Dive into After Effects CC 2017. Learn essential motion graphic skills, including basic animation techniques and creating 3D text and geometry.
- [Instructor] Hi, I'm Alan Demafiles and welcome to this course where we cover essentials for creating motion graphics using After Effects. We'll look at its powerful type tool and see how adding type animators offers abilities to manipulate text that simply does not exist in other packages. Shape layers give us some of the power of Adobe Illustrator's vector tools directly inside of After Effects, along with the unique ability to add animation properties that become the foundation to the visual vocabulary used in today's motion graphics. We'll also cover essential animation techniques used to create more depth and personality to your projects.
Later, we'll touch on how we can introduce another dimension, literally, to our compositions by use of 3D layers and 3D geometry. Finally, we touch on several essential workflow tips that no beginner should start without. In addition to finishing out your project by rendering out a movie that you can then share with the world. So if you're ready to start expressing your creativity, let's get started.
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Released
1/24/2017- Working with shape layers, animation, compositing, and type
- Using Basic After Effects 3D
- Building a basic camera rig
- Using the Cinema 4D renderer
- Using Cinema 4D Lite
- Creating 3D text and 3D geometry
- Adding compositions to the Render Queue
- Recording multiple files with the Render Queue
- Using Adobe Media Encoder
- Using prerenders
- Collapsing transformations
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome55s
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Samples and inspiration2m 37s
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Big picture concepts3m 3s
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Using the exercise files1m 30s
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1. Working with Shape Layers
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Shape layer overview4m 51s
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Shape layers and transforms4m 18s
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Repeating elements6m 19s
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Creating write-on paths8m 28s
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2. Working with Animation
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Adding and adjusting keys6m 19s
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Anchor point fundamentals5m 59s
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Parenting6m 49s
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Motion sketching8m 25s
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3. Working with Compositing
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What is compositing?2m 54s
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Blending modes for layers6m 44s
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Creating and animating masks6m 57s
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Using track mattes5m 40s
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Adding effect filters7m 31s
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4. Working with Type
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Setting type6m 21s
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Using text animators6m 47s
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Animating type on a path7m 54s
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5. Basic After Effects 3D
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Intro to 3D layers5m 33s
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Cameras and lights6m 41s
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3D layer properties3m 42s
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Null object parenting4m 46s
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Building a basic camera rig7m 25s
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6. 3D Geometry
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Creating 3D text8m 4s
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Creating 3D geometry6m 27s
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CINEMA 4D Lite introduction5m 50s
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7. Rendering for Motion Graphics
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Using prerenders6m 34s
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8. Motion Graphic Workflow Tips
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Collapse transformations7m 6s
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Conclusion
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Goodbye17s
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