After Effects Scripts & Tips: 2 Design Theory & Animation

Discover free third-party scripts and tips for incorporating typography, color, contrast, and animation into your After Effects projects.

Introduction

• Course introduction: Design Theory & Animation
• Using this course

1. Installing Scripts

• Installing scripts

2. Design Theory Scripts

• Designing with C.R.A.P. (the four principles of design)
• Better vector tools with Shapes & Masks
• Create Gear and TextBox scripts
• Create3DShapes script
• More robust alignment with the Align3D script
• Alignment and proximity animation with Gridder

3. Color Theory Scripts

• Quick color theory
• Color palettes in AE with Adobe Color Themes
• Color palettes in AE with Swatcher Script
• Randomized colors with Randomatic

4. Typography Scripts

• Typography: Consider it for font's sake!
• Saving customized fonts with the Font Styles Library script
• Breaking up text layers with the DecomposeText script
• Animating text with the TextEvo script
• Spell check in AE with the After Spell script

5. Design Tips and Fixes

• The 5-step quick composite for a unified look
• Texture quickly with Ray Dynamic Texture
• Utilizing layer guides, grids, and guide layers
• Customizing font files with FontForge

6. Quick Projects

• Creating infographics
• Retro LCD style with LCDeffect and ASCII Generator
• Photos in motion

Conclusion

• Next steps