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After Effects for Graphic Design

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Overview

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Learn how to use After Effects for graphic design and create stunning, unique, and professional-quality assets for print, web, and photography.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Use After Effects for your design projects
  • About the exercise files
  • A brief introduction to After Effects
  • Get comfortable with the After Effects interface
  • Import Photoshop files
  • Export Photoshop, JPG, and PNG files
1. Create Special Effects
  • Create an editorial graphic
  • Add a dramatic lighting effect
  • Add a page curl
  • Create a burst of light
  • Color keying for transparent imagery
  • Color keying for advanced transparency: Part 1
  • Color keying for advanced transparency: Part 2
2. Create Patterns and Textures
  • Create a kaleidoscope pattern
  • Generate a unique texture
  • Create line art from a photo
  • Shapes with radio waves
  • Interlocking zigzag pattern
3. Generate Artwork from (Almost) Nothing
  • Enhance an illustration with lightning
  • Enhance an illustration with rain
  • Create a water surface: Part 1
  • Create a water surface: Part 2
  • Create a water surface: Part 3
  • Make realistic melted chocolate: Part 1
  • Make realistic melted chocolate: Part 2
  • Create bubbles for champagne: Part 1
  • Create bubbles for champagne: Part 2
Conclusion
  • Where to go from here

Taught by

Chris Converse

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