After Effects Guru: Plugins You Should Know

4h 46mIntermediate2017-01-11

Authors

Nick Harauz

Certified Adobe, Apple, and Avid Trainer

Course details

Join Nick Harauz as he takes you through some of the options available to enhance your motion graphics workflow. Start by looking at what's already in After Effects and discover what else becomes available when looking beyond the After Effects hood. Find out what third-party plugins can do for your workflow and when these might come in handy on your next AE project. This course explores major plugin packages, advanced options, and more.

Learning objectives
Using plugin packages
Working with particle simulations
Simplifying complex keyframe animations
Working with expressions
Enhancing beauty
Using lens flares

Skills covered

Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeLimited SeriesAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - What you should know before watching this course
03 - Using the exercise files

1. Major Plugin Packages

04 - Before you buy - Understanding what's already in After Effects
05 - Working with BCC 10 - Boris Continuum Complete
06 - Exploring BCC transitions
07 - Integrating mocha tracking in BCC 10
08 - Red Giant Effects Suite
09 - Red Giant Universe
10 - Red Giant Trapcode Suite
11 - GenArts Sapphire
12 - GenArts Sapphire S Effect and S Transition

2. Options for Particle Simulations

13 - A look at After Effects built-in particle effects
14 - Exploring Trapcode Particular
15 - Exploring Trapcode Form
16 - BCC 10 particles
17 - An overview of Plexus 2
18 - Pastiche
19 - Nodes 2

3. Beauty Enhancement

20 - Enhancing beauty with After Effects built-in effects
21 - Digital Anarchy Beauty Box
22 - BCC 10 Beauty
23 - Sapphire S Beauty

4. Options for 3D

24 - A look at options for built-in 3D and CINEMA 4D Lite
25 - Working with Element 3D, part 1
26 - Working with Element 3D, part 2
27 - A look at FreeForm Pro
28 - ShapeShifter AE
29 - BCC Title Studio
30 - Zaxwerks Invigorator PRO

5. Simplifying Complex Keyframes, Expressions, and Physical Simulations

31 - Working with complex keyframe animations
32 - Working with expressions
33 - Ease and Wizz
34 - iExpressions
35 - Motion 2
36 - Newton 2
37 - Animation Composer
38 - TypeMonkey and LayerMonkey

6. Lens Flares

39 - After Effects built-in lens flare
40 - BCC Lens Flares
41 - Sapphire S Lensflares
42 - Optical Flares
43 - mFlare
44 - Knoll Light Factory

Conclusion

45 - Next steps