Have you ever wanted to animate logos, create motion graphics, or bring your visual, pictorial, or photographic ideas to life? Do you want to create animated content to improve your online presence, enhance your brand, or communicate in a more creative way? The Adobe® After Effects – Character Animation (Dynamic Graphics) Course is the foundation that guides you, step by step, into the world of digital animation with Adobe After Effects, the essential tool for anyone who wants to start creating professional motion graphics.
Designed for those who want to make a real leap forward, the Winter Course is a complete and intensive 10-Saturday program. Perfect for beginners who want to immediately acquire professional methods, tools, and techniques, the course will help you master After Effects with confidence — from composition management to advanced text animation, including puppet tool, expressions, 3D work, cameras, lights, and much more.
At the end of the course, a certificate of attendance will be issued to those attending at least 12 out of the 15 scheduled lessons, valid for the possible recognition of 2 ECTS credits.
Course type: group – in person
Participants: Max 15 Min 6
Frequency: weekly, on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Duration: 10 lessons – total 40 hours
Fee: €590.00 in a single payment or in two instalments of €300.00
Materials: notebook; work is carried out on Mac with Adobe Suite in class
Requirements/supports: none
Language: Italian
Lecturer: Sergio D’Innocenzo
Location: RUFA – Via degli Ausoni 7
Applications open: 15 October 2025
Applications close: 9 January 2026
At the end of the course, each student will create a short animation, applying the techniques learned. A solid and structured training experience to start creating complex, refined animated content ready for the world of design, communication, or social media. Below is a summary of the weekly topics:
01 – Introduction to the Interface
02 – Composition, input, output, preferences
03 – animating objects, keyframes, motion path, graph editor
04 – parenting, tracking, masks, mattes
05 – puppet animation
06 – most used filters and effects
07 – working with 3D
08 – cameras, lights, materials
09 – expressions
10 – advanced text animation
1. Saturday, 10 January 2026
2. Saturday, 17 January 2026
3. Saturday, 24 January 2026
4. Saturday, 31 January 2026
5. Saturday, 7 February 2026
6. Saturday, 14 February 2026
7. Saturday, 21 February 2026
8. Saturday, 28 February 2026
9. Saturday, 7 March 2026
10. Saturday, 14 March 2026
11. Saturday, 21 March 2026
12. Saturday, 28 March 2026
After graduating from the Art High School, he began his first professional experiences in the world of comics and illustration, creating – among other works – a 25-page color story of Radar, superhero of the Phoenix universe written by Giorgio Lavagna, and a complete series of illustrations for the role-playing game Lex Arcana published by Dal Negro.
His career then continued in the field of graphic design and advertising communication: between the late 1980s and 2006 he was Creative Director of Plan B Communication, a studio he co-founded, collaborating with major clients such as Capitalia, Poste Italiane, ANSA, and Confindustria.
In the early 2000s, he approached the world of 3D graphics, attending training courses in Italy and the UK and progressively integrating CGI into his projects. In 2008, he took a character animation course at Escape Studios in London — an experience that marked the beginning of a true passion for animation, which led him to develop a training course for young talents in the field.
Shortly after, he began a four-year collaboration with the French studio TeamTO, working on successful TV series such as PJ Masks (Superpigiamini), Angelo Rules, and The New Adventures of Babar, and also taking part in the production of feature films such as Yellowbird. Since then, he has collaborated with numerous international studios and productions, including Gladiators of Rome (Rainbow CGI), The Jungle Book (MPC), Zombillenium (Pipangai), Trash (AL/1), and Ricky Zoom (Maga Animation), building a professional path that combines illustration, graphic design, and animation with creativity and versatility.
RUFA Students and Alumni: 50%
Former RUFA Short and Summer Course students: 10%
University Students: 5% (upon presentation of a valid student card).
Course/group/family package: contact corsibrevi@unirufa.it