Livestream Replay - Animating with 3D in After Effects - Brandon Groce x Pontus Wellgraf

Here's a recap of last week's Livestream, hosted by the great Brandon Groce where we talk about dozens of topics while also taking a closer look into my raw process from design, animation & 3D. Thanks for joining in, I truly enjoyed this and can't wait for the next!

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TIMESTAMPS
00:01:00 Intro
00:07:24 Feasibility Vs. Seeling an idea
00:08:47 Structure before animating
00:14:16 Animating UI Flow
00:16:09 Custom After Effects Workspaces
00:18:01 Do you know what all blending modes does?
00:21:32 Iterating on style right in motion
00:20:11 Animating titles
00:27:51 How long time to achieve great animation skills?
00:29:01 How do you get the skills to land a design job?
00:29:27 "Be Curious" is one path for skills development 👀
00:30:48 Adding in elements just for the sake of it?
00:31:55 How to have 2 After Effects project up at once
00:33:39 Talking about plugins, script and computer specs
00:38:01 After Effects is hard work but this is why I think it's worth it
00:38:33 Planning ahead is a big portion of your proficiency
00:40:01 Animating the flying money
00:41:10 Imitating Mario & Luigi
00:43:55 Strategy of how to divide content into PreComps
00:47:14 Would you be interested if I created an animation course?
00:48:12 The process is sometimes no process
00:50:14 The challenge to get others to understand the effort for great animation
00:50:50 Computer specs and rendering times discussion
00:52:03 Swedish unique word "Lagom" 🇸🇪
00:54:04 Animating intro transition
00:57:57 Animating Gestures
00:58:39 Do you make your own assets or buying pre-made ones?
01:07:04 The raw process of something is often left out
01:08:00 Working for someone else Vs. For yourself?
01:03:43 Being a perfectionist. Good? Bad?
01:05:48 Plugin: "EaseCopy"- Easier re-use of easings
01:12:01 Computer crashes and burns from rendering 🔥
01:14:08 Animating the 3D Presentation
01:14:17 Choosing a dimension that can also serve as your reel material
01:14:39 Setting up the project structure
01:14:53 Building out the composition
01:15:32 Adding in the 3D device using "Element 3D"
01:25:25 How to place content inside the device screen
01:33:51 Another presentation version more similar to original
01:35:18 Where do I find inspiration?
01:36:39 Create something where it isn't something yet
01:38:23 Being humble with your craft
01:39:49 Social Media pressure us to be perfect ❌
01:40:00 I held off from showing this project for a year. Share more, don't hide it away.
01:40:38 How do you think the future of product design will be?
01:41:38 How important is the presentation of your work?
01:53:07 Final words
01:53:40 Thank you for watching! 🙏🏼

LET'S CONNECT

[dynamics]

Thank you so much for making education accessible.

[RJ]

loved watching this. you're good!

[ivineel]

I was just Addicted to your Process man. And now, I am watching every video on your channel. They are dope. I am very interested and looking forward to seeing the future videos that you post. Can we expect some videos about the complex transitions in UI?

[Wellgraf]

See you in 8h from now! Looking forward to chat with you all live while watching this recap together! 🙌🏼

[JakeBaconDigital]

We've found the after effects god!

[JakePomperDesign]

Hell yeah man this was fun. Do you ever use interactive prototyping in tools like Invision Studio or Drama? From experience the process is so much easier (at least for the UI flow) than AE and the result is pretty much the exact same. AE is great for presentations though, yours was killer here!

Thanks!
Jake