftereffects basics

3.Photoshop Basic

4.Premiere pro Advanced

5. Aftereffects advanced

6.Photoshop Advanced

Thanks in advance!

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Correct answer asdfassdafklj

Thanks for confirming that Rob!

From all the responses in this thread this is my current master plan in order of completion:

1) Photoshop Essentials (June 18th-19th)

2) Premiere pro essentials (June 25th-26th)

3) Illustrator (June 28th-29th) is back to back with premiere pro in 1 week bad? Alternative date below

Gap of maybe 1 months....

4) After effects (July 26th - 27th) Dave you mentioned I should delay after effects for a while. is 1 month enough or should I push this back maybe 3-6 months?

5) Alternatively: Illustrator (August 20-21)

Then a few months (maybe not enough of a gap?) later the advanced version of them all:

6) After Effects Advanced (October 1st-2nd) Don't know if its ok to do after effects advanced before the other advanced

7) Premiere pro advanced (October 4th-5th) Same week as After effects advanced

8) Photoshop advanced (October - 10- 11th October)

9) Illustrator Advanced (November 22-23rd)

I realise the advanced courses are in the opposite order of what was recommended for the essentials. is this much of an issue? the dates just happen to be like that so far (unless they add more dates soon down the line then I can put them back in the order of Photoshop,premiere, aftereffects for advanced)

thanks so much to everyone for helping me plan this mammoth schedule. I'm a little scared looking at it haha I feel its almost there

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RobShultz

Community Expert

I would recommend Photoshop basic before Premiere because Premiere and AE work with Photoshop layers.

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asdfassdafkljAuthorCorrect answer

Participant

Thanks for confirming that Rob!

From all the responses in this thread this is my current master plan in order of completion:

1) Photoshop Essentials (June 18th-19th)

2) Premiere pro essentials (June 25th-26th)

3) Illustrator (June 28th-29th) is back to back with premiere pro in 1 week bad? Alternative date below

Gap of maybe 1 months....

4) After effects (July 26th - 27th) Dave you mentioned I should delay after effects for a while. is 1 month enough or should I push this back maybe 3-6 months?

5) Alternatively: Illustrator (August 20-21)

Then a few months (maybe not enough of a gap?) later the advanced version of them all:

6) After Effects Advanced (October 1st-2nd) Don't know if its ok to do after effects advanced before the other advanced

7) Premiere pro advanced (October 4th-5th) Same week as After effects advanced

8) Photoshop advanced (October - 10- 11th October)

9) Illustrator Advanced (November 22-23rd)

I realise the advanced courses are in the opposite order of what was recommended for the essentials. is this much of an issue? the dates just happen to be like that so far (unless they add more dates soon down the line then I can put them back in the order of Photoshop,premiere, aftereffects for advanced)

thanks so much to everyone for helping me plan this mammoth schedule. I'm a little scared looking at it haha I feel its almost there

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Rick Gerard

Community Expert

I would start with Photoshop, then Premiere Pro, then After Effects. It would be a very good idea to throw Illustrator into the mix. If you are doing any kind of titling or graphics Illustrator is by far the best place to start that kind of work.

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David Arbor

Inspiring

I think it largely depends on the type of work you'll be doing. Rick's suggestion is my first thought, as well, but will you be working with designers and mostly editing or animating motion graphics, or are you expected to create everything on your own?

If you'll predominantly be editing, then I would consider starting with Premiere. Having Photoshop foundations before After Effects is definitely the better idea, as it will help you get familiar with working in layers before you start making things move. This can also be helpful for Premiere, but it depends what you'll be doing.

Also, in the meantime while you're learning what kinds of things are you working on? Are you doing more design or video work? Do you find that you're struggling with one more than the other?

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asdfassdafkljAuthor

Participant

Well I applaud your persistence. A few things to note:

I think this is a given, but know that these pieces of software are not easy to learn, and they will take years to master. I might even recommend that you start with Photoshop and Premiere and work with those for a while before jumping into After Effects. You'll be absorbing a ton of knowledge in a short amount of time, and you won't retain it all. Or perhaps it would be better to do the basics of each program then put some distance between the advanced courses. This will give you the opportunity to get experienced with the fundamentals before piling on trickier techniques. Doing this will also allow you to go to the advanced courses with a greater understanding of where your knowledge gaps are. It can be disappointing, but you will not walk out of those courses as an expert, it's simply not possible. I've been using the different programs for about 10-15 years and I'm still learning new things every day.

Rick's suggestion of learning illustrator is a good one, as it will help you create vector graphics that can be animated in After Effects. InDesign is a publishing program, so if you don't plan on making documents, fliers, posters, books, etc, I would avoid that bundle class, it sounds like its for graphic and print designers.

I completely agree David! I dont believe I've ever mastered any program ever. Not even the basics like Word Excel (e.g. vba eek) etc. I understand that with any program you simply have an awareness whats possible, then learn as you go when you need to do a particular function. Also google is my friend =) I just need strong foundation to launch from.

In that case I will do 100% do Photoshop first then premiere pro a week apart..... then after effects 1 month after? or do you think I should wait alot longer before even thinking of after effects?

I was thinking of putting maybe 2-3 months inbetween the photoshop/premiere pro essentials and their advanced courses.

I'm going to book both the illustrator essential and advanced course as well. You've all opened my eyes =)

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