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Motion Graphics Loops: 2 After Effects Techniques

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Overview

Learn how to create looping animations (and animated GIFs) for motion graphics and web design using Adobe After Effects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know and the exercise files
1. Looping Animation with Loop Expressions
  • Cycle loop
  • Pingpong loop
  • Offset and continue
2. Looping Mask and Shape Paths with valueAtTime Expression
  • Using valueAtTime expression to substitute for loopOut
3. Combining Loop Expression with Other Expressions
  • Combining expressions: loopOut and wiggle
4. Looping Precomps and Footage Files
  • Using Time Remap to loop animation precomp
  • Using Time Remap to loop video footage
  • Looping imported image sequence
5. Looping with Effects
  • Echo effect for continuing loop
  • Offset effect for a repeating background loop
  • Evolution property loop for background effect
6. Render Animated Loops for Conversion Animated GIF
  • Render for GIF using Photoshop
  • Showcase GifGun script from AE Scripts
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Owen Lowery

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