After Effects for Beginners: 4 Projects to Get You Started

An overview of Project #1: Creating a Simple Logo Reveal.

We'll cover, in detail, working with the trim paths operation on shape layers, and how to animate using these parameters.

I'll teach you how to use basic keyframes to control the position and opacity of any layer.  We'll also discuss how to adjust your animations using the graph editor.

You'll learn how to work with masks to reveal your logo.

A recap of everything learned in this section no how to create a Simple Logo Reveal.

An overview of Project #2: Creating Easy Lower Thirds

We'll begin by designing the area for our Main Title using basic shape layers and simple gradients.

We'll design the area for our Subtitle using basic shape layers and simple gradients.

Using bevels and drop shadows, you'll add some final design touches.

I'll teach you how to animate your layers using basic keyframes, and how to add motion blur for more realistic movement.

We'll repeat the process from the previous lecture in order to animate the Subtitle Box.

A recap of what you learned while creating an Easy Lower Third.

An overview of Project #3: Creating Custom Transitions

We'll design and animate transition #1 using shape layers and simple keyframes to create a cascading animation.

I'll show you how to use a simple expression to control the colors used across multiple compositions all from one place.

We'll design and animate transition #2 using shape layers and simple keyframes.

We'll design and animate transition #3 using shape layers and simple keyframes.

We'll design and animate transition #4 using shape layers and simple keyframes to create a cascading animation.

You'll learn how to setup your main composition and use guides to align your layers.

I'll teach you how to create the initial animation using basic keyframes to later be replicated for our final animation.

We'll replicate and offset our initial animation to create a cascading effect.

An overview of the fourth and final project: Sexy Title Reveal

I'll show you how to precompose our animation in order to mirror it for a zipper effect.

You'll learn how to use the precomposed animation as a track matte to reveal your text.

I'll show you a few options for how to add different looks to your composition.

I'll teach you how to render your Custom Transitions with an alpha channel to be used correctly for this and other projects.

We'll polish the look by deciding on a look and adding a vignette to draw viewer's eyes to the center of the composition.

A recap of what you learned while creating 4 Custom Transitions.

A recap of everything that was learned while creating a Sexy Title Reveal.