After Effects : Create Motion Graphics & Advertising Videos

Import Illustrator and Photoshop files into After Effects, choosing footage or composition with retain layer sizes. Work on individual layers, edit layer styles, and preserve Photoshop guide lines.

Master advanced masking in after effects by creating and animating layered masks with stroke, adjusting brush hardness, opacity, and start/end points to reveal images or text.

Shows when to use shape properties vs layer properties to maintain corner roundness while scaling a rounded rectangle, considering the anchor point, and creating a simple keyframe animation.

Learn how to apply and customize layer styles in After Effects using stroke, bevel and emboss, drop shadow, gradient overlay, and blending modes to create depth and metallic text effects.

Master layer switches and blending modes in After Effects, including solo and shy, to control visibility and focus; apply gradient ramp and overlay, then compare multiply and screen results.

Master layer snapping in After Effects: shift enables straight-line movement, and ctrl or command snaps to boundaries or any shape point, with automatic snapping via the selection tool.

Master temporal interpolation in After Effects to control animation speed, while understanding its relation to motion path, key frames, and easing methods like Bezier, linear, and easy ease.

Use the graph editor to control temporal interpolation with easy ease, shaping keyframe curves for slow starts and finishes, and apply these techniques to scale and position animations.

Apply keyframe velocity to control interpolation in After Effects by adjusting incoming and outgoing velocity and influence, creating precise motion without relying solely on the graph editor.

Explore spatial interpolation in motion graphics by turning a linear motion path into a bezier path with key frames and handles to create smooth, custom animation paths.

Create a motion path with freehand using motion sketch and let After Effects auto-generate key frames. Fine-tune smoothness, tolerance, and rove across time to maintain constant speed.

Use sequence layers to create a photo gallery animation by revealing images in order with controlled overlap and transitions. Adjust overlap timing and choose transitions like cross dissolve.

Create morphing shapes by turning a circle into a rectangle inside a water glass, using keyframes, graph editor, easy ease, and alpha matte to craft smooth transitions and dynamic motion.

Create morphing shapes animation by duplicating and pre-compose layers, adjusting timing with keyframes, opacity, and alpha matte to simulate coffee filling a mug, plus stroke and pour effects.

Explore advanced After Effects stroke tricks to create dashed lines with dash and gap parameters, offsets, and rounded caps, then build animated shapes with shape layers and a null layer.

Learn to animate strokes with trim paths in After Effects, controlling start, end, and offset, using keyframes, graph editor, and text shape techniques for dynamic motion graphics.

Build a real world motion graphic by modeling a key from shapes, morphing circles to rectangles, and refining timing with the graph editor and a null object controlling animations.

Learn to create motion graphics with built-in After Effects particles, using cc particle world, adjusting emitter settings, particle types, size, color, gravity, and speed for dynamic visuals.

Create a small 3D animation reel in After Effects using a null controller and 3D layers, with keyframed rotation, scale, masking, and a flipping sequence.

Learn how After Effects uses 3D layers with cameras, including two-node and one-node options, angle of view, focal length, and orbit, zoom, and position controls.

Create depth of field in after effects with a 50mm camera, enable depth of field, and link focus distance to the point of interest using 3D text layers.

Learn to create a 3D globe using the CC Sphere effect in After Effects, adjusting radius, rotation, and light shading, with alpha track matte and pre-compose steps.

Learn to output ram previews outside After Effects by saving as mp4 with h.264, using the render queue, and comparing high- and low-quality previews for speed and size.

Learn to create and save a custom output module preset in After Effects, configure H.264 MP4 export with bitrate and audio checks, and manage presets.

Consolidate footage to remove duplicates and frame rate differences, remove unused footage, and reduce the project from the main composition to streamline files for templates.

Collect all used assets into a single package, using After Effects collect files with reduce project for all comps, then hand over a bundled folder with footage and quick report.

Explore Newton physics in After Effects by simulating dynamic, kinetic, and magic bodies, using keyframes, velocity tools, convex hull, finite ground, and collision groups to choreograph interactions.

Learn to synchronize animations with the voiceover in a real-world motion graphics workflow, using After Effects to manage timeline, emissions, and transitions across a video comp.

Learn to morph shapes in after effects by building a gas-station scene, adjusting rectangles, windows, and rounded corners, and animate with keyframes, color, and position for dynamic motion graphics.

Animate a company logo in After Effects by morphing shapes, expanding a circle, and revealing text beneath with a logo pop, using keyframes and pre-compositions.

Learn to create 3D revolving circles in After Effects by building an atom-like structure, pre composing layers, using Cinema 4D, and animating with rotations, duplicates, and opacity.

Create a layered 3D building in after effects by extruding concentric circles, applying a radial VIPR effect, and animating with a camera while preserving transparency.

Finish the 3d building animation by reversing the camera and animating circles with trim path keyframes, color variation, and apply the radial VIPR effect to the main project.

Master compositing in After Effects by integrating a 3D building animation, preserving transparency, and using trim path, circle and cube animations, light beams, and controller layers.