Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media
Generating the Loop
A course by Carlos Alegría , Animation Director and Illustrator
About the video: Generating the Loop
Overview
“We already have the base of the animated illustration. Now let's play with time. I will show you some tricks to apply to the loop so that the cut of the animation is not evident. I will also modify the frame rate to unify the animation.”
In this video lesson Carlos Alegría addresses the topic: Generating the Loop, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media. Learn animation techniques to bring your vector illustrations to life using After Effects and discover how to stand out on social media.
Partial transcription of the video
“Generate the loop We already have the base of the illustration animated. Now let's play with time. We will see some tricks to try to hide the loop. That is, it is not very obvious. where the animation cut is played and the loop repeats. We will also modify the frame rate of our animation to try to unify the look a bit. Let's see it. The first thing we will do is realize that our loop lasts four seconds. One, two, three and four, from two to six. We are going to offset some elements so that they are not repeated so much. In this way. We select all the work layers and we take the start to 2 a...”
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Course summary for: Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
2D Animation, Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Carlos Alegría
A course by Carlos Alegría
Carlos Alegría is a graphic designer specialized in illustration and animation in the field of motion graphics. His favorite personal projects are turning illustrations into animated GIFs—short pieces where the illustration comes to life thanks to the animation and reels in the viewer with a new narrative layer.
He has worked for several years as a freelancer for animation studios and international brands, with a particular focus on new technologies. He currently works as an art director at Bien, a motion graphics studio in Los Angeles. His primary focus is the storytelling aspect of the projects they create.
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