After Effects is an extremely powerful yet daunting piece of software. Providing multiple examples in multiple styles, we’ll make use of some of the best techniques Philip has learned during his YouTube journey and use them to turn a simple video clip into an aesthetically pleasing, attention grabbing animation. You don’t need to know more than the very basic functions of AE to follow this tutorial, so don’t be intimidated! Just jump right in. You’ll learn techniques that will help you spice up almost any project like commercials, tutorials, video essays, documentaries and more.

Hands-on Class Project

Learn how to design and animate a collaged scene from scratch, conveying information to our viewers in a fun, entertaining way.

In this class you’ll learn how to add visual interest to a clip by adding depth of field, texture, noise, animation and decorations. We’ll start with a simple video clip and explain step by step how to use different functions of After Effects to build it into a comprehensive animated experience. You don’t need to know much about After Effects to start, but we’ll slowly build up into a whole new understanding of space and texture as we progress.