KalikaFX/AE Essentials

  • $500 or 4 monthly payments of $125

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

Contents

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