Last updated 11/2021
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280×720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 1.74 GB | Duration: 5h 13m
Learn the techniques to start your career as a Motion Graphic artist.
What you’ll learn
Create beautiful motion graphics
Animate compelling infographics
Choose the correct video settings.
You’ll learn how to exporting your video easily.
You’ll be able to create slick type animations.
Rendering your video for Youtube & Vimeo.
Create titles for interviews.
Add music to your motion graphics.
Trim & edit video.
Add watermarking your video.
Fixing shakey footage.
Color correct & fix any bad footage.
Add a vignette to your video.
Learn how to use your skills from Illustrator & Photoshop
How to use green screen footage
How to mask like a pro.
How to animate infographics like bar graphs, line graphs & pie charts.
How to use camera to make 3D type.
Animating static images using parallax
Plus basic character animation.
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Requirements
Students will need to download After Effects. The latest version of CC 2015 is recommended but the earlier CS6 version will still work.
Description
In this course you’ll learn how to create motion graphics in Adobe After Effects. This motion graphics course is everything you need to start creating beautiful animation & infographics.
As part of this course you’ll get downloadable exercise files so you can work along exactly with the trainer. You’ll also get completed files with every video so you can download and check your files against the trainers.
Your trainer is an Adobe After Effects Certified Expert and Certified Instructor. Daniel has been creating immersive infographics and motion graphics for more than 12 years.
The course is approximately 3 hours long. Each step broken into individual videos to make it easily digestible.
In this course we’ll cover:
Motion Graphics Infographics Correct video settings. Exporting your video easily. Type animation. Easing and motion blur. Rendering your video for Youtube & Vimeo. Titles for interviews. Adding music. Trimming & editing video. Watermarking your video. Fixing shakey footage. Color correcting footage. Add a vignette to your video. Matrix effect. Working with Illustrator Working with Photoshop Green Screen Masking. Animating bar, line & pie charts. 3D type. Animating static images using parallax Character animation
In this course you’ll create over 15 smaller projects so you can gain experience with the software. You can also use the exercises we create in your own portfolio.
You’ll need Adobe After Effects installed on your computer. A 30 day free trial can be downloaded directly from Adobe.
If you’ve been excited by the world of motion graphics but still haven’t started. This beginner course is perfect for you.
Dan (Adobe Certified Instructor)
Overview
Section 1: Start Here
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Exercise Files
Lecture 3 Relinking missing footage
Section 2: Getting started quickly
Lecture 4 Project vs Compositions
Lecture 5 What’s the right composition settings
Lecture 6 Changing the length of your composition
Lecture 7 Matching composition to video size
Lecture 8 Type Animation
Lecture 9 Easing your animation
Lecture 10 Blurring your text while it moves
Lecture 11 How to render or export your After Effects animation
Section 3: My computer is really crappy & I keep getting lost.
Lecture 12 My computer is really slow – help
Lecture 13 Empty your disk cache to clear hard drive space
Lecture 14 I’ve lost my timeline in After Effects.
Section 4: Title overlays, lower thirds & water marks
Lecture 15 Lower thirds type animation
Lecture 16 Creating a watermark in After Effects
Lecture 17 Rules of motion graphics – anticipation
Lecture 18 Custom easing using the graph editor in After Effects
Lecture 19 Adding audio & music to your video
Section 5: Inspiration
Lecture 20 Inspiration for you motion graphics
Section 6: Fixing / Cleaning up your video
Lecture 21 Trimming the length of a video.
Lecture 22 Color correction, exposure & adjustment layers
Lecture 23 Creating a vignette in After Effects
Lecture 24 Fixing shaky footage with warp stabilizer
Section 7: Camera tracking + Time Remapping
Lecture 25 Add text to live action video
Lecture 26 Matrix effect using time remapping
Lecture 27 Text to follow live action
Section 8: Animating illustrations
Lecture 28 Working with Illustrator in After Effects
Lecture 29 Looping your animation
Lecture 30 Grouping is called a pre-comp
Lecture 31 How to make a motion path
Section 9: Masking & green screen
Lecture 32 Green screen (Keying)
Lecture 33 Basic Masking
Lecture 34 Object & mask animate separately – Track Matts
Lecture 35 Rotoscoping & faking depth of field
Lecture 36 Rotobrush – putting type behind video objects
Section 10: Infographics
Lecture 37 Animated infographic line chart
Lecture 38 Pie chart infographic in After Effects
Section 11: Cameras
Lecture 39 Using cameras in After Effects
Lecture 40 Animating a screen capture or screencast
Section 12: Animated static images
Lecture 41 Animating static images using parallax
Lecture 42 Add fake lights with CC Light Rays
Lecture 43 Creating dust particles in After Effects
Section 13: Swinging text
Lecture 44 Swinging text in After Effects
Section 14: Puppet tool.
Lecture 45 Character animation using the Puppet pin tool
Section 15: Effects and presets
Lecture 46 Spinning globe & star effects
Section 16: Exporting advanced
Lecture 47 Making your video file size really small
Lecture 48 Put all your files in one place – collect files
Section 17: What now?
Lecture 49 Next steps
Section 18: Extras
Lecture 50 BONUS: Software Updates 2022
Lecture 51 Cheat Sheet
This course is for people who want to start earning money as a motion graphics designer. ,This course is for beginners wanting to learn to use After Effects for motion graphics and infographics. ,No previous After Effects or animation skills are necessary. ,This course is for absolute beginners. ,From Zero to Hero. ,This course is NOT for people who have a good understanding of After Effects already. This is for new people only.