Become A Motion Graphic Designer Using After Effects

Project vs Compositions Preview 03:42

After this video you'll know the difference between a Project and a Composition in Adobe After Affects. 

What’s the right composition settings Preview 02:59

After this video you'll know exactly what setting you need to create your videos in. 

Changing the length of your composition Preview 00:57

After completing this video you'll be able to change the length of your motion graphic animation. 

Matching composition to video size Preview 03:20

After completing this video you will be able to automatically choose the correct size and length of your After Effects composition.

Type Animation Preview 09:22

After completing this video you'll know how to create your first type animation motion graphic. 

Easing your animation Preview 03:51

After completing this video you'll learn the first of the secret sauces that make up slick looking motion graphics.

Blurring your text while it moves Preview 03:50

After completing this video you'll learn the second of the motion graphic secrets to beautiful animated typography. 

How to render or export your After Effects animation Preview 04:30

After completing this video you'll know how to easily export your first video ready for Youtube, Vimeo or your own website. 

What is the best video size to start with?

My computer is really slow - help Preview 06:50

After completing this video you'll know what to do if you find your laptop is running a little slow. All the tricks in the book to make your animation preview super fast. 

Empty your disk cache to clear hard drive space Preview 02:40

After completing this video you'll know how to make loads of room for your motion graphics files on your hard drive. 

I’ve lost my timeline in After Effects. Preview 01:50

After completing this video you'll know what to do if you get lost inside After Effects. A great trick for newbies. 

Lower thirds type animation Preview 12:10

After completing this video you'll know how to create title that appear above people when they are talking in interviews. 

Creating a watermark in After Effects Preview 04:15

After completing this video you'll know how to add a watermark to your video. The watermark is the small transparent logo that appears in the corner of the video (like the Udemy logo. 

Rules of motion graphics - anticipation Preview 01:13

After completing this video you'll know the best keep secret in motion graphics - Anticipation. This technique will turn your boring infographics into stunning animation. 

Custom easing using the graph editor in After Effects Preview 10:06

Adding audio & music to your video Preview 07:49

After completing this video you'll know how to add upbeat background music to your motion graphics projects.   

Inspiration for you motion graphics Preview 04:15

After completing this video you'll know the best places to go to get inspired for your first work. 

Trimming the length of a video. Preview 03:37

After completing this video you'll know how to trim and edit your video into smaller, more dynamic footage. 

Color correction, exposure & adjustment layers Preview 08:21

After completing this video you'll know how to take ugly video and make it look amazing. 

Creating a vignette in After Effects Preview 03:26

After completing this video you'll know how to add a vignette. A vignette is the dark cloudy fog near the edges of video. They make motion graphics feel more awesome.  

Fixing shaky footage with warp stabilizer Preview 11:41

After completing this video you'll know what to do when you have jumpy footage. We'll take hand held mobile phone footage and make it look very professional.  

Add text to live action video Preview 09:26

After completing this video you'll know how to add text to your footage that feels like it's actually in the shot. Very cool. 

Matrix effect using time remapping Preview 05:20

After completing this video you'll learn how to create slow motion like the 'bullet time' using in the movie 'The Matrix'. 

Text to follow live action Preview 14:32

After completing this video you'll know how to get type animations to follow your subjects around in the screen. 

Working with Illustrator in After Effects Preview 10:06

After completing this video you'll know how to use your skills in Illustrator (if you have any). You'll create your graphics in Illustrator and bring them into After Effects to be animated correctly.  

Looping your animation Preview 01:36

After completing this video you'll learn how to loop your animations. 

Grouping is called a pre-comp Preview 06:07

After completing this video you'll know how to group your animations together. Making it easy to move them around.  

How to make a motion path Preview 04:38

After completing this video you'll learn how to get your motion graphics to follow any line your create. In this video we'll animate a hip little fish and get him to move around the video. 

You want to group animated layers together. What is this technique called?

Green screen (Keying) Preview 07:02

After completing this video you'll know how to cut people out from a Green Screen. 

Basic Masking Preview 05:38

After completing this video you'll learn how to create a basic mask in After Effects. 

Object & mask animate separately - Track Matts Preview 04:59

After completing this video you'll learn how to make a cooler mask with different layers animating separately with cool motion graphic effects. 

Rotoscoping & faking depth of field Preview 11:09

After completing this video you'll know how to mask more completed things like moving people in a video. 

Rotobrush - putting type behind video objects Preview 12:22

After completing this video you'll learn how to mask objects in your video and put type animation between them. 

Animated infographic line chart Preview 12:47

After completing this video you'll learn how to make an animated infographic line chart. 

Pie chart infographic in After Effects Preview 07:14

After completing this video you'll learn how to make an animated infographic pie chart. We'll have the bars expanding and slices popping out for cool motion graphic effect. 

Using cameras in After Effects Preview 08:21

After completing this video you'll learn how to create a camera to follow objects around in your motion graphic animations. 

Animating a screen capture or screencast Preview 06:02

After completing this video you'll know how to take your boring screen shot video into moving, slick motion graphics.

Animating static images using parallax Preview 07:04

After completing this video you'll know how to cut up still photographs from Photoshop and make them feel like they are moving, live footage. The term is parallax and it is beautiful. 

Add fake lights with CC Light Rays Preview 04:01

After completing this video you'll learn how to add moving lights to your static images to make them feel like they are totally motion/live footage. 

Creating dust particles in After Effects Preview 09:59

After completing this video you'll know how to fake dust particles in the air. You can use the same effect for snow & rain. 

Swinging text in After Effects Preview 10:36

After completing this video you'll know how to create typography that swings down in 3d space. You'll make text that swings and that is all connected together. 

Character animation using the Puppet pin tool Preview 05:53

After completing this video you'll know how to animate a cartoon character. Fun. 

Spinning globe & star effects Preview 06:56

After completing this video you'll know how to create a spinning earth globe in space. Taking full advantage of the built in effects, showing off how to make motion graphic amazingness with only a few clicks. 

Making your video file size really small Preview 08:50

After completing this video you'll know how to make a version of your video that is super small and easy to email to customers. 

Put all your files in one place - collect files Preview 02:40

After completing this video you'll know how to collect all the files you've been working on into one place. This trick makes everything so very tidy. 

Next steps Preview 03:55

This is the final video and we'll talk about what you can do next to ensure you have an amazing time as a motion graphic designer. 

BONUS: Software Updates 2022 Preview 04:48

Cheat Sheet Preview 04:41