
Learn to bring static designs to life with clean, scroll stopping UI animations in After Effects, covering setup, pro workflows, sound design, and export for TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube shorts.
Access downloadable resources, templates, UI kits, and practice files to bolster your learning of viral UI animations in Adobe After Effects.
Discover free UI designs for animation projects with four practical approaches—two using After Effects and two with Illustrator—while mastering UI preparation and basic 3D animation.
Animate screenshots in After Effects by breaking them into masked pieces. Use crop edges, masks, and careful layer naming to build a reusable UI animation workflow.
Learn to recreate UI designs from screenshots in After Effects, using shape layers for buttons and rasterized text to preserve quality.
Export web pages as pdf, import into Illustrator, release layers to sequence, and animate in After Effects for a streamlined ui workflow on Mac and Windows.
Learn to build reusable After Effects templates by saving a project and dragging compositions into new projects, so updates stay in the template while changes in source layers remain isolated.
Learn to use Animation Composer in After Effects to animate UI designs in bulk, create sequential or random layer reveals, and adjust anchor points for precise midpoint motion.
Explore adding 3D depth to user interface animations in After Effects with the depth plugin, color-code and disperse layers, and achieve parallax through layered 3D space.
Accelerate text animations in After Effects with Text Evo, mastering keyframes, opacity, blur, and range selector for character or word presets to speed up workflows.
Reach the halfway point of the master viral UI animations in Adobe After Effects course and invite an honest review in the comment section to help future students.
Leverage ChatGPT to brainstorm viral UI animation ideas for a 32-second short about Steve Jobs' net worth, including Pixar, using UI panels and interfaces to tell an engaging story.
Design UI concepts from a script, using ChatGPT for ideas, and specify per-line visuals like finance cards, logos (Apple, Pixar), bank account design, article screenshots, and audio for the edit.
Learn to create viral UI animations in After Effects by importing audio, building a 1080x1920 composition, organizing layers under a null, and animating text, numbers, and logos with presets.
Continue animating in After Effects with shape layers, linear wipe highlights, and color key masks, then pre-compose for stable scaling and narrate Pixar's 1986 purchase and Disney's 7 billion deal.
Explore sound design in After Effects by sourcing Epidemic Sound audio, organizing clips, and applying swooshes, markers, and a typewriter effect for polished viral UI animations.
Export your UI animation from After Effects by adding to render queue, selecting high quality with alpha, and rendering to deliver a social media ready video.
Take the final step in mastering viral UI animations in Adobe After Effects by creating your first UI animation, leaving a review, and staying connected for support.
You’re about to master UI animation using Adobe After Effects—even if you’ve never touched the software before.
Inside this hands-on course, you’ll learn how to create stunning motion graphics for websites, apps, and videos using real-world workflows, pro plugins, and step-by-step instruction. Whether you’re looking to boost your creative portfolio, freelance remotely, or just bring your ideas to life—this course is built for you.
You’ll start by grabbing free UI resources and setting up your animation-ready files. Then, you’ll learn four different workflows for animating UIs from screenshots, PDFs, Figma files, and Illustrator. You’ll install powerful plugins to speed up your process, brainstorm ideas using AI, and create a complete UI animation project from start to finish—including sound design and export.
The UI animation techniques you’ll learn are perfect for creating scroll-stopping content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts—whether you’re designing for clients or your own brand
By the end, you’ll feel confident animating beautiful UI designs that impress clients, boost engagement, and build your personal brand in the digital design world.
What you’ll be able to do
START ANIMATING FAST — Grab free UIs, download files, and prep your first project in minutes (Lectures 1-3)
4 PRO WORKFLOWS — Learn 4 ways to bring static UIs to life with real-world animation techniques (Lectures 4-7)
REUSABLE UI TEMPLATES — Save time with templates you can use again and again across projects (Lecture 8)
CREATE FROM ANY FILE TYPE — Animate UIs from screenshots, PDFs, Figma, or Illustrator with ease (Lectures 4-7)
INSTALL MUST-HAVE PLUGINS — Set up the best free tools for motion designers in seconds (Lectures 9-11)
USE AI TO BRAINSTORM — Learn how ChatGPT can help generate smart, scroll-stopping ideas (Lecture 13)
FULL UI ANIMATION PROJECT — Build a polished motion video using UI assets from start to finish (Lectures 14-17)
ADD SOUND FOR IMPACT — Learn to pair motion with sound for scroll-stopping results (Lecture 17)
EXPORT FOR ANY PLATFORM — Share animations anywhere: social, web, apps, reels, and more (Lecture 18)
NO DESIGN DEGREE NEEDED — Beginner-friendly, step-by-step lessons anyone can follow (Lectures 1-19)
What makes me (Vlad) credible to teach this topic?
With over 10 years of experience editing videos for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, I know what it takes to create content that performs. I’ve managed two of the biggest YouTube channels in their niches, and the videos I’ve edited have generated millions of views across platforms.
The workflow you’ll learn here isn’t theory—it’s the same system I use every day with Adobe After Effects to create high-performing content for clients. Now you’ll have the same tools and structure to edit with confidence, whether you’re building your own channel or creating for others.
Enroll now and level up your After Effects skills!