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Create Lyric Video in After Effects

Create Lyric Music Video in Falling style with After Effects.

Created byGytis A

Last updated 4/2021

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What you'll learn

Create a lyric video from scratch in After Effects.
Create a moving background.
Animate the text.
Create a particle system that will help us to create the illusion that text is falling, even if it stays in the middle of the screen.

Course content

6 sections • 14 lectures • 1h 6m total length

Introduction1:13
Learn to create a lyric video in After Effects, using a three-dimensional falling textile background and animated text duplicated to render the full song lyrics, with step-by-step guidance.

Adjust the view0:42
Open After Effects and set a common workspace. Use window, workspace, default, then reset default settings to ensure everyone sees the same view.
Create a composition0:51
Create a new composition named lyric video in After Effects, set HDTV at 25 fps, choose a resolution, press ok, and learn to adjust duration later via composition settings.
Create the background10:03
Create a colored solid background, draw rectangular shapes, apply a turbulence display, and drive evolution with a time expression to sync with music, then recompose into a background composition.
Fixing bugs4:20
Fix a bug in a lyric video in After Effects by using time remapping and a loopOut expression to create an infinite loop, prevent gaps, and ensure seamless playback.

Create the text6:33
Create and customize 3D text in After Effects by turning on 3D, extruding the text, and adjusting colors, lighting, and shadows across different views and renderers to achieve depth.
Animate the text5:42
Create a reusable text layer template for a lyric video in After Effects, center the text, drop it from the top with keyframes, and adjust timing with the graph editor.
Animating with expressions5:50
Use the wiggle expression in After Effects to make text float up and down with chosen frequency and magnitude, adding subtle 3d rotation.
Create particles for the background6:18
Create particles for the background using negative gravity to shoot upward, adjust the producer position and radius, apply line particles with blur and alpha, and place them behind the text.

Requirements

No Prior Knowledge of After Effects, Visual Effects or Motion Graphics Required

Description

Hi, I am Gytis. I am primarily working with musicians, and I am creating videos for their music. In this course, we will learn how to create a lyric video in After Effects. We will create a lyric music video in a fun Fall style.

We will use different techniques and create this lyric video in Falling style.

We will create the moving background, and we will loop it.
We will create the text, and we will learn how to extrude it in After Effects.
Then we will animate this text
We will create a particle system that will help us make the illusion that text is falling, even if it stays in the middle of the screen.
We will use the text that we created, and we will make the lyrics for the whole song.
Finally, I will show you how to render your video in Adobe Media Encoder.

I will show you everything step by step, so you will be able to make your lyric video even if you never used After Effects before. At the end of the course, you will have good knowledge of creating a lyric video. Follow my instructions and make your video in the way that you like.

Now you need to find the song that you like and join me in the class.

Who this course is for:

Motion graphic designers
Musicians