
Learn to animate a stamp over an image in After Effects CC, importing assets, scaling, inverting colors, and using keyframes on position and scale in the timeline.
Organize your After Effects projects with naming, color labeling, and folder structures. Learn to animate with parenting, motion tile, keyframes, overshoot, and motion blur for polished results.
Enable default spatial interpolation to linear in After Effects to stop overshoot in motion paths. Learn to adjust key frame interpretation, so new projects follow the setting automatically.
Explore color libraries and themes in After Effects, sync color themes from Adobe Color to your libraries, and maintain consistent colors for typography and motion graphics.
Explore typography in After Effects by creating a gradient ramp background and styling fonts. Apply text animation presets, adjust range selectors, and preview character-by-character animation workflows.
Learn to create custom text animations in After Effects CC using animators, range selectors, and offset to craft reusable, overshoot typography with ease in and out.
Create lower third templates in After Effects by building a two-line design with name and title, adding a background and animation, and exporting as a motion graphics template for Premiere.
Access and animate shapes in After Effects using the paths option, the pen tool, and keyframes to craft animated typography with smooth tangents and fast, iterative adjustments.
Learn how to morph letters from 'fail' to 'learn' in after effects cc for beginners, converting text to shapes, aligning letters, and animating smooth, anticipatory morphs.
Master morphing typography in After Effects by transforming F into E and I into R with path-based keyframes, vertex alignment, overshoot tweaks, and roving keyframes for smooth transitions.
Learn to create a write-on text effect in After Effects CC, importing Procreate art via Photoshop, and building a dynamic background with shapes using the Echo effect with soft light.
Learn to craft a bouncy typography animation in after effects cc using the puppet tool, a pin-based mesh, and domino-like overshoots for the letter c.
Animate the O letter in After Effects by organizing layers, pre-compose, and applying masks, stroke, and trim paths, then refine motion with the graph editor.
Finish the o, l, and a by using masks, shape layers, and keyframe animation in after effects cc. Refine strokes, shadows, and arcs to create cohesive typography.
Create cola write-on typography in After Effects CC, building a bouncy O, L, and A animation with puppet tool, alpha inverted mattes, and precise keyframes toward a halftone background.
Learn to create a dynamic halftone background in After Effects CC, using a four-color gradient, CC Ball Action, and luma map to control color and motion with keyframes and easing.
Learn how to create a 3d text quote animation in After Effects, turning a quote into a layered 3d composition with keyframes, pivots, alignment tricks, and null object parenting.
Create a dynamic monogram of your initials using After Effects shape layers, trim paths, and 3d layering, exploring color, stroke, and basic camera angles for depth.
learn to create a 3d extruded text lyric animation in after effects cc for beginners by separating words into layers, parenting to a 3d null, and keyframing extrusion with overshoot.
Learn to create 3D text in Cinema 4D Lite and animate it in After Effects, using extrude, bevel, and caps to shape typography with adjustable geometry and presets.
Download the course files for this section of the course in the resources of this lesson.
Model a head by converting a sphere to a polygon in cinema 4d, then use move, rotate, and scale with soft selection to craft the jaw and facial silhouette.
Create the nose and ears by shaping cones and capsules, adjust caps and segments to add geometry, and align object and world axes for a cartoony, well-constructed face.
Create and rig a cartoon eye in after effects cc, moving from modeling a capsule eye to rigging with expressions that drive squash and stretch for dynamic animation.
Create a mouth by sweeping a circle along a curve, extrude a mouth hole with a controlled face, and arrange teeth with spline-based placement and a null for stable alignment.
assemble the head by combining facial components, mirror the right side to the left, and wrap features with bend formers and squash and stretch for a ready-to-animate rig.
Explore head-driven animation with a hybrid pose approach in after effects, starting with body before lip sync. Master keyframes, auto key, and graph editor techniques to craft arcs and motion.
Learn to create a waving arm animation in After Effects, exploring rigging with capsules, pivot points, and keyframe workflows for natural motion and spine adjustments.
You will master After Effects Typography with this course!
This course is divided into 46 lessons that are project-based creating 11 different kinds of animated text and motion graphics projects. Each project builds on the skills of the previous one so you can start with no knowledge of After Effects and gradually gain a deep understanding of it and acquire a master-level skillset by following along with the progressively more advanced projects.
If you've never opened After Effects, begin with the Mastering The Basics first chapter (less than an hour), to get up to speed so you can dive into this typography section of this course.
Who is this for?
Someone with no knowledge of After Effects who isn't sure where to start. We will begin at the very basics by just opening the program! And we will finish the course created 3D animation!
What will you learn?
Managing After Effects interface
Keyframe animation
Procedural animation and presets
Simple expressions
Creating templates for titles and lower thirds
Mask animation
Shape animation
Parenting Nulls
Using track mattes
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
Adding distortion and noise
Morphing between words
Adding line flourishes
Puppet Tool
Using the Graph Editor
Design principles
Animation principles
Create a hand-drawn write-on effect
3D camera animation
3D text animation
After Effects lights
Extruding text and shapes into 3D
Cinema 4D Lite 3D animation, lighting, and rendering
What do you get when you enroll?
9+ hours of easy-to-follow tutorials
12 Assignments with questions to help you review
Downloadable project files for every step of the course
Premium support to help you as you take the course
Why learn from me?
Lucas Ridley is a professional 3D animator who has worked on Hollywood films such as Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, Avenger's: Infinity War, Disney's Aladdin, and on games like The Last Of Us Part 2. He has used After Effects for over 10 years directing animation for brands like LEGO and many others. His students love him, and we're sure you're going to enjoy this class.
Lucas breaks down the most complicated steps of animating in After Effects, so that you can easily start animating on your own!
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