After Effects Essentials: Complete VFX and Motion GFX Guide

Your complete guide to create amazing Visual Effects and Motion Graphics using Adobe After Effects CC 2017.

Created byRuan Lotter

Last updated 8/2017

English

What you'll learn

Create awesome visual effects and motion graphics using Adobe After Effects
More advanced After Effects techniques

Course content

1 section • 31 lectures • 2h 36m total length

Introduction0:39
How To Create A Cardboard Cutout Animation17:11
How To Adjust Exposure On A Face2:32
Creating Realistic Camera Shake3:59
How To Create A 3D Grid Effect13:36
Create a 3d grid effect in after effects without plugins by camera tracking a clip, building a 3d grid with shape layers and repeaters, and revealing it with mask animation.
Creating Cool Title Reveals4:04
create dynamic title reveals in after effects by using the saber plugin, setting up a composition with a text layer, and animating start/end offsets and saber evolution.
Doing A Crash Zoom Effect2:38
Create a crash zoom effect in After Effects by moving from a wide shot to a close-up with a 3-D wide shot and Z-position keyframes, then enable motion blur.
Creating The Captain America Intro Animation8:21
How To Create Professional End Credits4:11
Create professional end credits in After Effects by building a two-column text layout, adjusting fonts and color, and animating a scrolling crawl with keyframes.
How To Use Mattes In After Effects4:36
Learn to use mattes in After Effects to apply effects to specific areas by masking and track mattes, with luma matte adjustments.
How To Create Your Own 2D South Park Style Animation12:00
How To Create An Easy Lip Syncing Rig4:34
LUTS and CG3:01
Tracking Outside The Frame3:00
Create Audio Waveforms On Text6:27
How To Change The Color Of Something In Your Scene4:25
Compositing Tips And Tricks4:00
Create A Cool Text Stroke Animation2:16
How To Create A Pixelated Background Effect3:09
How To Remove Anything From Your Shot3:26
How To Use The Rotobrush3:11
Master the rotobrush in After Effects to isolate a subject, refine edges with feather, freeze the roto, and enhance with exposure and color correction.
How To Do A Selective Color Effect2:45
Creating A Phone Text Message Popup Effect6:22
Tracking Masks In After Effects1:52
Import a clip in After Effects, create a mask around the eye, track masks to follow motion, then apply a curves adjustment to boost the green channel.
How To Create A Video From A 360 Degree Photo3:01
Create a looping video from a 360 photo in After Effects using the horizon effect (Trapcode Horizon). Animate a 15mm camera orientation for immersive 360-degree motion.
Doing A Video To Newspaper Effect6:31
Create a video to newspaper effect by masking a video over a newspaper image, freeze framing, then fade from color to black and white while moving the camera with easing.
How To Do A Whip Pan Effect4:33
learn to create a whip pan in after effects by panning between clips, using a null object to link layers, and applying a directional blur with keyframe opacity.
How To Create Awesome Light Sabers Using The Free Saber Plugin6:42
Bonus Content - Rotoscoping With Mocha4:16
Bonus Video - Remove Tattoo Using Mocha Pro5:37
Bonus Video - Remove Tracking Markers Using Mocha4:04
Learn to remove tracking markers from footage with MacPro by creating a clean plate in Photoshop, linking markers to the main track, and finalizing a seamless result.

Requirements

You need a copy of Adobe After Effects installed - You can use a free trial if you don't want to buy the software.

Description

Adobe After Effects Essentials: Complete VFX and Motion Graphics Guide

Are you interested in creating your own amazing Visual Effects and Motion Graphics? Look no further! In this 100% FREE course you will learn all the basics (and some more) of Adobe After Effects CC 2017. You will learn how to do VFX and Motion Graphics using many of the tools in Adobe After Effects. Over 2.5 hours of video content in this course - and yes - it's 100% FREE and will always be free! I have also included 3 bonus tutorials on Mocha Pro! Yup all this for free! :)

Please remember to rate this course as it really helps me a lot.

Over 2 hours and 30 minutes of 100% FREE Adobe After Effects Tutorial Videos!

This course consists of 30 After Effects Tutorials!

==What you will learn==

Adobe After Effects CC 2017

How To Create A Cardboard Cutout Animation
How To Adjust Exposure On A Face
Creating Realistic Camera Shake
How To Create A 3D Grid Effect
Creating Cool Title Reveals
Doing A Crash Zoom Effect
Creating The Captain America Intro Animation
How To Do Professional End Credits
How To Use Mattes In After Effects
How To Create Your Own 2D South Park Style Animation
How To Create An Easy Lip Syncing Rig
LUTS and CG
Tracking Outside The Frame
Create Audio Waveforms On Text
How To Change The Color Of Something In Your Scene
Compositing Tips And Tricks
Create A Cool Text Stroke Animation
How To Create A Pixelated Background Effect
How To Remove Anything From Your Shot
How To Use The Rotobrush
How To Do A Selective Color Effect
Creating A Phone Text Message Popup Effect
Tracking Masks In After Effects
How To Create A Video From A 360 Degree Photo
Doing A Video To Newspaper Effect
How To Do A Whip Pan Effect
How To Create Awesome Light Sabers Using The Free Saber Plugin
Bonus Content - Rotoscoping With Mocha
Bonus Content - Remove Tattoo Using Mocha Pro
Bonus Content - Remove Tracking Markers Using Mocha Pro

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Kind regards,
Ruan Lotter

Who this course is for:

Anyone who wants to learn how to do VFX or Motion graphics using Adobe After Effects
Anyone interested in learning more Advanced After Effects techniques