Animated Typography: Motion Design for Dynamic Compositions

Creating the Project in After Effects

A course by Christophe Zidler , Freelance Motion Designer

100% positive reviews (51)

1,439 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Creating the Project in After Effects

Overview

“In this lesson, I'll teach you how to install a very useful plugin for After Effects. Then I will show you how to properly set up your project in AE. ”

In this video lesson Christophe Zidler addresses the topic: Creating the Project in After Effects, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Typography: Motion Design for Dynamic Compositions. Create engaging animated typography compositions with Cinema 4D, Photoshop, and After Effects.

Partial transcription of the video

“Creating the Project in After Effects In this lesson, we'll move into After Effects, start having fun on animating. But first, I want to give you some tips to make your life easier through the process. For example, importing your files and setting up your project correctly. Let's do this. Before going right into After Effects, we need to install a plugin. I'm going to show you why. You don't need it. You can do without. You can pay it with the Name Your Own Price, but it's very helpful. It'll change your life, honestly. It's called Ease and Wizz. I'm going to show you what it does. You can ...”

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Course summary for: Animated Typography: Motion Design for Dynamic Compositions

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (51)
1439 students
4 units
19 lessons (3h 50m)
6 downloads

Category
3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4D
Areas
3D Animation, Graphic Design, Kinetic Typography, Motion Graphics, Typography

Christophe Zidler

A course by Christophe Zidler

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Freelance Motion Designer

Christophe Zidler is a freelance motion designer from France. He studied at multiple multimedia schools including GOBELINS, and interned at a number of graphic design agencies in Paris. He also worked as a graphic and motion designer for the web design agency Ultranoir, which gave him the opportunity to really hone his animation skills.

Christophe then moved to Budapest, where he kick-started his career as a freelancer. Since then, he has worked with clients including Renault, Sisley, Glamour, Vogue, Toyota, and Microsoft as well as creative agencies and start-ups. He also shares his work with almost 10K followers on Instagram.