Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design
Learning to Learn
A course by Desmond Du , Motion Designer
About the video: Learning to Learn
Overview
“In this lesson, I want to share with you the importance of compounding your knowledge and of practicing when learning new expressions. Creating and curating your own code library or database might seem a lot of work but it will help you in the future! “If you genuinely care about the goal, you'll focus on the system.” — James Clear”
In this video lesson Desmond Du addresses the topic: Learning to Learn, 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
“In this lesson, I will talk to you about why is it important for motion designers to document and curate your creative process especially for coding. I will show you some example of code repository as well as Google Sheets so you can learn how to create your own. This will help you be more efficient and effective in your future project or animation process, So let me show you how. If you visit my website, dogs. Nosleepcreative. Com, and then you go on to getting startup expression. I have like a reference library of what I usually recommend people to. So this is actually my own, wiki websit...”
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Course summary for: Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe After Effects -
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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