Like many courses on Lynda and now LinkedIn, the instructors are real-world practitioners doing who often jump too deep into an application before laying fundamental groundwork. This series of courses has you "option-clicking" (or right-clicking) to open quick-contextual menus with no explanation to why that shortcut exists. Learning shortcuts is fine as an aside, but doesn't belong in "Essential Training" videos. After Effects basics is a full week of full-time coursework and exercises. I quit when "functions" were introduced in the first hour. We're not learning Macromedia Director here. Or are we?
After Effects CC 2018 Essential Training: Motion Graphics
With Alan Demafiles
Liked by 890 users
Duration: 4h 11m
Skill level: Intermediate
Released: 11/6/2017
Course details
After Effects can do many things, but if you're a motion designer, you're into After Effects for its motion graphics capabilities. This course concentrates on the tools and techniques you need to make amazing motion designs in Adobe After Effects CC 2018. First, explore shape layers and paths, the foundations of effective vector-based compositions. Then learn different methods of animation, including manually animating with keyframes, leveraging the Graph Editor, changing speed with time remapping, motion sketching, and looping with expressions. Next is compositing, which allows you combine visual elements from separate sources, as well as mask out areas of an effect. Then learn how to set and animate type, and get an introduction to 3D. The last step is rendering your project for your final destination. Instructor Alan Demafiles—a leading After Effects trainer—closes with some tips on building an effective workflow that maximizes your creative freedom and efficiency.
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Meet the instructor
Learner reviews
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David Price
David Price
Design Director at Modern SBC
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Ali Gholami Tehrani
Ali Gholami Tehrani
UX/UI Designer @ UX Design Club
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Andrés Gutiérrez Manrique
Andrés Gutiérrez Manrique
2D Animator, video and audio editor at BlueMelon Design
Contents
What’s included
- Practice while you learn 1 exercise file
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