Learning Cavalry

Course details

If you work in the motion design industry, chances are you’ve heard of Cavalry, a powerful 2D animation tool that has been exploding in popularity with its mix of traditional and procedural workflows for creating motion graphics. In this course, Andy Needham gets you up and running with Cavalry, taking you through the interface and workflows. Andy walks you through the creation of an FUI (fictional/fantasy/futuristic user interface)–the same ones used widely in TV shows, commercials, and movies–and details the shapes, behaviors, utilities, and effects used in Cavalry. If you are looking for a new main application for motion design, or if you just want to keep up with new and popular industry tools, join Andy in this course.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - An introduction to Cavalry
02 - What you should know
03 - How to use the exercise files

1. Interface and Core Concepts

04 - Quick tour of the Cavalry interface
05 - Overview of core concepts in Cavalry

2. Project Overview and Setup

06 - What you will be creating
07 - Create projects in Cavalry
08 - Create compositions and edit settings

3. Create an FUI Background

09 - Use Cavalry building blocks to create a background
10 - Import SVG files into Cavalry
11 - Working with text
12 - Animate text with String Manipulators
13 - Apply a Blur Filter to multiple layers

4. Build an FUI Element

14 - Duplicate Shapes
15 - Colorize Shapes with Color Arrays
16 - Manipulate properties with Falloffs

5. Build Additional FUI Elements

17 - Layout Shapes
18 - Toggle colors with Value Arrays
19 - Clip Shapes with masks
20 - Work with Quad Tree Shapes
21 - Create looping animations
22 - Work with Pre-Comps

6. Work with Spreadsheets and External Assets

23 - Organize the Assets Window
24 - Work with the Material Sampler
25 - Use spreadsheets to drive strings

7. Finishing Touches

26 - Combining UI elements
27 - Use Stagger to animate opacity
28 - Render scenes with the Render Manager

Conclusion

29 - Next steps