Basics: Introduction to After Effects

Overview

“Typography is often used alongside voiceover or narration. In this unit, you will explore how to use audio generally before combining it with kinetic typography techniques. The specific timing of text and speech is a tricky needle to thread, so you will look closely at the best practices when dealing with these elements in a project. ”

In this video lesson Evan Abrams addresses the topic: Type and Speech , which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Typography. Unlock the secrets of text animation and design with After Effects, transforming plain text into compelling visual elements for media and advertising..

Partial transcription of the video

“Often we'll be combining typography and voiceover. So the timing of text coming onto the screen, especially in time to audio, is a subject worth exploring. Also, anytime there's text on screen, we should assume people want to read it. So we should talk about some of the best practices around that as well. So let's get into After Effects and see how that works. So here in After Effects, we have a few compositions to explore. But the first thing to get to is bringing audio out onto our timeline and listening to it. So if you have any audio, you can just import it like any other file you would...”

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Course summary for: Course 4: Typography

• Level: Beginner
• 9 students
• 4 units
• 4 lessons (41m)
• 4 downloads