After Effects Guru: Templates for Premiere Pro and After Effects

2h 9mIntermediate2018-02-05

Authors

Nick Harauz

Certified Adobe, Apple, and Avid Trainer

Course details

Video editors look to enhance their projects by using motion graphic templates to spice up their work. In this course, learn how to work with and create After Effects text templates that you can modify later in Adobe Premiere Pro. Nick Harauz breaks down how complicated templates are designed, and how to get more comfortable with tweaking them. Plus, he shows how to create your own mosaic template to update inside of Premiere.

Learning objectives
Modifying AE text templates in Premiere
Adding shapes and expressions to the text animation
Understanding composition structure
Modifying text and replacing visible graphics
Adjusting global controls
Breaking down your template idea
Building a photo mosaic
Creating basic animation
Adding a camera to the animation

Skills covered

Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration

Concepts

0. Introduction

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

1. Working with AE Text Templates

04 - Adjusting AE text templates in Premiere Pro and After Effects
05 - Downloading templates from Adobe Stock
06 - Adjusting parameters from stock templates in Premiere
07 - Creating a text template composition - Part 1
08 - Creating a text template composition - Part 2
09 - Adding shapes and expressions to the text animation
10 - Making video placeholders to adjust in Premiere Pro
11 - Text templates vs. Essential Graphics
12 - Building a template through Essential Graphics, part 1
13 - Building a template through Essential Graphics, part 2
14 - Adding supported properties to the Essential Graphics panel
15 - Viewing the motion graphics template in Premiere Pro

2. Breaking Down a Complex Template

16 - Understanding composition structure
17 - Modifying text and replacing visible graphics
18 - Adjusting global controls
19 - Tweaking the animation

3. Building a Photo Mosaic

20 - Breaking down your template idea
21 - Building a mosaic with native tools
22 - Building a photo mosaic with Divide and Corner
23 - Designing a photo grid with Layers2Grid
24 - Setting up additional compositions
25 - Creating basic animation
26 - Adding a camera to the animation
27 - Cleaning up your project

Conclusion

28 - Goodbye