Creating Contrasting Animations with Solid Shapes in After Effects
In this series of After Effects tutorials, we will talk about the steps you take to create an animated tablet commercial while learning tips and concepts you can use in your own projects. Software required: After Effects CS6.
What you'll learn
In this series of After Effects tutorials, we will talk about the steps you take to create an animated tablet commercial while learning tips and concepts you can use in your own projects. We'll start by discussing the thinking behind what shapes and animation types we will use in the process, and establish that none of these decisions are arbitrary or based on something just looking cool. There are reasons behind all of the choices we make as we progress through the project. We also talk about using masks and custom alphas and when we would use one over the other. You'll learn a lot of tips for speeding up your workflows when creating a project that has lots of similar elements. This training is full of workflows that not only cover how to quickly create complex shape animations, but also how to approach the thinking behind what shapes to use when you want to create something that is abstract. By the end of this tutorial, you will have created your very own animated tablet commercial, and you will also have picked up the skills and thought process you will need to implement the next time you want to tackle a project that uses abstract imagery and animation. Software required: After Effects CS6.
Table of contents
- Creating and Animating the First Shape 18m
- Reusing the Animation from the First Shape 15m
- Adjusting the Timing for the Shapes' Keys 13m
- Introducing the First Tablet 10m
- Adding Masks to the Shapes for Contrast 17m
- Adding the Other Three Tablets 13m
- Changing the Position of the Yellow Tablet 8m
- Adding the Spinning Circles to the Tablet's Camera 13m
- Adding a 3D Camera 11m
- Creating Some Animated Circle Shapes for Our Camera 9m
- Creating a Custom Alpha Using Precomposed Layers 17m
- Combining the Custom Alpha to Reveal the Background 11m
- Adding the 3D Tablet and Text 21m
- Extending the Tablet Layer and Adding Lens Effects 17m