Motion Design in After Effects: Make Compelling Cinemagraphs
In Situ
A course by James Daher , Motion Designer
About the video: In Situ
Overview
“In this lesson, you will discover how to create a mock-up of your animated artwork. I will cover the Corner Pin tool in After Effects. ”
In this video lesson James Daher addresses the topic: In Situ, 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 Situ In the previous lesson, we resized your animated poster. In this lesson, we'll take our animated poster and put it into a situational mock-up. We have our Social sizes and our Final Comp here. The next thing we'll do is create a mock-up. We'll place our work in situ, so we can take a look at what it might look like in an out-of-home setting. I have some backgrounds that I can use. We'll work with the 9 x 16 comp and the Corner Pin effect, which helps to create the perspective without too much distortion. I'll create a folder and call it In Situ. We'll create a new composition of 1...”
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Course summary for: Motion Design in After Effects: Make Compelling Cinemagraphs
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
2D Animation, Motion Graphics

James Daher
A course by James Daher
James Daher is a motion designer based in New York City. He first started experimenting with design by painting a logo for his brother’s auto body shop and creating themed window displays for a local deli. He went on to study for a bachelor’s of fine arts in design at SVA and later a master's in interactive art at Tisch School Of The Arts.
Since then, he’s worked for companies including BAM and IFC, and on a variety of projects from set design to video systems engineering. He is currently a motion designer at Warner Media, and has worked on HBO titles including The Deuce, Room 104, and Fahrenheit 451. Alongside designing, James shares his expertise with others, working as an adjunct professor of 2D animation at CUNY and a design Professor at SVA.
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