Fundamentals of Animation in After Effects

Overview

“Here, we’re going to look at creating a simple HUD (heads up display) element from scratch. Then we’ll learn two methods (motion tracking and 3D camera tracking) for adding these elements to our footage.”

In this video lesson Michael Tierney addresses the topic: HUD Design and Motion Tracking, 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

“HUD Design and Motion Tracking Now we'll create a HUD element, which stands for Heads Up Display, and then we'll look at two different ways, motion tracking and 3D camera tracking, to link these to your footage and we'll add a glow effect as well. Let's get started. You've probably seen this in Hollywood blockbusters. A great example of this is the "Iron Man" films when Tony Stark is inside the helmet and you see the user interface stuff overlaid over his face I downloaded this model, which I'll leave a link in the resources. But if you don't use Cinema 4D that's fine, I've already rendered...”

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Course summary for: Fundamentals of Animation in After Effects

• Level: Beginner
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• 18 lessons (2h 52m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects

• Areas

  Animation, Digital Design, Motion Graphics, Photography Post-production, Portfolio Development