Animation for Social Media

Learn how to convert a static design to a social video campaign.

Introduction

• Animation for social media

1. Knowing the Outcome

• Social media challenges
• What makes a good social video?
• Social media kinds and sizes

2. Preparing for Animation

• Splitting Illustrator artboards to documents
• Importing Illustrator artwork through XD
• Separating Illustrator artwork to layers
• Creating a note symbol

3. Main Animation

• Importing and setting the comp
• Trimming layers
• Animating with ease
• Creating an overshoot animation
• Adding depth and separation
• Animating with behaviors
• Applying attributes to other layers

4. Hero Motion

• Bending a layer
• Filling missing pixels

5. Text Animation

• Copying text from Illustrator to After Effects
• Using built-in animation presets
• Staggering overlapping animation

6. Particles

• Intoduction to particles
• Making a particle layer
• Creating music notes particles

7. Exporting

• Exporting for web
• Creating GIF animation
• Optimizing GIFs

8. Challenge

• Challenge: Completing the series
• Solution: Completing the series

Conclusion

• Next steps