After Effects Guru: Integrating Type into Video

Discover how to combine text and video in After Effects in order to create visually stunning scenes.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know before watching this course
• Using the exercise files

1. An Eerie Opener Based on Type with Long, Tall Shadows

• Mood, story, and typeface decisions
• Create long, tall shadows
• Camera animation
• Add atmosphere and sound

2. Combine Type and Live Video Using Tracking, Keying, Distortion, and Displacement

• Analyze the shot and design the main title
• Planner tracking using mocha AE
• Pasting tracking data in After Effects
• Displacement and rotoscoping
• Create a sandstorm transition

3. Mograph Teaser Type Using Parenting and Faux 3D

• Examine the footage and plan the animation
• Add computer code animation
• Create a pulse animation
• Design the text and add logo elements
• Parent to motion and improve the look

4. Integrating 3D Animated Type with Live Action Footage

• Inspect the background video and check for appropriate typefaces
• 3D camera tracking
• 3D extrusion and materials
• Advanced 3D per-character animation
• Shadows, depth of field, and motion blur

Conclusion

• Goodbye