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Basic Animation in Adobe After Effects
Rating: 4.3 out of 5(602 ratings)
46,073 students

Basic Animation in Adobe After Effects

You too can make cartoons!
Last updated 11/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Make little cartoons with funny cartoon characters.

Course content

6 sections33 lectures1h 12m total length
  • Necessary downloads for this course0:11

      If you do not already have Adobe After Effects, you can find the studens version of the program in the downloads of our website http://general-animation.com/ 

       You will also find there all the necessary footage for the lessons and a lot of interesting models for animation.

  • Introduction1:49
  • All what you need for animation1:09

    All the files necessary for the lesson can be found in the attached archive

  • Get acquainted with After Effects2:00
  • Import footage to your project1:14
  • Start to animate5:08
  • Handle Timeline2:19
  • Miror your character left to right3:35
  • Export movie3:41
  • Little Chicken practice6:35
  • Your practice project0:14
  • Our little concert with dancing animals.
  • Practice project cartoon0:26

Requirements

  • All you need for this course is the desire to create cartoons, any personal computer and some basic skills to use it. All the necessary programs and footage we will provide you directly in the course.

Description

   I want to clarify some details right away: This course was created for the training unit of the General-Animation studio. Every new candidate who wants to become a member of our studio, we send to this course so that he can quickly and efficiently become familiar with our methods of work.

   Many members of our community live in developing countries and have access only to the simplest computers. Taking into account the needs of such students, during training we use the Adobe After Effects of 7.0 version, which does not require high-performance hardware, but at the same time allows to master the basic principles of working with the program.

   The main advantage of our animation technique is that we always try to work as efficiently as possible, to get the maximum result at the lowest possible cost. So if you want to quickly and without special material costs learn the basic methods of creating animation in the Adobe After Effects - then welcome to our course! We will be happy to share our knowledge with you, and you may even want to become a member of our team in order to enjoy some nice bonuses and create cartoons of a charitable and educational nature with us.

    Yes - animation is too high an art to spend it on trifles, so we do not make stupid cartoons to collect views on Youtube. We are engaged in serious things that can really change this world - make it a better place to live. As I understand, these things are first of all the online education and promotion of scientific achievements, advanced information technology, clean energy sources and, in general, new progressive technologies and the brotherhood of all the peoples of the Earth. And our projects are dedicated to this mission.   

   Our main goal is to enable the people of developing countries to join modern computer technologies in order to help them escape from the shackles of poverty and illiteracy. Therefore, in our lessons, we do not use the most modern software requiring a high-performance computer, so that students from developing countries, often having only outdated computers, can also work with us. To such students, we even pay small incentive bonuses to stimulate their interest in computer technology.    So welcome to our unique experimental course in which information is presented in an entertaining and easy understandable form, as lessons with animated characters who tell you about how make cartoons in Adobe After Effects. If you are looking for a simple and effective technology to create cartoons - this course is exactly for you.

 Basic Animation in Adobe After Effects is something more then just a training course - it's a whole philosophy and lifestyle. It consists in the fact that the main purpose of man in this world is to be a creator and artist. And animation as one of the most popular and affordable kinds of art should help you to fully discover your creative abilities. 

   After Effect allows make animation quickly and efficiently, releasing our creative energy for new achievements in the broadest areas of human activity. Therefore, study After Effects with us, offer your ideas and projects, and we will make cartoons together!

  If you do not already have Adobe After Effects, you can find the studens version of the program in the downloads of our website General-Animation com

Who this course is for:

  • The course is targeted for the widest range of students who want, without spending too much time and resourses, to get an idea of the basic principles of work in the Adobe After Effects and how to create animation using this program.