After Effects for Graphic Design

Learn how to use After Effects for graphic design and create stunning, unique, and professional-quality assets for print, web, and photography.

Introduction

• Use After Effects for your design projects
• About the exercise files
• A brief introduction to After Effects
• Get comfortable with the After Effects interface
• Import Photoshop files
• Export Photoshop, JPG, and PNG files

1. Create Special Effects

• Create an editorial graphic
• Add a dramatic lighting effect
• Add a page curl
• Create a burst of light
• Color keying for transparent imagery
• Color keying for advanced transparency: Part 1
• Color keying for advanced transparency: Part 2

2. Create Patterns and Textures

• Create a kaleidoscope pattern
• Generate a unique texture
• Create line art from a photo
• Shapes with radio waves
• Interlocking zigzag pattern

3. Generate Artwork from (Almost) Nothing

• Enhance an illustration with lightning
• Enhance an illustration with rain
• Create a water surface: Part 1
• Create a water surface: Part 2
• Create a water surface: Part 3
• Make realistic melted chocolate: Part 1
• Make realistic melted chocolate: Part 2
• Create bubbles for champagne: Part 1
• Create bubbles for champagne: Part 2

Conclusion

• Where to go from here