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LinkedIn Learning

Advanced Motion Graphics

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

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Learn about how to take your skills to the next level by building, editing, and stylizing your compositions in Adobe After Effects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Becoming a better motion designer
  • What you should know
1. Planning and Preparing
  • Reviewing the client brief
  • Hunting for footage
  • Importing and stabilizing footage
  • Creating the main comp
  • Syncing fonts
2. Type Design
  • Designing the title
  • Adding a special glyph
  • Extruding and placing 3D text
  • Overriding materials
  • Using lights to add depth and shadows
  • Adding a tagline
3. 3D Type Animation
  • Animating the extrusion
  • Previewing in real time
  • Animating 3D characters
4. Compositing
  • Rotoscoping with the roto brush
  • Adding ground shadow
  • Stylizing lens flare
  • Adding noise
  • Removing spots
5. Tracking
  • Animating lines
  • Tracking a surface
  • Applying tracking data
  • Reintroducing a handheld camera
  • Finalizing and rendering
6. Challenge
  • Challenge overview
  • Solution to challenge
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Eran Stern

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