AI and Machine Learning Tools for After Effects
2h 16mIntermediate2023-11-13
Authors
Eran Stern
Teacher and Motion Designer, 20+ years of post-production experience
Course details
AI is transforming creative endeavors of all kinds, and motion graphics are no exception. Adobe After Effects users can tap into a variety of features and third-party add-ons to streamline tedious tasks, generate imagery, colorize footage, fix lighting problems, and much more. In this course, Eran Stern explores the ways AI and machine learning are transforming motion graphics for the better—to, in his words, "stay creative in an AI world."
Skills covered
Artificial Intelligence for DesignMotion GraphicsAfter EffectsRenderingVideoMotion Graphics and VFXPhotographyGraphic DesignVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and IllustrationOne-Off
Concepts
Introduction
- Stay creative in an AI world
- What you should know
- Using the exercise files
- Customizing the interface
Masking and Rotoscoping
- Using the Roto Brush tool
- Refining the matte
- Next-gen Roto Brush
- Generating mattes with Mask Prompter
- Keying impossible backgrounds
- Automatic human matting
- Face detection and blurring
Generating Content
- Using Content-Aware Fill
- Generating text effects
- Integrating AI titles into video
- Creating Generative Fill with Photoshop
- Tracking Generative Fill result to video
- Interacting with generative AI directly
- Text to image generator
Improving Footage
- Super slow motion
- Enlarging footage
- Convert videos into cartoons
- Colorizing video
- Colorizing using a reference frame
- Fixing low light issues
- De-noise footage
- Removing motion blur
Other Tools
- Automatic depth estimation
- Write scripts with Chat GPT
- Video enhancement tools
- Runway AI
Conclusion
- Next steps