Design and Create an Augmented Reality Experience - Beginner

Plan a four-by-five vertical Instagram format in Photoshop, selecting a preset or custom width and height (1080 by 1000 and 350), then create a new file and begin layering.

Organize and name layers for an animated project using guide layout and snapping to guides. Create the background with the rectangle tool, adjust fill and inward stroke, then save.

Create and transform a triangle in Photoshop using the triangle tool, fill it red with no stroke, and adjust size, rotation, and position with alt resizing, flipping, and guides.

Create a perfect circle with the ellipse tool using alt-drag, equalize width and height, apply a dashed stroke, then layer a second circle behind with a drop shadow for separation.

Create a layered radio wave effect by duplicating and scaling hollow red circles with 35% opacity behind two central elements, grouping them, centering, and saving the design.

Create a banner by drawing a rectangle, set stroke and fill colors, resize to 866 by 219, apply a bulge warp, add uppercase text in Impact, then align and save.

Use the polygon tool to create a five-point star, remove the stroke, adjust distance, color and size, then duplicate to add two stars and two turbine shapes around a banner.

Learn to add and format text for an augmented reality title, using a text tool to center, set sizes 65 and 43, duplicate, apply gold color, and save.

Create a new layer to add hand-drawn lightning, fill with yellow, refine with select tools, place behind circles, duplicate and flip for the other side, then save the poster.

Add two self-portraits with different poses, then animate transitions to create a dynamic poster. Learn selecting the subject, separating it from the background, and applying illustration-style effects to both images.

Transform two profile pictures into a stylized poster by applying filters, converting to smart objects, removing backgrounds, and using unsharp mask, oil paint, cutout, and surface blur.

Apply the harmonize neural filter to match the flattened poster colors with the pose and background, duplicating and flattening layers, and adjust the amount to 75 before saving.

Organize your layers by stacking and naming groups to clarify which elements animate, then group the text, hide the flattened poster, and save.

Open timeline to animate individual layers, adjust the timeline window position, and back up your poster before continuing with the final poster animation.

Create and manage a video timeline to animate poster elements in an augmented reality experience, using keyframes, opacity, and transforms for smooth timing at 24 fps.

Animate the poster by revealing the hero triangle and the frame in sequence. Lock the triangle to stay on the artboard and control its appearance with keyframes and opacity.

Animate circles that appear after the triangle sequence, convert them to smart objects for a transform modifier, and time opacity, wheel-like motion, and repeated radio waves until the sequence ends.

Animate a banner by setting keyframes for vector mask position, revealing a triangle, star, and spinning wheel, while locking layers and aligning elements to complete the sequence.

Create a blinking lightning sequence by animating opacity with keyframes on a timeline, aligning left and right bolts and duplicating keyframes to vary timing.

Design and create an augmented reality photos sequence where images pop up from behind a banner, using keyframes, transforms, and opacity to reveal two poses with a cartoonish filter.

Design an augmented reality poster sequence by displaying a banner with a clickable 'click here' prompt, duplicating text, and animating opacity and spinning turbines to guide user attention.

Export and save animated poster sequences for an augmented reality project, using save for web legacy, JPEG formats, adjusting animation loops, and preserving layers to reuse a 3D object reference.

Learn to turn Photoshop animations into an augmented reality experience with Adobe Aero, import assets, build interactive behaviors, preview in Aero, and share via link or QR.

Explore how to set up an Adobe Aero project, import references and a robot, and orchestrate multi-part animations with the Behavior Builder, including preview, poster-triggered steps, and horizontal anchor choices.

Open Adobe Aero, create a new AR poster experience, import elements into the scene, align a horizontal anchor with a centered pivot, and size the poster to match the reference.

Build AR experiences by configuring behavior timelines that show and hide elements, animate sequences with images, and trigger a second sequence via tapping a poster.

Export your AR project, customize its name and image, and share via a link or QR code so others can download and view the experience on smartphones.

Print the qr code to cardboard, scan with a smartphone or tablet to launch the augmented reality project with its thumbnail and title, then view the animation from any side.