After Effects Guru: Keyframe Assistants

Explore After Effects tools that help with the animation "between" the animation: Keyframe Assistant, expressions, and third-party assistants like Layer Monkey and Ease and Wizz.

Introduction

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

1. Building and Controlling Animation with Sequence Layers

• Preparing Creative Cloud assets for animation
• Building the sequence of layers
• Distributing and positioning a sequence of images
• Controlling playback of sequenced layers with time controls
• Putting it all together

2. Keyframe Animation Techniques

• Exploring motion between keyframes
• Adding intensity to animation with audio-driven keyframes
• Creating dynamic random animation with the Wiggler

3. Expanding Animation with Expressions

• Getting started with expressions
• Creating expressions for type animation
• Creating random motion with expressions
• Simulating realistic movement with expressions
• Converting animation between expressions and keyframes
• Saving expressions

4. Increasing Productivity with Third-Party Assistants

• Installing third-party assistant scripts
• Understanding LayerMonkey and TypeMonkey
• Building animation with TypeMonkey
• Building custom animations with LayerMonkey
• Building animation with MotionMonkey
• Combining LayerMonkey and MotionMonkey
• Exploring Ease and Wizz
• Positioning layers with PlaneSpace
• Repeating graphics with Trapcode Echospace

Conclusion

• Next steps