Complete Intro to Motion Design - Full After Effects Course

Dive into a comprehensive 2-hour and 15-minute Adobe After Effects course designed for beginners in motion graphics. Learn the technical processes and theory behind modern motion design, covering topics such as animating text with smears and overshoot, creating shapes from text, using the graph editor, working with null objects, and incorporating 3D layers. Master techniques like adding realism to animations, using layer effects, working with gradients, and creating texture with noise and turbulent displace. Progress through five chapters, each building upon the last, to create a complete motion design project. By the end of this course, gain the skills and knowledge needed to start animating right away and create impressive motion graphics using Adobe After Effects.

Intro
Chapter One
Resources
Beginning the Project
Preparing a New Composition
Animating Text with Smears and Overshoot
Creating Shapes from Text & Animation Prep
Animating our Shape Outlines
Using the Graph Editor
Adding Realism to your Animation with Overshoot
Animating Shapes with Multiple Paths
Animating the Rest of the Characters
Offsetting the Animation for Impact Sequencing
Working with Null Objects for Parent Animation
Adding our Work to the Main Composition
Tweaking Pre-Comp to fit Main Comp
Chapter Two
Setting the Stage
Rebuiling the T with Shape Layers
Aligning Objects to Paths with Nulls
Editing Shape Properties to Make Realistic Motion
Maintaining Momentum by Editing the Value Graph
Second Animation Pass to Add Details
Splitting the Layer to Make the T-Spin
Adding Squash and Stretch When it Lands
Adding the Crossbar to the T
Adding the Bouncing O
Adding Squash and Stretch to the Bouncing O
Adding it All Into the Main Composition
Chapter Three
Setting up the Composition
Using Shape Layers to Replace Individual Characters
Using the Rectangle as a Mask for the Text Layer
Animating the Mask Layer
Using Layer Effects Roughen Edges on Shape Layer
Animating the Effect with a Simple Script
Adding it to the Main Composition
Chapter Four
Preparing the Composition
Working with Gradients
Animating the Text
Venetian Blinds Effect on Text
Assembling the Separate Pieces
Animating the Pieces Coming Together
Linking Different Expression Animations Together with Sliders
Reviewing the Changes in the Main Comp
Chapter Five
Setting Up the Composition
Using Warp to Pucker and Bloat the Logo
Working With 3D Layers
Adding Texture with Noise and Turbulent Displace
Adding Texture with Animated Texture Overlays
The Final Product
Members Shoutouts