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Motion Graphic Design: Composition

Offered By: LinkedIn Learning

Tags

Animation Courses Adobe After Effects Courses Adobe Illustrator Courses Cinema 4D Courses Color Theory Courses Adobe Capture Courses

Course Description

Overview

Learn about the basic principles of composition for motion graphic designers, and how to apply these principles in your designs.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Course structure
1. Color in Motion Graphic Design
  • Thinking about color, contrast, line, and shape
  • Color inspiration with Adobe Capture app
  • Sampling colors from photographs in Adobe Illustrator
  • Creating swatch groups in Adobe illustrator
  • Sampling colors from outside Adobe applications
2. Positioning Elements On Screen
  • Adding dimension with space, motion, and depth
  • Using grids and guides to help with layout
  • The essential principles of composition
  • Gestalt theory in graphic design
3. Creating 2D Artwork for Motion Graphics
  • Creating vector shapes with Adobe Capture app
  • Sketching roughs in Adobe Draw
  • Coloring artwork in Adobe Draw
  • Refining sketches in Illustrator
  • Making cartoon hands from primitive shapes
  • Proportional grids in Illustrator
  • Illustrator layer structure for 2D animation
  • Applying color via CC Libraries in Illustrator
  • Composing design elements in After Effects
4. Creating 3D Artwork for Motion Graphics
  • When to use Cinema 4D for 2D-style animation
  • Using the Cinema 4D cameras to create animation
  • Giving 3D a cartoon effect with cel shaders
  • Applying textures selectively with Set Selection
  • Incorporating 3D objects in After Effects with the C4D Renderer
  • Adding depth to 3D objects with shading
Conclusion
  • Goodbye

Taught by

Angie Taylor

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