15 Best After Effects Courses Online
We compared 15 After Effects courses currently listed on Coursera and Udemy, priced from $19.99 to $199.99. They are ordered by our CourseAsk score, which is built from how thoroughly each course describes what it teaches, whether it comes from a named institution, and how it compares on price — not from star ratings, which our course data does not include.
- Courses compared
- 15
- Price range
- $19.99 – $199.99
- Providers
- Coursera, Udemy
- Last updated
- 18 Sep 2026
How these 15 courses were chosen
Every course below is a real, currently listed course from Coursera, Udemy, matched to "after effects" by our catalog and ordered by our CourseAsk score. Courses whose own title names the topic rank above those only tagged with it.
The grade on each entry scores how much the provider publishes about the course before you pay — the length and detail of the description, whether it lists learning outcomes and objectives — and whether a named university or institution stands behind it. A is fully documented and institution-backed; E is little more than a title and a price. Courses with almost nothing published are left ungraded rather than marked down, because an unknown course and a poor one are not the same thing.
There are no star ratings on this page — the course feeds we license do not include them, and we would rather leave a column out than fill it with a number we cannot stand behind. What we do have is price: these range from $19.99 to $199.99, as listed by the provider when we last updated the page.
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VFX with Adobe After Effects from Novice to Expert
Offered by EDUCBA
Embark on a transformative journey into Adobe After Effects, gaining fundamental and advanced skills. Explore the intricacies of the interface, create compositions and master timeline dynamics. Dive into hands-on experie...
$49.00listed price -
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Master Keying Techniques in After Effects
Offered by EDUCBA
Learners will apply essential keying tools, analyze luminance-based workflows, evaluate advanced matte controls, and refine complex edge details to produce clean, professional composites in Adobe After Effects. This cour...
$49.00listed price -
3
Adobe After Effects CC - Motion Graphics Design & VFX
In this course you’ll learn how to create motion graphics in Adobe After Effects. This motion graphics course is everything you need to start creating beautiful animation & infographics. As part of this course you’...
$94.99listed price -
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After Effects Definitivo em 30 Dias para Motion Designers
O que ele é: Um curso intensivo que vai te ensinar as ferramentas essenciais para se tornar um motion design em 30 dias.Pra quem ele é: Para quem quer aprender e trabalhar com motion design. Para quem não sabe nada e des...
$59.99listed price -
5
Kurs Adobe After Effects Techniki Zaawansowane
Ulepszamy radarEksperci pracujący w After Effects to absolutna czołówka branży efektów specjalnych, pracujący przy największych produkcjach filmowych. Sam program jest jednak na tyle elastyczny, że pozwala w bardzo prost...
$34.99listed price -
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Introduction to Adobe After Effects Amateur Level
About This ClassINTRODUCTION TO ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS: (AMATEUR LEVEL)After Effects is the leading professional motion graphics and visual effects software. Never used it before? Interested in getting started? With this cl...
$19.99listed price -
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Adobe After Effects - Basi del compositing e della motion
Adobe After Effects - Basi del compositing e del motion design è un corso pensato per chi si avvicina per la prima volta a questo potente software di motion graphics e compositing targato Adobe. Si tratta di un percorso...
$49.99listed price -
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Kurs After Effects, Illustrator - animowany charakter
Czego się nauczysz ?Witam Cię w kolejnym kursie dotyczącym animacji. Tym razem pozwól mi pokazać, że animacja postaci w programie After Effects nie musi być trudna i skomplikowana. Tak naprawdę będzie bardziej prosto niż...
$24.99listed price -
9
After Effects Beginner - Typography Reveal in After Effects
In this course I want to guide you through a nice technique for making a modern & trendy typography project in After Effects which you can easily learn for Yourself and replicate. You will learn how to form, build and re...
$94.99listed price -
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After Effects: Create Publishable Motion Graphic Templates
Hi! Welcome to this course. There are lots of online training available over the internet on After Effects, but this is a brand new course for creating publishable motion graphic templates in After Effects which is very...
$39.99listed price -
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After Effects + Windows 11 (Cursos completos e atualizados)
¨Este curso Contém uso de inteligência artificial¨Antes da animação acontecer, o sistema precisa acompanhar.Organização, desempenho, fluidez.Quando o ambiente está ajustado, o movimento acontece sem travar.Windows 11 pre...
$89.99listed price -
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Intermediate After Effects
Offered by Skillshare
Tim Wilson, senior trainer at Red Rocket Studio, guides you step by step in this Specialization. It is intended for intermediate After Effects users seeking to develop professional animation skills. Through three courses...
$49.00listed price -
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Character Rigging & Automating Walk Cycle in After Effects
Character rigging and animation is an essential part of motion graphics, it brings a lot more fun when you have character animation in your explainer videos and add more life to your videos. However character rigging and...
$94.99listed price -
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Mastering Text Animations in After Effects
Welcome to "Mastering Text Animations in After Effects"!Unlock the power of dynamic and captivating text animations with this comprehensive Udemy course. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced motion graphics artist...
$19.99listed price -
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After Effects Template from A to Z
I am an Elite Videohive Author, who has published over 100 After Effects Templates and over 50 After Effects and 3D Tutorials and under the name of Maxafter since 2009. I can tell you that the easiest way of making money...
$199.99listed price
Best After Effects Courses Online compared
Prices shown are the provider's listed price when we last updated this page. Confirm on their site before enrolling.
What the prices here tell you
The 15 priced courses on this page run from $19.99 to $199.99, with the middle of the range around $49.00 — a spread of $180.00. That is a wide gap for one subject. A higher price on this page usually reflects who is behind the course rather than how much material it contains, so it is worth opening two or three at different price points and comparing their syllabus before deciding.
Who is behind these courses
These courses come from Coursera and Udemy. The platforms differ in how they sell: some charge once per course, others expect a subscription, and the listed price is not always what you pay at checkout after a promotion.
Before you enrol
Open the provider’s own page and check three things this comparison cannot tell you: when the course was last updated, what the syllabus actually covers in its later sections, and what recent learners say. Prices shown here are the provider’s listed price when we last rebuilt this page on 18 September 2026 — they change often, and a promotion can move them substantially. We earn a commission if you enrol through our links, which costs you nothing and never affects the order courses appear in.