Learn Adobe After Effect with Motion Graphics and Animation

Explore the Adobe After Effects workspace and interface, learn motion graphics and compositing basics, and master key panels—project, composition, timeline, layer, and control panel—for your first project.

Create a basic animation in Adobe After Effects by building a composition and using transform options such as scaling, positioning, rotation, and opacity for a motion graphic.

Explore basic animation in After Effects by importing images, arranging layers in a composition, and animating transform properties—scale, rotation, and opacity, with keyframes and practical tips for preview and workflow.

Learn the basics of animating position in Adobe After Effects, creating curved movement paths with keyframes, adjusting timing for speed, and applying motion blur to a logo or image.

Master positioning in a path by working with keyframes, copying and pasting them, and shaping motion with motion blur, spatial interpolation, and continuous bezier curves to control timing.

Master motion sketch in Adobe After Effects by drawing animation paths with your mouse, then adjust capture speed and smoothing to create smooth keyframe-based image movements.

Render and export your After Effects animation using the render queue and output module to deliver full resolution, best quality mp4 or image sequences (png, jpeg) to a chosen destination.

Render your finished animation in After Effects and export it to devices or media. Explore the rendering workflow and export options covered in chapter 5.

Create a lower third in After Effects by drawing a white rectangle box, adding text, and animating opacity, position, and motion blur with keyframes.

Insert and animate a watermark in Adobe After Effects by importing a PNG, adjusting position and scale, and applying opacity keyframes for a smooth fade-in.

Learn to use the graph editor in Adobe After Effects to edit motion graphs, adjust keyframes, and apply custom easing for smoother animations.

Learn to add music to a video in after effects by importing an MP3, placing it on the timeline, and adjusting audio levels with keyframes and waveform view.

Learn how to add music to a video in Adobe After Effects, including replacing the original audio and adding a secondary audio track, and explore key audio settings.

Learn to use Adobe Illustrator in After Effects to create and export graphics, merge two PNGs, and loop animations with keyframes.

Use pre-compose to group multiple images in After Effects, so they move as a single unit with one set of transforms and timing, enabling easier animation and clean previews.

Create and control a motion path in after effects, guiding animations along a defined route and adjusting points and scale along the path.

Discover how to replace a green screen background in Adobe After Effects using key light, screen matte, and hue and saturation to colorize and refine the result.

Master basic masking in Adobe After Effects and learn to animate an object and its mask separately using shape tools, keyframes, and track matte techniques.

Learn to animate static images in Adobe After Effects using a parallax 3D view. Import PSD layers, set up a camera, enable 3D layers, and keyframe position to create depth.

Learn to add a fake light in After Effects using an adjustment layer and CC Light Rays. Adjust intensity, position, and radius to shape the glow and keyframe the effect.

Master swinging text in adobe after effects with motion graphics techniques, using 3d rotation, anchor points, and keyframes to animate multiple text boxes within a composition.

Create a lower-third animation in Adobe After Effects by importing video, drawing a text box with a rectangle tool, keyframing text position and opacity, then save and upload.

Learn to add music to your video in Adobe After Effects by importing video and music, dragging them to the timeline, muting where needed, and adjusting audio with keyframes.

Create a swinging text animation in After Effects by building a new composition with multiple text boxes, setting rotation keyframes, and copying them across layers.