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Beginner's Guide to Adobe After Effects 2023: Learn Motion Graphics

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Overview

This is the complete beginner’s course on After Effects: Get Started with Motion Graphics. If you're interested in the world of motion design and want to learn how animation works and how to animate a real project as a total beginner with 0 experience, this is the class for you! This is a comprehensive course covering everything you need to know to start creating animations in Adobe After Effects right away. You'll learn everything you need to get started with animating your own video right away and tons of topics below to help you learn this program the professional way and animate professionally in no time.

  • Panels & Workspaces
  • Importing Artwork
  • Manipulating Layers
  • Frame Rates
  • Timecode
  • Layer Organization
  • Creating a Composition
  • Working with Precomps
  • Keyframe Animation
  • Simple animation principles
  • Working with graph editors
  • Working with Text
  • Working with Special Effects
  • Animating vector artworks
  • Masking & Trim Path Effects
  • Working on complex transition 
  • A variety of tools inside After Effects
  • Adding music to the video
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • Workflow tips and tricks

And so much more! Once you've completed this course you'll be fully equipped to move on to any of the other After Effects courses and feel confident to continue on your journey of  motion graphics mastery.

Join our Motion Circles Community, get together with other motion designers and learn together.

Also Check out my other classes:

Intro to Motion Graphics: Animating Illustration in After Effects

Intro to Motion Graphics: Logo and Icon Animation in After Effects

Simple Character Animation: Walk Cycle in AE with No Keyframes

Explainer Videos From Storyboard to Animation

Animation Principles In Motion Design: Secrets of Great Motion Graphics

Stop Motion In After Effects: Animate Collage Style Explainer Videos

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Getting Started
  • Panels
  • Workspace
  • AE File Setup
  • Import & Move around
  • Organization
  • Basic Properties
  • Position
  • Opacity
  • Scale
  • Offset Layers
  • Trim Path
  • Transition
  • Transition Effects
  • Exclusive Community
  • Base of Slot machine
  • Top of Slot machine
  • Handle animation
  • Text animation
  • Name Animation
  • Extra animation
  • Final Touch
  • Congrats!
  • Great News!

Taught by

Hongshu Guo

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