Welcome to Quick & Easy Motion Graphics & Animation Principles in After Effects CC.

Description

I am the author of top rated and bestselling courses in After Effects, Motion Graphics and Video Editing and Courses on Udemy.

Together, we will go through a simple and easy course that will equip you with the skills to create amazing motion graphics and apply the all famous animation principles used by professional animators.

I believe in learning by doing, so expect to learn new and important concepts from the very beginning and apply them right away.

This hands-on approach will provide you with all the tools you need to create top-quality animations quickly and efficiently.

I promise you, by the end of this course you will be creating awesome motion graphics and applying animation principles used by professional animators the Quick & Easy way.

• You will start with the basics, creating simple entry animations.

• Step by step you will start learning the Animation Principles and implementing them in your animations.

• You will create In/Out Transitions. Typical animations for Explainer Videos.

• We’ll venture into complex animations, pop, wiggle, float, shake and wave.

• you’ll familiarize yourself with Distortion techniques to create lively micro movements.

• and there so much more you'll enjoy learning and creating awesome animations.

You will learn several methods to implement these Animation Principles

• Overshoot

• Bounce

• Anticipation

• Follow through

• Overlapping Action

• Exaggeration

• Distortion

• Slow In and Slow Out

• Arc movement

• Secondary Action

By the end of the course you will be able to create animation like a pro animator. (not just motion)

You might already know that I am very committed to student's success. I will be there to help you create

Cheers

Louay

• This course is for people new to After Effects and Motion Graphics
• It's surely for you if you want to create better Motion Graphics and implement professional animation techniques
• Only if you want to go from zero to hero in motion graphics and animations techniques

Course content

• Welcome & Setup
  • The Motion Graphics, Animation Principles and Projects Covered in the course
  • Download your Exercise files & Projects
  • Setting up After Effects for Motion Graphics
• 1st Project – Animating a scene with Overshoots and Bounces
  • Let's Animate: 1st Project - Bounce & overshoot
  • How to import Graphics Into After Effects
  • How to animate scenes in After Effects
  • How to add easing to animation in After Effects
  • Animation Principle: What is Overshoot?
  • How to add a Quick & Easy Overshoot
  • Animation Principle: What is Bouncing?
  • Add Quick & Easy Bounce to your animation
  • Make your animation more appealing by sequencing layers
  • Sharpening the Vector Graphics
  • Much nicer with Motion Blur
  • Tips & Tricks: Useful Shortcuts
  • Tips & Tricks: Anchor Point to change the animation
  • Your assignment - Select and Animate
• Essentials - How to export your Videos to use on Social Medias
  • Best & recommended Method to create Videos
  • The other method - Render Queue
  • Your Assignment: Show your achievement
• Essentials - How to organize Graphics in Illustrator for AE Import
  • How to set up Illustrator files to Import to AE - Isometric Designs
  • Adobe CC Library is another powerful tool
  • What to do when the footage goes missing
• 2nd Project - The Quick & Easy way to create Animation
  • 2nd Project: Let's Animate Awesome Quick & Easy
  • Getting some help
  • Important Tip: Animation Duration
  • The Quick and Easy way to animate
  • Animating a whole scene in a minute
  • Creating waves with water layers
  • Staggering Graphics Groups
  • Taking them Out!
  • How to Create Animation Groups
  • How to create random motion
  • How to create distortion motion
• 3rd Project - How to add Anticipation with Squash and Stretch
  • How to add Simple Anticipation
  • Anticipation with Simple Squash & Stretch
  • Anticipation Down & Up with Squash & Stretch
  • A more sophisticated squash and Stretch
  • The inverse Animation with Squash & Stretch
• 4th Project - Game Scene Animation
  • 4th Project - Game Scene Animation
  • The Motion Path way
  • Create the Animation
  • Adding Squash & Stretch
  • Adding Sound Effects
  • Adding Visual & Landing Sound Effects
  • Playing the Animation Duration - Awesome Sound Effects changes
  • Your Final Animation Download
• 5th Project - The Firing Cannon Animation
  • 5th Project - Distortion and much more
  • The awesome effect to create Squash & Stretch and distortion
  • First Action Animation
  • Managing Speeds and Adding Action
  • Telling a story with keyframes
  • SFX brings life to your animation
  • Your Final Cannon project download
• 6th Project - Follow Through and Overlapping Action
  • 6th Project - Follow Through and Overlapping Action
  • The follow through animation stages
  • How to create an animation group
  • How to create Lag for the main body
  • How to create Lag for other body parts
  • Completing the Lag animation
  • How to remove the stiffness and make them wave
  • How to create the overlapping action
  • Overlapping action the "elastic" way
• 7th Project - Environment Explained animation
  • 7th Project - from keyframes to effects and links
  • Setting up: Background, Transparency and Centering
  • Animate with overshoot and stagger
  • How to create an animated group
  • Add organic perfectly centered circles
  • Completing the Animation.
  • Advanced: Controlling with Angle expressions
• How to forge ahead
  • The way forward: Go wild and animate - Create fun and amusing animations
• Upgrade your After Effects Skills
  • Bonus Lecture