Author › Angie Taylor
Angie Taylor is an art director, illustrator, and motion graphic designer based in the UK. She studied fine art at Edinburgh College of Art (Heriot-Watt University) and had a 14-year career as a motion graphic artist producing animation, visual effects, and motion graphics for television, film, video, and the web. During this time Angie also worked in the software industry as a product specialist, regularly touring for companies including Adobe and Apple. Angie delivers software demonstrations and seminars on digital filmmaking and animation processes at international tradeshows and conferences like NAB, IBC, and Macworld. She has provided custom training and consulting to companies including the BBC, Channel 4, Carlton, HTV, and MTV. Angie is the author of two successful Creative After Effects books published by Focal Press, as well as Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist, also published by Focal Press. Visit her website at http://www.angietaylor.co.uk.
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Tour the interface, learn the workflow, and be introduced to core techniques like working with artboards, understanding layers and objects, and making and moving selections.
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Master the art of combining text and motion to express ideas in the form of animation designed to accompany spoken word or music.
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Understand the complete workflow involved in creating stereo 3D, from setting up a stereo 3D rig, to compositing footage and adjusting settings, to adding finishing touches like depth of field and motion blur.
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Discover how to import layered files and paths from Illustrator into After Effects, animate flat vector artwork in both 2D and 3D space, and output your animations.
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Teaches you how to use Illustrator's tools and features to prepare 2D files for animation in Adobe After Effects.
