2D Animation for Beginners with Photoshop and After Effects

2D Animation for Beginners with Photoshop and After Effects

“I want to thank you for reaching the end of this course! It's really cool to share my creation process and I hope all the content created will be valuable for your growth as an artist. Before I say goodbye, here are five important steps to finish your final project: • Create the sketch of your illustration, visualizing what can be animated. • Define the color palette and finalize your illustration in Photoshop. • Visualize what kind of animation each element can receive. If necessary, draw the animations frame by frame in Photoshop. • Import and animate in After Effects, applying the techniques and effects we've seen in this course. In the end, export and share your animation. As a final project, you can share a link to your animation, as well as parts of your creation process: Draft

Finished illustration If you need anything, feel free to contact me via the forum or social media. I will respond as often as possible! Thanks for participating and see you around!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project Thank you for participating in my course. I hope all learnings are valuable for your growth as an artist. To complete your project in the best way, It is important to be aware and not skip any steps. Start by looking for references and inspiration to create the mood board. Make the sketch of your illustration already idealizing what can be animated. Have a well-defined color palette and use the abuse of effects. Then just export and share your animation. Make your animation with a duration of up to 30 seconds, because for social networks we don't need a long video. Try to draw...”

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Course summary for: 2D Animation for Beginners with Photoshop and After Effects

• Level: Beginner
• 94% positive reviews (32)
• 977 students
• 4 units
• 13 lessons (2h 3m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  2D Animation, Animated Illustration, Animation, Character Animation, Motion Graphics