Basics: Introduction to After Effects

Overview

“So far, you have created movement or change in the same way you would with regular objects. But, there are even more ways to affect change in the layers over time. Because any property can hold a keyframe, the potential for movement is endless. ”

In this video lesson Evan Abrams addresses the topic: Movement in All Things, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 3: Creating Movement and Change. Explore advanced techniques in After Effects to elevate your motion graphics. Learn about keyframes, motion paths, and the graph editor to create dynamic animations with precision and creativity..

Partial transcription of the video

“For most of these units, we've animated properties to move layers around like we would with physical objects. While position, scale, and rotation change can take you far in motion design, because any property can be animated, we can make some very interesting animation without moving layers at all. Let's open up After Effects and you'll see what I mean. So first off, animating colors. Now color is a property like anything else, so we can twirl down, twirl into effects, twirl into the gradient, and you can see these two colors. So if we wanted a change in color over time, we need to simply s...”

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Course summary for: Course 3: Creating Movement and Change

• Level: Beginner
• 8 students
• 7 units
• 7 lessons (1h 10m)
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