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Motion Design in After Effects – Character Animation & Coin Flip

Release date:2018, October

Duration:01 h 23 m

Author:JD McNeil

Skill level:Intermediate

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Do you know a little bit about After Effects? Well, whether you do or not this class is for you. This Skillshare class will take you through creating a character and diamond in illustrator, then prep it for animation, and finally animating it into a looping gif that you can use to share with your friends and family.

What You’ll Learn
Design in Illustrator: We will create a character and diamond in illustrator and prepare it for animation in after effects later.
Building in After Effects: I’ll show you how to take the design we made in Illustrator and import it into After Effects, and set up shape layers for animation.
Animating in After Effects: We will create and finalize a looping animation and render it.
Export an animated GIF in Photoshop: I’ll show you a simple process for getting your render from After Effects and turning it into a GIF so you can share it with the world.

Table of Contents

Intro 0:34
Drawing the character 18:43
Creating the Diamond 3:47
Importing to After Effects 4:52
Animating the Character 9:18
Animating the Character Continued 21:23
The Graph Editor 12:38
Coin Flip and Export 12:03

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