How to Bring Your Text to Life in After Effects
Offered By: CreativeLive
Course Description
Overview
ABOUT OLIVER'S CLASS:
In this class, you won’t just learn how to create text animation, but rather the fundamentals and understanding of animation that lies behind. Using the principles of animation, such as squash & stretch, as well as the laws of physics, you will get a better understanding of how to make animation get a sense of weight. That includes learning why and when to use certain techniques, and not just how to use them. The class is for any skill level - trained professionals that want to dive deeper and learn new techniques, or beginners that want to get started in the field.
SOFTWARE USED:
Adobe After Effects CC
ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Oliver Randorff is a freelance motion designer from Denmark with more than 8 years of experience in the field.
Syllabus
- Introduction
- Setting Up the Project
- Picking a Color Scheme
- Shapes to Cover the Text
- Quiz: Getting Started
- Animating the Path
- From Path to Shapes
- Quiz: Stroke Morph
- Squash & Stretch
- Bouncy Rotation
- Blinking Colors
- Quiz: Text
- Sequencing the Animation
- Animating the Dot
- Final Touches
- Exporting
- Quiz: Adjustments
- Final Quiz
Taught by
Oliver Randorff
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