Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design
Randomization: Animating Multiple Layers
A course by Desmond Du , Motion Designer
About the video: Randomization: Animating Multiple Layers
Overview
“Now that we have established a foundation for writing expressions, you will see how to move to a higher level of JSX coding and expression concepts, such as randomization and conditional statements, to make complex animations.”
In this video lesson Desmond Du addresses the topic: Randomization: Animating Multiple Layers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design. Take your motion design skills to the next level by learning to code expressions with JavaScript to create complex animation rigs with style.
Partial transcription of the video
“Randomization: Animating Multiple Layers In this lesson, you will learn how to randomize scale values to animate the visibility of multiple layers using a few lines of code. Let me show you how. In the previous unit, we briefly covered randomization and we will go in depth in this section. You'll learn how to randomize scale values to animate the visibility of multiple layers in a few lines of code. Before we get into expression writing, let's go into the After Effects Expression Reference guide on a web browser, and we'll go into Random Numbers under General. We will learn two things over ...”
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Course summary for: Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design
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Category
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Software
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Areas
Animation, Motion Graphics

Desmond Du
A course by Desmond Du
Desmond Du is a Motion Designer based in Savannah, Georgia. He specializes in animation using JavaScript expression rigging and scripting, procedural workflow, tool kitting, and automation. His past experience includes working in broadcast motion graphics at WarnerMedia Studios for brands and networks such as NBA, Turner Classic Movies, E-League, Cartoon Network, and Bleacher Report. He has also done animation work for clients and studios such as STATE Design, ThinkMojo, Saatchi & Saatchi, MTV, Salesforce, SCAD, and ACI Worldwide.
Although he is passionate about motion design, Desmond finds immense joy and fulfillment in teaching, and believes his mission is to help everyone realize their true potential, and transform their design career for the better! Currently, he is an MFA candidate at the Savannah College of Art and Design, with the aim of teaching professionally at a college level.
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