After Effects Scripts & Tips: 2 Design Theory & Animation
3h 56mAdvanced2017-09-06
Authors

Owen Lowery
Motion Graphics Artist and Animator
Course details
After Effects Scripts & Tips explores the best free third-party scripts, along with tactics, tricks, and workarounds, that make working in After Effects easier, more productive, and much more fun. In this course, instructor Owen Lowery focuses on a the design theories of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity (C.R.A.P.) and shows simple, effective ways to put that theory into practice. Learn about color management and how the underlying meaning of colors impact your design. Discover innovative ways to incorporate typography and custom fonts. Find out how to align 3D objects, integrate logo designs into projects, animate text, and more. The lessons aren't linear, so feel free to jump around and explore whatever scripts and tips are most interesting to you.
Learning objectives
Focusing on contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity
Creating vector graphics with the Shapes & Masks script
Aligning with the Align3D script
Developing color palettes with Adobe Color Themes and Swatcher Script
Randomizing colors with Randomatic
Saving custom fonts with the Font Styles Library plugin
Animating text with TextEvo
Texturing quickly with Ray Dynamic Texture
Customizing font files with FontForge
Creating infographics
Learning objectives
Focusing on contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity
Creating vector graphics with the Shapes & Masks script
Aligning with the Align3D script
Developing color palettes with Adobe Color Themes and Swatcher Script
Randomizing colors with Randomatic
Saving custom fonts with the Font Styles Library plugin
Animating text with TextEvo
Texturing quickly with Ray Dynamic Texture
Customizing font files with FontForge
Creating infographics
Skills covered
Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
Introduction
- Course introduction - Design Theory & Animation
- Using this course
Installing Scripts
- Installing scripts
Design Theory Scripts
- Designing with C.R.A.P. (the four principles of design)
- Better vector tools with Shapes & Masks
- Create Gear and TextBox scripts
- Create3DShapes script
- More robust alignment with the Align3D script
- Alignment and proximity animation with Gridder
Color Theory Scripts
- Quick color theory
- Color palettes in AE with Adobe Color Themes
- Color palettes in AE with Swatcher Script
- Randomized colors with Randomatic
Typography Scripts
- Typography - Consider it for font's sake
- Saving customized fonts with the Font Styles Library script
- Breaking up text layers with the DecomposeText script
- Animating text with the TextEvo script
- Spell check in AE with the After Spell script
Design Tips and Fixes
- The 5-step quick composite for a unified look
- Texture quickly with Ray Dynamic Texture
- Utilizing layer guides, grids, and guide layers
- Customizing font files with FontForge
Quick Projects
- Creating infographics
- Retro LCD style with LCDeffect and ASCII Generator
- Photos in motion
Conclusion
- Next steps