Fundamentals of Animation in After Effects

Handwriting Animation

A course by Michael Tierney , Motion Designer

99% positive reviews (185)

6,027 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Handwriting Animation

Overview

“Let's continue to work with letters. Here I will create a custom handwritten font animation and also look at some places to find a handwritten font online. ”

In this video lesson Michael Tierney addresses the topic: Handwriting Animation, which is part of the Domestika online course: Fundamentals of Animation in After Effects. Master the basics of animation and motion graphics to create a unique showreel with After Effects.

Partial transcription of the video

“Handwriting Animation In this lesson we'll create a custom handwritten font animation and we'll also look online for different free and paid fonts. We'll go New Composition, 1920 x 1080, 25 frames a second for 10 seconds. We'll call this comp Handwritten Text 1. Click OK. Then we'll right-click, Import, File. I'll leave a link to this footage below along with other royalty-free videos for your showreel. Click Import and we'll drag this in. These are high resolution, which is cool. Bring this down, hold Shift to keep the ratio. Let's drag this into a nice composition, so we can have our text...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.

Course summary for: Fundamentals of Animation in After Effects

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (185)
6027 students
5 units
18 lessons (2h 52m)
13 downloads

Category
3D & Animation
Software
Adobe After Effects
Areas
Animation, Digital Design, Motion Graphics, Photography Post-production, Portfolio Development

Michael Tierney

A course by Michael Tierney

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Motion Designer

Michael Tierney is a motion designer, traveller, and speaker. Inspired by the new countries and cultures he encounters during his travels, he creates motion graphics and animations that are fun, colorful, and engaging using After Effects and Cinema 4D.

Following a decade in the industry working for a range of high-profile brands like Nike and Sony, Michael began working as a freelance motion designer focused on promoting social enterprises and organizations built on strong ethical principles.