Motion Design in After Effects: Make Compelling Cinemagraphs

Overview

“Next, I will create a parallax animation using a layered Adobe Illustrator file. I will put into practice the parallax principles that create an illusion of depth. ”

In this video lesson James Daher addresses the topic: Parallax and Multiplane Technique, which is part of the Domestika online course: Motion Design in After Effects: Make Compelling Cinemagraphs. Design an immersive experience for viewers by learning to animate posters using the digital tools of Adobe After Effects.

Partial transcription of the video

“In the last lesson, We worked with the puppet tool. In this lesson, I'll teach you about the multiplane and parallax technique. Essentially what we want to do is try and create the illusion of depth. And we're going to achieve that by having things that are further away from the camera moving slower, things that are closer in the foreground moving faster. So we get a sense of depth. And we're going to be viewing this out of a little train car. I'll be bringing these two assets together in After Effects. There's a considerable amount of prep that goes into this, I think once we start Moving ...”

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Course summary for: Motion Design in After Effects: Make Compelling Cinemagraphs

• Level: Beginner
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• 3571 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (3h 53m)
• 6 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  2D Animation, Motion Graphics