Get an introduction to the industry-standard motion graphics application from Adobe.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Adobe After Effects puts design into motion
- Using the exercise files and relinking the footage
- Start with the composition, where everything happens
- Layers are the building blocks of After Effects
- After Effects keyframe animation is a superpower
- 3D adds more than depth
- Effects: Right there in the name
- Render or it didn't happen
- Create a new After Effects project
- Standardize and customize your After Effects UI
- Use the power of compositions wisely
- Take control of the After Effects viewers
- Explore After Effects layer controls
- Get creative combining layers
- Bring layers to life with keyframes
- Refine motion with timing and keyframe controls
- Enter the third dimension
- Create 3D within After Effects
- Freely experiment with effects
- Three basic effects types
- Add an adjustment layer
- Get those Render Queue settings right
- Import a Premiere Pro edit
- Create cloudy skywriting text using Fractal Noise
- Pre-compose to solve timing and workflow blockers
- Create a complex moving matte automatically with Roto Brush
- Use layer styles to integrate text
- Match 2D motion with the Tracker
- Ramp speed with Time Remapping and Easy Ease
- Camera track a shot in 3D to match motion
- Integrate graphics into a 3D camera-matched scene
- Add a logo image sequence
- Block in motion with hold keyframes
- Create motion graphics with vector shape layers
- Extract a moving holdout matte from the sky
- Draw in a shape with Trim Paths
- Design a dynamic animation with a single shape
- Animate a displacement map to organically glitch graphics
- Publish the master composition to YouTube
Taught by
Mark Christiansen