What will you learn?

Interface

We’ll start by going over the After Effects interface and understand how to work with different layouts, compositions and how to select and manipulate layers.

Basic Tools

We’ll go over different animation tools and methods. We’ll cover keyframing, interpolation types, using the graph editor, working with different layer types, vfxdownload.net precomps, mattes, and shape layers.

Logo Animation

After covering the basics, we’ll jump into logo animation, and go over animating 3 different logos in After Effects, as well as one 3D logo using Cinema4D Lite.

Rig a Character

We’ll create and rig an entire character using DUIK Bassel – a free easy-to-use plugin. We’ll cover body and facial riggings, as well as lip syncing techniques.

Animating a Shot

After the character is ready for animation we’ll create a scene, learn how to manipulate cameras and create depth with 3D layers. We’ll then insert our rigged character to the scene vfxdownload.net and animate a shot from start to finish, including lip syncing to audio. We’ll then learn how to render and export our animation.

Project Pipeline

We’ll go over how to approach a larger scale project, both for clients and for your own work, including planning and delivering the final assets.