Motion Graphics: Create an Animated Poster

Overview

“We will now bring this poster to life! For this, we will first import our 2D files into After Effects. Then, we will have to recreate the text of our composition directly in the software to work with editable material. Once that's done, we can start animating.”

In this video lesson Plus Mûrs addresses the topic: Poster animation 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Motion Graphics: Create an Animated Poster. Learn how to use After Effects and the Adobe suite to develop an editorial and digital graphics project that combines both 2D and 3D.

Partial transcription of the video

“Animating the poster In this course, we will bring this poster to life through animation. First, we have to recover the files we made on InDesign to import them into After Effects. I'll go straight to my Finder and I'm going to get the two EPS that we exported from InDesign. There they are in my library now. I will also import the image that we put on top as a filter, as a texture, and I'm ready to start. I will create a new composition by pressing Cmd + N. I will create a proportional composition to the one we did to post it. We were 297 wide and 420 high. I will lock the format and then I...”

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Course summary for: Motion Graphics: Create an Animated Poster

• Level: Beginner
• 92% positive reviews (49)
• 2026 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 46m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation, Design

• Software

  Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  Animation, Design, Graphic Design, Motion Graphics, Poster Design, Typography