Your First After Effects Project
1h 13mBeginner2020-05-26
Authors
Eran Stern
Teacher and Motion Designer, 20+ years of post-production experience
Course details
Take your Photoshop skills to the next level by adding Adobe After Effects. Make the most out of the integration between the two programs to create, animate, and mock-up a static design and bring it to life. In this course, instructor Eran Stern takes you from start to finish through a real-world After Effects project, from bringing PSD files and footage into After Effects to animating layers and text using effects and presets and parenting. Learn how to replace clips, render your result, and create a mockup to simulate how the design will be used in the real world.
Topics include:
Importing and organizing footage
Matching the design
Animating text and layers
Compositing
Creating a mockup
Rendering and exporting your project
Topics include:
Importing and organizing footage
Matching the design
Animating text and layers
Compositing
Creating a mockup
Rendering and exporting your project
Skills covered
Motion GraphicsAfter EffectsPhotoshopRenderingMotion Graphics and VFXProjectVisualization and Real-TimeAdobeAECProduct and ManufacturingAnimation and Illustration
Concepts
Introduction
- Animating a static design
Import and Organize
- Introduction to After Effects
- Reviewing the Photoshop design
- Creating a composition from footage
- Import, organize, and trim the project
Match the Design
- Matching colors
- Converting to live text
Animation
- Changing kerning and animating a texture
- Revealing a layer using a transition
- Animating text with presets
- Animating layers using parenting
Compositing
- Replacing clips
- Creating a mockup, part 1
- Creating a mockup, part 2
Rendering
- Rendering a master file
- Exporting to the web
Conclusion
- Next steps