Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design

Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design

“We've reached the end of this course! Thank you for following me on this journey. It was a pleasure teaching you everything I know about expressions in After Effects. I hope you have found this course enjoyable and enlightening. It is now time to work on your project. This could mean finishing the animation you started while completing the exercises or you could start a brand new project! Either way, I strongly suggest you take the time to gather inspiration and make a unique project of your own. Make sure to keep track of your progress with different pictures of each step. It'd be great if you could also explain the choices you've made along the way and tell me if you have any doubts. This will help me understand your creative process and guide you better if you need advice. Starting Small Choose a scene with which you feel confident and comfortable designing and animating. Slowly build your project so you do not get overwhelmed with the complexities. Building Components Design or animate the elements you need for the scene, such as the primary and secondary design elements, or backgrounds.

Focusing on Motion Get the timing of your animation right first before getting into the nitty-gritty of art direction and stylization. Art Direction and stylization Once you have assembled your project, you can start making stylistic design choices, such as color correction and grading, to enhance the aesthetics of your piece. Perfecting Finally, be patient with getting every single frame or scene to look right, be it design consistency or having a smooth flow of motion. I am excited to see what you have created! Upload your animation by clicking on “Create your project” and get involved with your peers. I’ll do my best to respond to each and every one of your comments as soon as possible. Talk to you soon!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Thank you for taking this course. It has been a pleasure teaching you After Effects and sharing my knowledge of expressions with you. I hope you found this course enjoyable and illuminating. Before I go, I want to share with you some tips to help you complete your project successfully. Be patient and don't expect comprehension instantly. try to write things down as if you can explain it to someone or you're preparing for a presentation, In the words of the physicist Richard Feynman, If you want to master something, Teach it. You might find yourself saying that this is too hard, but just rem...”

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Course summary for: Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (110)
• 8246 students
• 5 units
• 20 lessons (4h 7m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Adobe After Effects

• Areas

  Animation, Motion Graphics