Create Explainer Videos Using Adobe After Effects
What you'll learn
- Students will be able to create their own Explainer Videos in After Effects after taking this course.
- Students will be able to use Animation Composer to create cool 2D animations in Adobe After Effects.
Requirements
- You need a copy of After Effects / Audacity and a Good Microphone. A basic understanding of After Effects is also a plus
Description
How To Create Explainer Videos Using Adobe After Effects
Ever wanted to create your own amazing Explainer Videos for YouTube or other Online Platforms? Now you can with Adobe After Effects 2018. You can also use previous versions to follow along.
So what is an explainer video?
An Explainer Video is great a tool for explaining your business or service to the online community. Or you could simply use this technique to create interesting and engaging YouTube or other online videos.
What you will learn?
By the end of this course you will be able to create your own impressive Explainer Videos with great quality Voice Overs and beautiful animations.
Topics covered in this course:
Writing The Script
Recording the Voice Over using Audacity
Editing Your Voice Over Using Audacity
Determine Scene Durations In Audacity
Finding Graphics Or Creating Your Own
Setting Up Your After Effects Project / Organizing and Importing Assets
Creating Your First Scene
Animating Your First Scene
Creating Your Second Scene
Animating Your Second Scene
Creating Your Explainer Video Sequence And Importing Your VO
Creating Markers To Assist With Scene Durations And Transitions
Placing Your Scenes On Your Main Sequence
Adjusting Scene Animations To Fit The Voice Over
Creating Scene Transitions
Exporting Your Final Explainer Video Using Adobe Media Encoder
Things you will need:
1: A Copy of Adobe After Effects & Media Encoder
2: Animation Composer (Free Plugin)
3: Audacity (Free Software)
4: And a good quality Microphone (I’m using the Samson C01U Pro USB Studio Condenser Microphone)
Thank you so much for enrolling in this course - I really hope that you will find it helpful and by the end of this course you will have your first amazing Explainer Video - ready for uploading to YouTube.
Let’s get started!!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who is interested in creating their own Explainer Videos in After Effects.
- Anyone interested in creating 2D animations in Adobe After Effects 2018
Instructor
![Ruan Lotter](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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Ruan Lotter is a Filmmaker, Editor and VFX Artist from Cape Town, South Africa. He has directed and edited several short films, internet commercials and music videos over the last few years. In 2007 he started experimenting with Adobe After Effects, 3dsmax, Maya and PFTrack to name a few of the applications, and never looked back.
He currently works as a VFX Artist and Editor at Zebra Worldwide, doing post-production on international commercials and video projects.
He also runs a YouTube channel called TunnelvizionTV where he teaches people interested in Filmmaking and VFX (visual effects), from around the world, the secrets to many Hollywood VFX techniques.
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