Beginners Guide on how to create 2D Animations in After Effe

In this class I will show you how to create a simple and basic animation in After Effects.

After I will show you how you can improve your animation simply by adding some basic effects.

You only need to have the basic program Adobe After Effects.

You will be guided step by step.

The class is beginners friendly so don’t be afraid to jump into it and have some fun.

You will learn:

Part 1 – The workspace of Adobe After Effects

Part 2 – How to create shapes using the pen and shape tool

Part 3 – Anchor point tool

Part 4 – Transform options

Part 5 – Hide, solo and lock layers

Part 6 – Animating shapes using the Transform Options

Part 7 – Loop expression

Part 8 – Easy ease keyframing

Part 9 – Creating background and water bubbles

Part 10 – Exporting the animation

Part 11 – Wave Warp

Part 12 – Duplicate

Part 13 – Plants

Part 14 – Chromatic Aberration

Part 15 – Creative Simple Effects

Let your Imagination run wild and create your own original animation using what you learn here.

Good luck and have fun!

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