Introduction To Animating In After Effects

Introduction To Animating In After Effects (Part 1) is the first of a four part series to introduce Adobe After Effects to aspiring animators and motion designers with little or no experience with the software.

Perfect for Graphic Designers or Illustrators with an interest in animation or motion design, this series is a comprehensive survey of After Effects fundamentals that will give you a real understanding of the software and allow you to begin creating your own unique work with confidence.

Taught by Morgan Williams, an animator with over 25 years of professional experience and almost 10 years of experience as an animation instructor, this class is packed with professional techniques and practices to make your workflow smart and efficient.

But you won’t just be learning about software; throughout the series, software techniques will be connected to the principles of animation and other “bigger ideas” behind successful animation and motion design work, giving you a strong foundation both technically and creatively.

In Introduction To Animating In After Effects (Part 1), we will focus on:

Understanding the basic After Effects workspace
Project window
Composition window
Timeline window

Working with basic shape layers

The 5 basic layer properties
Anchor point
Position
Scale
Rotation
Opacity

Basic animation procedures and principles
Creating and editing keyframes
Timing and spacing
Ease in and ease out
Adding “easy eases”
Hold keyframes
Editing motion paths

Working with audio
The importance of sync
Importing audio
“Timing out” a track with markers
Syncing animation to audio

Completing and rendering an animation