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Adobe Photoshop Animation & Motion Graphics Course by Phil Ebiner, Tony Ross
Learn to build animations, GIFs, and motion graphics right inside Photoshop with real hands-on projects.
Think Photoshop is just for still images? This course proves otherwise. You will use the Video Timeline, Smart Objects, and shape layers to build real motion graphics – rainy title scenes, parallax photos, coffee ads, and day-for-night shots – all without leaving Photoshop.
🎯 What you’ll learn
Create animations and motion graphics right within Photoshop
Work with the Video Timeline, Video Groups, and Smart Objects
Animate text, shape layers, masks, opacity, and rotation with fake easing
Build real-world projects like social ads, parallax photos, and day-for-night scenes
Export high-quality video and GIFs ready for sharing
✅ Requirements
Skills: No prior Photoshop or animation experience required, complete beginners welcome
Tools: Adobe Photoshop CC installed (course shown in latest CC, older/newer versions work too)
📝 Description
If you already live in Photoshop for design, you don’t need to jump to After Effects for simple motion work. This course shows you how to stay put and get it done. You start with the Video Timeline, Motion workspace, and keyframing, then move fast into stuff you will actually use: masks, Video Groups, onion skin, and export settings that don’t kill quality.
Most of the course is project-based, not theory. You will make a rainy street title with a person walking past text, turn a flat photo into a 2D to 3D parallax scene with Generative Fill, cut together social and coffee ads with animated borders and logos, spin pizzas and records on a roundabout, and flip a daytime clip to night with LUTs and adjustment layers. Short lessons, downloadable files, follow along and build.
The teaching style is straight to the point. No long intros, no fluff. Phil and Tony walk through each setup click-by-click, explain why easing and timing matter for clean motion, and show the little fixes – like purging the video cache when playback gets choppy – that save you headaches on real jobs.
🧑🎓 Who this course is for
Video editors, graphic designers, and web designers who want motion without leaving Photoshop
Anyone who wants to create GIFs, social ads, and short animations right within Photoshop
🧑🏫 About the Author
Phil Ebiner is a best-selling online instructor known for practical photo, video, and design courses with millions of students. Tony Ross is the lead instructor for this course, handling the hands-on Photoshop animation workflow and real-world ad projects. Together they focus on short, clear lessons built around doing, not just watching.
🏁 Final Result
A set of finished Photoshop animation projects – rainy title sequence, 3D parallax photo, social media ad, coffee ad, spinning product loops, and day-for-night scene – exported as high-quality video ready for portfolio and clients.
Curriculum
📋 Course content
Module 1:Getting Started with Motion in Photoshop
Welcome to Our Photoshop Animation Course1:32
Introduction to Motion Graphics & Animation0:53
Customizing the “Motion” Workspace3:19
Working with the Video Timeline in Photoshop4:01
Support Files for Photoshop Animation & Motion Graphics1:05
Module 2:Core Animation Techniques
Using Smart Objects in your Videos8:16
Working with Video Groups6:03
How to Add Layer Masks5:08
Creating and Animating Shape Layers5:34
Adding Videos to Photoshop3:26
Duplicating Video Layers & Smart Objects3:58
Faking Easing In & Easing Out5:17
Purging the Video Cache0:52
Exporting Videos from Photoshop1:30
Using Onion Skin in Photoshop3:59
Module 3:Project: A Rainy Day Cinematic Title
A Rainy Day: Intro0:50
A Rainy Day: 1. Importing and Editing Video4:36
A Rainy Day: 2. Masking Type Layers3:41
A Rainy Day: 3. Adding Rain & Color FX to the scene5:41
A Rainy Day: Part 20:21
A Rainy Day: 4. Making a Person walk in Front of Text4:58
Module 4:Project: 2D to 3D Photo Parallax
2D to 3D Photo: Intro0:37
2D to 3D Photo: Creating Layers and Using AI to fill in Backgrounds6:26
2D to 3D Photo: Creating a Parallax Scene and using AI to add elements6:27
2D to 3D Photo: Adding editing AI elements and Adjusting light and shadow3:00
Module 5:Project: Social Media Ad
Social Media Ad: Intro0:19
Social Media Ad: Setting up the Layers and Images7:07
Social Media Ad: How to Animate Shape Layers4:32
Social Media Ad: Animating PNG elements, and adding Easing to the Motion3:42
Social Media Ad: Masking PNGs and and Animating Opacity7:13
Module 6:Project: Coffee Ad
A Coffee Ad: Intro0:44
A Coffee Ad: Adding and Scaling Video Layers9:17
A Coffee Ad: Adding in Shape Layers as Borders and Dividers5:04
A Coffee Ad: Adding and Animating Layer Masks for Videos5:31
A Coffee Ad: Adding Text and Layers Styles to the Ad6:01
A Coffee Ad: Animating the Borders7:05
A Coffee Ad: Importing and Animating a Vector Logo as a Smart Object5:11
Module 7:Project: Roundabout and Pizza
A Roundabout and Pizza: Intro0:36
A Roundabout and Pizza: Editing the Video and Generating an AI Pizza8:31
A Roundabout and Pizza: Using Adjustment Layers to Blend AI with the Video3:36
A Roundabout and Pizza: How to Animate the Rotation a Video Layer or Object7:31
A Roundabout and Pizza: Adding Text and how to Animate Easing in Photoshop3:35
Module 8:Project: Roundabout and Record Player
A Roundabout and Record Player: Intro0:58
A Roundabout and Record Player: Creating an AI Record and Importing PNGs5:07
A Roundabout and Record Player: Adding Rotation FX and Blending Modes to AI5:08
A Roundabout and Record Player: Adding a Record Label via Vector Smart Object4:25
A Roundabout and Record Player: Animating the Turntable Arm4:28
Module 9:Project: Day for Night Look
Day for Night: Intro0:45
Day for Night: Use Adjustment Layers and Color to Turn Day to Night3:22
Day for Night: Use Color Lookup and LUTS to Turn Day to Night2:04
Day for Night: Use AI to add a Moon to the scene5:34
Day for Night: Add a Light Post using AI, and add a Lens flare to the scene9:32
Module 10:Wrap Up
Closing & What’s Next?0:47
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