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Animation Post Production Like a Pro - After Effects Beginner Tutorial

Manu Mercurial via YouTube

Overview

Learn professional post-production techniques for 2D animations in this comprehensive 45-minute tutorial. Master Adobe After Effects to enhance your anime or Western-style animations through color correction, color grading, compositing, and animation. Explore essential concepts like timeline management, value adjustment, effects application, and integration techniques. Discover how to use color scripts, mood boards, masks, and mattes to elevate your work. Dive into advanced topics such as keyframe animation, null objects, easing, puppet pin tool usage, and camera movements. Uncover 10 secret hacks, including bloom effects, fake animated lighting, and time remapping. Gain insights on LUTs, anime line art, and chromatic aberration. Conclude with a complex scene breakdown and exporting tips to finalize your professional-quality animations.

Syllabus

Why Do They Look Better?
The Goal of Post Production
Importing Your Animation
After Effects Timeline
Push Your Values
Effects & Adjustment Layers
Integration Pass
Color Script & Mood Boards
Masks & Mattes
Backgrounds
Animation Keyframes
Null Objects
Ease In and Out
Puppet Pin Tool
Animating Masks
Animating Effects
Camera Movements
Parallax, Pans and Trucks
Automatic Rim Lights
Highlights
Lighting Change
10 Secret Hacks
Bloom Effect
Fake Animated Lighting
Blur Vignette
Time Remapping
Bulge Effect
LUTs
Anime Line Art
Chromatic Aberration
Mask Sequence
Complex Scene Breakdown
Exporting
Outro

Taught by

Manu Mercurial

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