Complete Adobe After Effects Megacourse: Beginner to Expert

Track a firefly castle in After Effects using Mocha, align the surface, and export tracking data to the castle layer with corner pin, then apply color grading for drama.

Explore how to enhance video elements in After Effects using paint and tracker panels, glow, masking, and motion tracking to attach light and smoke to moving objects.

Learn to stabilize handheld footage and color grade it for cinematic looks in after effects, using warp stabilizer, motion tracking, and adjustment layers.

Learn to fix footage by removing unwanted objects with content-aware fill, masking, and alpha expansion, refine edges with feathering, and export via render queue or Adobe Media Encoder.

Learn advanced morphing techniques in After Effects by turning text into shapes, animating letter paths through keyframes, applying color transitions, and adding motion blur for seamless text morphing.

Discover how to create dynamic logo locomotion in After Effects using pre-composed shapes, stroke reveals, auto-trace, color palettes, and layered color wipes to produce engaging brand intros.

Master a 3d logo motion with a metallic gradient, glow, and outlines, using precompositions, trim paths, flicker, and a light sweep for a polished logo reveal.

perform a logo locomotion example with mask paths on shape layers, precomps, and keyframes to reveal a logo with a gradient ramp background.

Learn to manage After Effects file types, including Adobe Illustrator, EPS, PSD, JPEG, TIFF, PNG, and GIF, and convert them into editable layers for animation.

Attach the head to the neck using a centered anchor point, then attach hair and mouth to the head, and animate with puppet pins and mesh keyframes for fluffy hair.

Master facial animation in the complete adobe after effects megacourse by animating angry, upset, and poker-face expressions through eyebrows, eyes, and mouth movements with anchored head motion and natural blinking.

Animate a shocked facial expression by keyframing head movement, eyebrow motion, and mouth shapes in After Effects, adjust anchor points, link mouth to head, and refine curves and strokes.

Animate a shocked expression by adjusting eye shapes, blinking, eyebrows, mouth, and head movement, using keyframes and speed graph in After Effects to cue crying with tears.

Learn how to import the Duik Bassel plugin into After Effects, set up script UI panels, and leverage auto rigging to simplify arm animation and keyframing.

Explore Duik Bassel Jumpstart Pt. 2 and lip-sync plugins like S.F. Caddy and Auto Lip Sync to build a fully talking character in After Effects.

Create a speaking character in After Effects using only built-in tools, employing standard English mouth shapes and masking the original mouth, with each shape lasting two seconds.

Learn to animate a talking character in After Effects without plugins by syncing mouth shapes with time remapping and a slider, including blinking and typewriter text effects.

Learn to create a walk cycle for a character, looping steps to move forward against a background, while organizing limbs with color coding, anchor points and joints, and proper parenting.

Animate a walk cycle by bending the foot with the puppet tool, setting keyframes, looping puppet pins, and syncing hip, arms, neck, and the bag with its back strap.

Learn to animate a bike-riding character in After Effects by rigging arm and leg joints, color-coding and parenting layers, and creating a looping city background with motion tile.

Learn to create a cycling bike animation in after effects by parenting parts, converting vector paths to shapes to smooth edges, and animating pedals with looping keyframes.

Create a looping bike rider animation in After Effects by building leg shape layers, syncing opposite leg movement, and animating the upper body, hair, and arms with keyframes.

Finish the wheel animation with a 360 turn and tuned speed, then loop the wheels and shadow for seamless bike motion; add blinking and puppet pin tool mesh.

Animate a deer in Adobe After Effects by color coding and parenting body parts, setting anchor points, and keyframing head, tail, legs, and blinking to walk out of the screen.

Transform a night landscape into day by animating curves and color balance with keyframes, adding light, tint, and water movement across mountains and water surfaces.

Learn a simpler method for running animation by overlaying a reference image on the legs, flipping and scaling to match hip size, then copy keyframe motion and loop for continuity.

Learn camera layers in after effects to view 3D scenes from multiple angles using one and two node cameras, with focal length, zoom, and point of interest.

Explore ambient, parallel, point, and spotlight lighting in Adobe After Effects to illuminate 3D text and scenes, adjusting intensity, color, and falloff for depth.

Create a natural bounce with squash and stretch by keyframing scale, position, and anchor point, adding rotation for a curved motion and setting up layer styles for the next lesson.

Explore how Cinema 4D integrates with After Effects to create 3D models, extruded shapes and text, and render with Cinema 4D light for advanced compositions.

Explore material options for 3D text and floor, apply environment layers for reflections, and adjust ambient, diffuse, specular, and reflection settings to create realistic reflective scenes.

Create a fire text effect in After Effects using a track matte with fire footage inside bold text. Pre-compose and mask edges to achieve a sharp, natural flame reveal.

Learn color grading and transitions with recolor, color wheels, and fire overlays, mask edges to reveal flames through text, and create a glowing core with keyframed highlights.

Learn to create 3D text in After Effects with Cinema 4D renderer, extrusion depth, and bevel styles. Animate lighting and a camera to reveal the text with dynamic shading.

Create a three dimensional text reveal in After Effects by orchestrating spotlights, intensity, and keyframes, add a gradient background, and apply CC light sweep for a metallic shine.

Create a vertical sky flip using two drone shots, mask and color-match the skies, then keyframe rotation and position, pre-compose, and add a 3D camera for final movement.

Learn to craft a moody 3D sky in After Effects by placing clouds in z-space with a 3D camera. Apply depth of field and color grading to unify the scene.

Create a dynamic After Effects UI animation by compositing a video, tracking the camera, and swiping shoe images in a shopping app frame.

Learn to enhance a mobile hud in After Effects by adjusting blending modes, adding outer and inner glow, applying glitch and color effects, and syncing with movement of the film.

Animate a spotlight in After Effects to reveal text with keyframes for radius, point of interest, and position, then refine feather, cone angle, and intensity for a cinematic intro.

build a 3d sphere in After Effects using light layers to add depth, adjust shadows and material options with a spotlight and a point light.

Illuminate a pyramid with spotlights and rotate a null object to reveal its sides. Apply gradient fills to each triangular face and set a full spin with keyframes.

Construct a 3D cube in After Effects by building six colored solid layers, linking them to a control null, converting them to 3D, applying gradients, lights, and a rotating animation.

Learn to create animated 3-d cubes in After Effects by adding expressions, color coding layers, keyframing with slow loops, and applying camera lens blur and drop shadows.

Create a colorful planet from many circles, decorate with random sizes and colors, then apply hue and saturation and glow. Turn it into a sphere in the next lesson.

Enhance the rocket to sit convincingly in a 3d space by applying inner shadow, bevel and emboss, glow, and gradient overlay, then animate with keyframes for up-down motion and rotation.

Create a 3D ground by turning a grid floor above buildings and applying corner pin. Simulate water with a displaced map and turbulent displacement, then add glow and reflection.

Develop the metal logomotion by keyframing offset turbulence, refining highlights with levels, and lighting the logo from two views with spotlight; tweak transform intensity and rays for a polished silhouette.