Basics: Introduction to After Effects

Overview

“Since animation is just a change of properties over time, you can use code to drive the animations. After Effects uses Javascript to link and manipulate the values of properties. You can create automated movements based on math with a few lines of code. This is a more advanced part of the program, but early exposure to the possibilities will significantly improve your work in this app. ”

In this video lesson Evan Abrams addresses the topic: Expressions, 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

“Now, we're branching beyond the basics to give you a little taste of expressions. Expressions are pieces of code, JavaScript specifically, that allow us to automate and connect properties in After Effects. If you recall the first unit of this course, we said all motion is just change of values over time. Well, expressions are just another way to control the change of those values. Let's get back into After Effects and get into it. So we're here in After Effects, and before we get too far down the road with expressions, I wanna go into our project settings. So we're gonna access our project ...”

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Course summary for: Course 3: Creating Movement and Change

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