Useful, Fun Animation Techniques Inside After Effects

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: How to Create Whips Pans, The Write on Effect, The Brush Effect

Lecture 1: Using the Anchor Point property to move within a clip/image

Lecture 2: How to add fast moves and Motion Blur to make "whip pans"

Lecture 3: Demo of the differences between the Brush tool and Write-on effect

Lecture 4: Using the Write-on effect to have brush strokes follow motion

Lecture 5: Additional use of the Write-on effect

Chapter 2: Masking techniques, The CC Composite Effect and Animation Presets

Lecture 1: Overview of Masking techniques

Lecture 2: Masking and Compositing Techniques Part 1

Lecture 3: Masking and Compositing Techniques Part 2

Lecture 4: Using the CC composite plugin within a set of effects

Lecture 5: How to create an animation preset

Lecture 6: How to use the CC composite with multiple masks and blending modes

Chapter 3: Shapes and Layer Styles

Lecture 1: Overview of shapes and layer styles

Lecture 2: Converting shapes to paths

Lecture 3: Creating shapes using paths

Lecture 4: Layer Styles – Inner and Drop Shadow

Lecture 5: Layer Styles – Bevel and Emboss and Gradient Overlay

Lecture 6: Finished examples demo

Chapter 4: Glowing Wipes and Volumetric Lightning

Lecture 1: Overview of the techniques

Lecture 2: How to make an animated surface on an object

Lecture 3: How to create an animated diagonal glowing wipe

Lecture 4: Advanced volumetric lighting – initial setup

Lecture 5: Volumetric lighting – adding the light sources

Chapter 5: Splatters and Droplets, The 3D Parallax Effect and Slideshows

Lecture 1: Quick overview

Lecture 2: How to use CC Particle World to create splatters

Lecture 3: How to use the Pen tool to create a droplet

Lecture 4: Creating the parallax effect in 3D space

Lecture 5: How to create a quick & easy slideshow

Lecture 6: How to create an illuminating reveal using text animation

Lecture 7: How to fit a comp to predetermined length

Lecture 8: Computer purchasing tips