Improve your social media impact by creating eye-catching content. Learn how to build motion graphics for social media with Adobe After Effects.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Motion graphics for social media
- What you should know
- Why use motion graphics with social media?
- How should your logo move?
- Import a logo
- Block out the motion with keyframes
- Refine animation with the Graph Editor
- Designing titles
- Text animators and presets
- Design and animate a lower third
- Use shape layers to reveal letters
- What are transitions?
- Animate a simple wipe
- Animate a complex transition
- Apply transitions
- What is a call to action?
- Animate a thumbs up
- Animate other call-to-action elements
- Combine call-to-action elements
- Create an end card
- Output video for social media
- What are full-screen graphics?
- Overview of project
- Create a looping animation with shape layers
- Build a looping background asset
- Animate copy using text animators
- Add supporting graphic elements
- Complete the animation with transitions
- Reformat content for 16:9 aspect ratio
- Reformat content for 9:16 and 4:5 aspect ratios
- Next steps
Taught by
Andy Needham