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LinkedIn Learning

Advanced Motion Graphics

via LinkedIn Learning

Overview

Learn about how to take your skills to the next level by building, editing, and stylizing your compositions in Adobe After Effects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Becoming a better motion designer
  • What you should know
1. Planning and Preparing
  • Reviewing the client brief
  • Hunting for footage
  • Importing and stabilizing footage
  • Creating the main comp
  • Syncing fonts
2. Type Design
  • Designing the title
  • Adding a special glyph
  • Extruding and placing 3D text
  • Overriding materials
  • Using lights to add depth and shadows
  • Adding a tagline
3. 3D Type Animation
  • Animating the extrusion
  • Previewing in real time
  • Animating 3D characters
4. Compositing
  • Rotoscoping with the roto brush
  • Adding ground shadow
  • Stylizing lens flare
  • Adding noise
  • Removing spots
5. Tracking
  • Animating lines
  • Tracking a surface
  • Applying tracking data
  • Reintroducing a handheld camera
  • Finalizing and rendering
6. Challenge
  • Challenge overview
  • Solution to challenge
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Eran Stern

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