Animated Micro-Stories with After Effects

Overview

“Before starting to animate our characters it is important to see some basic concepts of animation such as precomposition, connection, shapes, animation curves and project sizes. ”

In this video lesson Sociedad Fantasma addresses the topic: Basic concepts of animation - Part I, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Micro-Stories with After Effects. Learn the secrets to storytelling, character design, and motion graphics.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson. we'll explore animation basics crucial for character rigging. like parenting. nulls. precomposition. and file import. precomposition. file imports. amongst others. I will teach some tips we use in the studio when animating a character. By now. we should be familiar with After's basic concepts. so I'll proceed quickly. I'm going to create composition to demonstrate these principles. of a thousand by a thousand at 24 frames per second. Currently. it's not too critical and lasts 5 seconds. A aspect of rigging a character is grasping the concept of parenting and its significance...”

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Course summary for: Animated Micro-Stories with After Effects

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (403)
• 10798 students
• 5 units
• 26 lessons (5h 27m)
• 11 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  2D Animation, Animation, Character Design, Motion Graphics, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Video Editing