From Graphic Designer to Motion Designer
Grow from being an illustrator to animating your designs and creating compelling storyboards and motion graphics.
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Overview
Have you ever thought of bringing your illustrations to life? Take your Adobe Illustrator skills to the next level: After Effects!
You’ll discover the unlimited potential of using Illustrator with After Effects; the leading software for digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing. Whether you're working on elaborate animated explainer projects or creating fun posts for social media, this course has everything you need to start today.
You’ll become familiar with the After Effects interface, learn how to prepare Illustrator files for After Effects and eventually create your own animated video.
Course Outline:
This course will teach you:
- how to use your Adobe Illustrator files in After Effects.
- the interface of After Effects.
- the basics of animation.
- how to work with compositions and scene transitions.
- how to create responsive designs.
- how to collect and export projects.
- the full process of creating an animation.
Become the motion designer you've always dreamed of!
Curriculum
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Module 1 - Illustrator & the Advantages of Working in After Effects 26:00
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Module 2 - Adobe Illustrator for After Effects 57:46
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Module 3 - Introduction to After Effects 1:22:57
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Module 4 - After Effects and the Animation Basics 1:19:25
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Module 5 - After Effects and Using Nested Comps & Transitions 26:25
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Module 6 - After Effects: Responsive Design, Collecting & Exporting 36:35
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Module 7 - After Effects: Creating a Full Animation 57:07
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Description
Over 7 modules and 33 lessons, you will be able to take your basic graphic design skills and become an Adobe After Effects animator.
This course will cover the following:
Module 1 - Illustrator & the Advantages of Working in After Effects
- Illustrator vs Photoshop When Working in After Effects
- Quiz
- Workflow Between Illustrator and After Effects
- Quiz
- Setting Up Illustrator Files for After Effects
- Quiz
- Assignment 1a
- Assignment 1a - Review
Module 2 - Adobe Illustrator for After Effects
- Working with Multiple Artboards in Adobe Illustrator
- Quiz
- Exporting Artboards
- Quiz
- Working with Layers in Adobe Illustrator
- Quiz
- Assignment 2a
- Assignment 2a - Review
- Strokes, Fills, Paths & Masks
- Quiz
- Shapes
- Quiz
- Shapes as Paths and Position Keyframes
- Quiz
- Illustrator Layers as After Effects Shapes
- Quiz
- Assignment 2b
- Assignment 2b - Review
Module 3 - Introduction to After Effects
- Introduction to After Effects
- Quiz
- The After Effects Interface, Tool Panels & Compositions
- Quiz
- The After Effects Interface, Timeline & Types of Layers
- Quiz
- Assignment 3a
- Assignment 3a - Review
- Keyframe Interactions
- Quiz
- Moving on the Timeline & Types of Keyframes
- Quiz
- Working with Keyframes
- Quiz
- Assignment 3b
- Assignment 3b - Review
- Essential Graphics and How They Work
- Quiz
- How to Use Essential Graphics
- Quiz
- Saving and Loading Essential Graphics
- Quiz
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Assignment 3c
- Assignment 3c - Review
Module 4 - After Effects: the Animation Basics
- Animation Pacing, Timing and Rhythm
- Quiz
- Animating Adobe Illustrator Layers
- Quiz
- Animating Masks & Track Mattes
- Quiz
- Assignment 4a
- Assignment 4a - Review
- Animating Shape Layers
- Quiz
- Animate Using Paths
- Quiz
- Text Animation
- Quiz
- Assignment 4b
- Assignment 4b - Review
Module 5 - After Effects: Using Nested Comps & Transitions
- Working with Nested Compositions
- Quiz
- Creating Scene Transitions
- Quiz
Module 6 - After Effects: Responsive Design, Collecting & Exporting
- Creating Responsive Design Compositions
- Quiz
- Collecting & Exporting
- Quiz
- Assignment 6a
- Assignment 6b - Review
Module 7 - After Effects: Creating a Full Animation
- The Brief, Script & First Steps
- Animation
- Assignment 7a
- Assignment 7a - Review
- Working with Audio in After Effects
- Assignment 7b
Who is this course for?
Graphic designers wanting to become After Effects animators or motion designers.
Requirements
- Intermediate Graphic Design skills
- Intermediate Adobe Illustrator skills
Career path
Being proficient in After Effects opens the doors to many opportunities, namely:
- Marketing and retail
- Motion Design
- Animation
- Video Games
- Television
- Movies
- eLearning
- Social media
Places that offer freelance or full time employment include:
- Corporations
- Motion design studios
- Television networks
- Film studios
- Video game companies
- Tech and edTech companies
- Nonprofits
- Startups
- Marketing agencies
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