AE Essentials

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AE Essentials

Course
115 Lessons

A self-paced introductory course in Motion Design and After Effects by Kalika Kharkar Sharma, with 8 weeks of personal critique from yours truly! Questions? Email kalika@antidotefx.com

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Intro to Motion Graphics

1.) Intro to Motion Graphics

Motion Graphics - Exercise 1

2.) Principles of Motion Graphics

Motion Graphics - Exercise 2

3.) Software Skills for Motion Graphics

Motion Graphics - Exercise 3

4.) Core Concepts of Motion Graphics

Motion Graphics - Exercise 4

Class 1 - After Effects Basics

0.) Preferences for After Effects

1.) After Effects Interface - Demo

2.) Creating a Slideshow in After Effects - Demo

3.) How to Set Up Your Folders?

4.) What if I Lose My Footage? - Demo

5.) How to Collect Your Files?

6.) Exporting in Media Encoder - Demo

7.) Homework 1 - Class 1

8.) Animating a Solid Square in After Effects - Demo

9.) Differences Between Solids and Shape Layers

10.) How Does Rotation Work?

11.) Changing the Anchor Point - Demo

12.) How To Use the Keycloner Script - Demo

13.) Bouncing Ball - Demo

14.) Class 1 Vocabulary

15.) Homework 2 - Class 1

Class 2 - Keyframes, Transitions, and Basic Animation

1.) Organizing Files for AE

2.) Setting Up Adobe Illustrator Files for Animation - Demo

3.) Setting Up Photoshop files for After Effects

4A.) Animating a Bar Graph 1- Getting Started & Importing

4B.) Animating a Bar Graph 2 - Precomposing.mp4

4C.) Animating a Bar Graph 3 - Layer Stacking.mp4

4D.) Animating a Bar Graph 5- Bars Grow Up part 1.mp4

4E.) Animating a Bar Graph 5- Bars Grow Up part 2.mp4

4F.) Animating a Bar Graph 6 - FAQ.mp4

4G.) Color Labeling Your Layers.mp4

4H.) Linear Wipe Effect.mp4

5.) Homework 1 - Class 2

6.) Car Animation & Parenting - Demo

7.) Homework 2 - Class 2

8.) How to Make a Motion Path Curved? - Demo

9.) Homework 3 - Class 2 - Machine

10.) Snowflake Animation - Demo

11.) Homework 4 - Class 2

12.) Different Keyframe Shapes - Demo

13.) Animating Backwards - Demo

14.) Cleaning Up After Finishing a Project - Demo

15.) Capturing, Analyzing & Copying Inspiring Work - Demo

16.) Sample Critique

17.) Bonus: 12 Principles of Animation - Video

Class 3 - Animating Logos

1.) Ai or PS? What's Better for Animation? - Demo

2.) Quiz 1 - Class 3

3.) 5 Ways to Import - Demo

4A.) Quiz 2 - Class 3

4B.) Homework 1 - Class 3

5A.) Separate Logo Layers - Demo

5B.) How To Release a Compound Path in Illustrator?

5C.) How to Pull Shapes from a Logo

6.) Homework 2 - Class 3

7.) Boing Logo - Demo

8.) Different Keyframes - Demo

9.) Boing Logo With Graph Editor

10.) Quiz 3 - Class 3: Keyframes: Linear vs. Hold vs. Ease

11.) Homework 3 - Class 3

12.) Logo Animation - Demo

13.) Squish Bounce Logo Animation - Demo

14.) How To Turn On Guide Layer for Logo Animation

15.) Homework 4 - Class 3

16.) Bonus Tutorials: Logo Animation

17.) Bonus Tutorials: How to Export a GIF

Class 4 - Shape Layers, Masks, Mattes

1.) Masks, Shape Layers, Mattes - Demo

2.) Changing Color with Masks - Demo

3.) Intro to Shape Layers - Demo

4.) Converting Illustrator Paths To Shape Layers - Demo

5.) First Vertex - Demo

6.) Trim Path - Demo

7.) Two-Comp-Viewers Side-By-Side - Demo

8.) Bonus: Buttcapper - Demo

9.) Homework 1 - Class 4

10.) Shape Morph - Demo

11.) Homework 2 - Class 4

12.) Intro To Mattes - Demo

13.) MiuMiu Ad Breakdown

14.) Mattes - In Class Exercise

15.) Bonus: Shiny Windows - Demo

16.) Bonus: Explode Shape Layers Script - Demo

17.) Bonus: Overlord Extension - Demo

18.) Bonus: Additional Tutorials

Class 5 - Text Animation

Fact Finding for Motion Projects

Text Animation: Title Safety - Demo

Text Animators: Opacity - Demo

Working with Text Animation Presets - Demo

Text Animation with Presets Example - Demo

Overlapping Text Animators

Homework 1 - Class 5

Vice News Text Animation Breakdown

Hip Jumping Text Animation - Demo

Homework 2 - Class 5

Hiding Texts - Demo

Tracking Out Text - Demo

Tracking Out Text & Using Masks - Demo

Smoke Effect - Demo

Slam and Shake Effect - Demo

Homework 3 - Class 5

Bonus: Decompose Text

Class 6 - Intro to 3D

Intro to 3D - Demo

Reflection & Camera Move - Demo

Homework 1 - Class 6

Bonus: 2D Reflection - Demo

Tracking - Demo

Green Screen - Demo

Continuously Rasterize - Demo

Homework 2 - Class 6

Refresher: How to Export an MP4

Refresher: How to Export High Res

Refresher: How to Export with Transparent Background

Refresher: How to Export GIFs