Motion & Video Design
Motion Graphics with After Effects
Animate Professional Motion Graphics in After Effects
12 lessons4 modules9h 20m durationbeginner level
About this course
After Effects is the industry-standard tool for 2D motion graphics, used everywhere from broadcast lower-thirds to app onboarding and YouTube intros. This course teaches the specific craft that separates amateur from professional motion: spacing and timing through the Graph Editor, building resolution-independent art with shape layers and trim paths, animating text with animators and range selectors, and replacing tedious keyframing with a handful of expressions like wiggle, loopOut, and time. By the end you will have animated and rendered a polished title sequence with synchronized graphics, type, and sound.
Curriculum
Module 1: Getting Started: Compositions, Layers, and Your First Animation
- How After Effects Thinks: Comps, Layers, and the TimelinePreview
- Setting Up a Composition: Frame Rate, Resolution, and Duration🔒
- Your First Keyframes: Position, Scale, and Opacity🔒
Module 2: Timing, Easing, and the Graph Editor
- The 12 Principles of Animation for Motion Graphics🔒
- Mastering the Graph Editor and Custom Easing🔒
- Motion Blur, Speed, and Making Movement Believable🔒
Module 3: Shape Layers and Text Animation
- Shape Layers, Trim Paths, and the Repeater🔒
- Kinetic Typography: Text Animators and Range Selectors🔒
- Parenting, Null Objects, and Pre-composing🔒
Module 4: Expressions, Sound, and Rendering Your Title Sequence
- Expressions for Beginners: wiggle, loopOut, time, and linear🔒
- Syncing Motion to Music and Sound🔒
- Rendering and Delivery: Render Queue and Media Encoder🔒
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