Beginner's Guide to Animate Fun Social Media Reels in Adobe After Effects

This is a complete beginner’s course on animating fun social media reels in After Effects. If you're interested in the world of motion design and want to learn how to animate a real social media project as a total beginner, this is the class for you! This is a comprehensive course covering everything you need to know to start creating social media animations in Adobe After Effects right away. You'll learn everything you need to get started with animating your own video right away and tons of topics below to help you learn this program the professional way and animate professionally in no time.

• Getting brief from client
• How much to charge
• Project estimate
• Evaluate assets from clients
• Coming up with storyboards
• Source and edit music for social media
• Prepare files in Photoshop
• Importing artwork
• Manipulating layers
• Layer Organization
• Creating a Composition
• Keyframe Animation
• Simple animation principles
• Working with graph editors
• Working with Text
• Working with Special Effects
• Working with 3rd party assets
• Animating vector artworks
• Masking & Trim Path Effects
• Working on complex transition 
• A variety of tools inside After Effects
• Keyboard shortcuts
• Workflow tips and tricks

And so much more! Once you've completed this course you'll be fully equipped to take on any similar social media projects and feel confident to continue on your journey of  motion graphics mastery.

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Classes mentioned in the lesson videos:

Beginner's Guide to Adobe After Effects 2023: Learn Motion Graphics

Animation Principles In Motion Design: Secrets of Great Motion Graphics

Other classes:

Explainer Videos From Storyboard to Animation

Stop Motion In After Effects: Animate Collage Style Explainer Videos

• Introduction
• New Gig Alert
• Class Project
• Build Winning Storyboard
• File Prep Best Practices
• Pro AE Project Setup
• Easiest Way to Edit Music
• Start The Animation
• Frame One Elements
• Secondary Animation
• Fun Stretched Text
• Liquid Transition
• Exclusive Community
• Animate 2nd Scene Efficiently
• Finishing Up 2nd Scene
• Spiral Animation
• Fruit Ninja
• Stretched Text 2
• Liquid Logo Reveal
• Final Touch
• Render
• Congrats
• Great News!