Animated Micro-Stories with After Effects
Adjusting the camera
A course by Sociedad Fantasma , Animation and illustration study
Joined October 2016
About the video: Adjusting the camera
Overview
“In this lesson I will explain the importance of giving smoothness and movement to our cameras in After Effects before taking out the final render of your animation.”
In this video lesson Sociedad Fantasma addresses the topic: Adjusting the camera, 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
“By now. we ought to have completed all animations and grasped the significance of fluidity and motion for our cameras. ensuring everything runs smoothly. Alright. we start with these shapes. They are geometric figures. actually not like... Grandsciences begins by placing all elements into a 3D environment. activating this icon. This way. we now have our layers in 3D. This means that in position we have three axes: X. y. and Z. If we deactivate this icon. we only have X and Y. Compared to a 3D layer. we have all three axes here. We add a camera. We'll start by leaving the camera on its defau...”
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Course summary for: Animated Micro-Stories with After Effects
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
2D Animation, Animation, Character Design, Motion Graphics, Storytelling, Traditional illustration, Video Editing

Sociedad Fantasma
A course by Sociedad Fantasma
Sociedad Fantasma is a collaborative study originally from Mexico City founded by Carlos Rupit, Gabriel "Pich" and Lizeth Rodríguez specialized in telling good stories through 2D illustration and animation.
His work philosophy is based on working with highly talented creatives, no matter where they live or their time zone, creating memorable projects for their clients.
Some of its clients include PayPal, Google, Powerade, Nike, Gatorade, Pepsi, Evian or Tequila José Cuervo.
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