Andy Needham, motion graphics artist and animation director introduces Ray Dynamic Color; a script by Sander van Dijk which can be downloaded from aescripts.com. Andy demonstrates how to re-color artwork using the script. Then Andy completes the dashboard tiles which we'll be using to build the dashboard screens.
- [Voiceover] Let's finish our dashboard tile template…by adding some color, then we'll use it…to complete the remaining dashboard tiles…by duplicating it, renaming it, and going in…and changing some properties.…To color the artwork we're going to use a script called,…Ray Dynamic Color, which can be found on aescripts.com.…There's instructions here on how to install…the script and you'll see it's a real time saver…and worth every cent, in my opinion.…With the script installed,…let's take a look at how we'd recolor our artwork.…
So you can find the script in the Window, Ray Dynamic Color…and we'll just click this and it'll open up a new palette.…So what we want to do is add the effect.…Click this plus button and it will a new composition…with a series of color effects.…So, we want to open up the comp…and you can see we have these effects here…and I will take these tile steps here.…What we can do is just click color two, for example,…and that is gonna add a fill effect to our text,…so we can go through and do that…
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5/17/2018Released
6/6/2016In this course, Andy Needham shows how to create an app interface from scratch using Adobe Illustrator, and then take the finished design into After Effects for animation. This is a start-to-finish project, going from concept sketches to the final product (an animated GIF). The prototype will showcase the navigation and interactive aspects of the app interface and can be used for marketing or gathering client and user feedback.
- Sketching ideas
- Planning ahead: knowing your target output
- Designing screens in Illustrator
- Preparing artwork for After Effects
- Creating reusable components
- Building and animating screens
- Adding transitions and gesture animations
- Exporting the final sequence as an animated GIF
Skill Level Intermediate
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Q: This course was updated on 05/17/2018. What changed?
A: New videos were added that cover working with Sketch2AE.
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Introduction
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Welcome34s
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1. App Plan and Pre-Production
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The app creation33s
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Sketch out ideas3m 8s
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Choose the user journey1m 45s
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2. Explore the App Screens
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3. Prepare Assets for Animation in After Effects
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Set up and import artwork5m 14s
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Create reusable components4m 31s
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Build the Dashboard tiles6m 26s
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Build the Dashboard screens7m 25s
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4. Animate in After Effects
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Animate the Steps screen8m 29s
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Animate the Friends screen7m 50s
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5. Build and Export the Sequence
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Export the final sequence4m 45s
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6. Work with Sketch2AE
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What is Sketch2AE?1m 36s
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Install Sketch2AE1m 56s
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Prepare artwork in Sketch4m 24s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 9s
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