Motion Design in After Effects
1h 19mBeginner2020-06-24
Authors

Eran Stern
Teacher and Motion Designer, 20+ years of post-production experience
Course details
Learn how to tell a story using the motion design tools in Adobe After Effects. This course helps you get the most out of Illustrator and After Effects by combining the two applications to deliver an animated digital sign. Find out how to create artwork from scratch using an Illustrator template. Discover how to import files in After Effects, customize your workspace, and animate layers, taking advantage of all the great things you can do with vectors in After Effects. Instructor Eran Stern then shows how to extrude 3D shapes and text, create a mockup to simulate how the product will be used in the real world, and render your result.
Topics include:
Preparing for animation
Animating vectors
Creating 3D text and artwork in After Effects
Creating a mockup
Rendering and delivery
Topics include:
Preparing for animation
Animating vectors
Creating 3D text and artwork in After Effects
Creating a mockup
Rendering and delivery
Skills covered
Motion GraphicsIllustratorAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Telling a story in five seconds
1. Preparation
- 02 - Preparing artwork for animation
- 03 - Introduction to After Effects
- 04 - Creating a custom workspace
2. Animating Vectors
- 05 - Creating and modifying keyframes
- 06 - Revealing a layer using a mask
- 07 - Trimming paths
- 08 - Using effects to animate the wings
- 09 - Revealing the emblem
3. Working with 3D
- 10 - Replacing the football
- 11 - Extruding shape layers
- 12 - Animating per-character 3D text
4. Mock Up and Render
- 13 - Creating a mock-up
- 14 - Rendering the result
Conclusion
- 15 - Next steps
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