After Effects for Beginners | A Free Masterclass

Intro: 0:00
Exercise files: 1:42
Inspiration: 3:03
Setting up your software: 5:48
Audio & music: 13:40
Color & image backgrounds: 22:22
Adding text & TypeKit: 24:32
Middletro: 28:06
Free Icons: 28:55
CC Libraries: 32:16
Animating an infographic icon in Adobe After Effects: 39:38
Easing: 46:15
Help, I’m lost: 50:08
Free sounds: 51:05
Circle burst: 54:04
Animation TIP - Motion blur: 1:01:17
Outro: 1:03:37

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Hi there, my name is Dan. I’m a Adobe Certified Instructor and I LOVE animating infographics & bringing potentially boring data to life using After Effects.

This course is for beginners. You don’t need any previous knowledge in AFX or any motion graphic experience. We’ll start with the super basics, taking simple icons breathing life into to them with After Effects.

We’ll work through a real life projects, connecting Excel into After Effects to transform your boring spreadsheet data into approachable visual information. We’ll experiment with lighting & cameras. We’ll do some fun things with masking, looking at how important sound is in your presentation, all the way through to exporting for Youtube, Powerpoint and all sorts of social media including animated GIFS.

There are projects for you to complete, so you can practice your skills and use these for your portfolio. There is a cheat sheet and I’ve got exercise files so you can play along. I will also save my files as I go through each video so that you can compare yours to mine - handy if something goes wrong.

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