Taking Your Animations from Amateur to Professional in After Effects
In this series of lessons, we will learn how to take a pretty good motion graphics animation and make it an amazing one. Software required: After Effects CC 12.1.0.168.
What you'll learn
In this series of lessons, we will learn how to take a pretty good motion graphics animation and make it an amazing one. This tutorial takes a little bit of a different approach than the way that we normally go about creating something together. We will have an animation that has already been made and go over what is wrong with it or what could be made better. We then start making those changes and refining the animation. This course is perfect for you if you are wanting to create your demo reel but you know that you have a few pieces that need a little polish before you're ready to show them off. By the end of this training, you will have learned how to take any mediocre motion graphic pieces that you have made, apply the principles that you learn in this course, and make the animation stand out from the crowd. Software required: After Effects CC 12.1.0.168.
Table of contents
- Using Masks to Refine a Text Write-on Effects 14m
- Avoiding Predictable Animations by Correcting Twinning 14m
- Fixing Twinning in Other Areas of the Animation 10m
- Avoiding All Linear Keyframes by Creating Contrast in Motion 11m
- Putting the Principle of Follow Through into Action 17m
- Adding Recoil to the Falling Parts of Our Animation 15m
- Adding Anticipation to the Line and the Text 7m
- Using Lens Effects and Scale to Take the Animation from Flat to Polished 11m
About the author
Laura is a passionate visual effects and motion graphics author at Pluralsight. Ever since her first exposure to After Effects in college, Laura has had an eternal drive to learn more about motion graphics, and teach others what she has discovered. Laura began working at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company) as a motion graphics artist, creating visually-appealing advertisements and informative art for the site. Throughout her time at Digital-Tutors, Laura contributed greatly to both the ... more