After Effects for Graphic Design
2h 33mIntermediate2018-08-07
Authors
Chris Converse
Applies design and UX principles to technology
Course details
As a designer, you're constantly challenged to create new and compelling imagery for your projects. That sometimes requires new tools. After Effects is known for animation, but it's also a powerful program for graphic designers. Its panels and basic features are similar to Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign, which makes After Effects easier for designers to learn. This course offers a unique workflow, combining Photoshop with After Effects to create stunning, unique, and professional-quality assets for print, web, and photography. Instructor Chris Converse—founding partner of Codify Design Studio—shows how to create special effects, add dramatic lighting to photos, color key images, build textures and patterns, and generate artwork from almost nothing, producing effects like water, bubbles, lightning, and rain. The course is for any designer—even if you've never used After Effects before. Chris demos each example step by step, and shows how the results can be used in real-world design projects.
Learning objectives
Adding dramatic lighting
Color keying photos
Animating a page curl
Creating patterns and textures
Generating artwork from blank layers
Adding rain and lightning to illustrations
Creating water and bubbles
Learning objectives
Adding dramatic lighting
Color keying photos
Animating a page curl
Creating patterns and textures
Generating artwork from blank layers
Adding rain and lightning to illustrations
Creating water and bubbles
Skills covered
Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsPhotoshopRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXPersonaVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Use After Effects for your design projects
- 02 - About the exercise files
- 03 - A brief introduction to After Effects
- 04 - Get comfortable with the After Effects interface
- 05 - Import Photoshop files
- 06 - Export Photoshop, JPG, and PNG files
1. Create Special Effects
- 07 - Create an editorial graphic
- 08 - Add a dramatic lighting effect
- 09 - Add a page curl
- 10 - Create a burst of light
- 11 - Color keying for transparent imagery
- 12 - Color keying for advanced transparency - Part 1
- 13 - Color keying for advanced transparency - Part 2
2. Create Patterns and Textures
- 14 - Create a kaleidoscope pattern
- 15 - Generate a unique texture
- 16 - Create line art from a photo
- 17 - Shapes with radio waves
- 18 - Interlocking zigzag pattern
3. Generate Artwork from (Almost) Nothing
- 19 - Enhance an illustration with lightning
- 20 - Enhance an illustration with rain
- 21 - Create a water surface - Part 1
- 22 - Create a water surface - Part 2
- 23 - Create a water surface - Part 3
- 24 - Make realistic melted chocolate - Part 1
- 25 - Make realistic melted chocolate - Part 2
- 26 - Create bubbles for champagne - Part 1
- 27 - Create bubbles for champagne - Part 2
Conclusion
- 28 - Where to go from here