After Effects Apprentice: 14 Shape Layers
Overview
Learn how to create and animate vector-based artwork directly inside After Effects.
In this course, author Chris Meyer shows how to create and animate vector-based artwork directly inside Adobe After Effects. The course covers the ins and outs of working with shape layers, including creating shape paths, applying shape effects, and reordering shape operators. The course also contains a series of exercises on creating common motion graphics elements using shape layers.
The After Effects Apprentice series was created by Trish and Chris Meyer. These tutorials are designed for After Effects CS4 through CC, and can be used on their own or as a companion to the Meyer's book, After Effects Apprentice.
In this course, author Chris Meyer shows how to create and animate vector-based artwork directly inside Adobe After Effects. The course covers the ins and outs of working with shape layers, including creating shape paths, applying shape effects, and reordering shape operators. The course also contains a series of exercises on creating common motion graphics elements using shape layers.
The After Effects Apprentice series was created by Trish and Chris Meyer. These tutorials are designed for After Effects CS4 through CC, and can be used on their own or as a companion to the Meyer's book, After Effects Apprentice.
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Software versions and exercise files
- Shape tool overview
- Drawing parametric shapes
- Drawing pen paths
- Convert to Bezier paths
- Creating multiple shape groups
- Creating multiple paths in the same group
- Creating compound paths
- Exploring shape effects
- Wiggle Paths
- Repeater
- Wiggle Transform
- Combining Wiggle Transform with the Repeater
- Editing gradients
- Creating open paths
- Automatic animation
- Creating a swarm
- Blending multiple shapes into a texture
- Creating a RotoBezier path
- Dashes and gaps
- Animating a line
- Using the Repeater to create an end pose
- Using Brainstorm to create an animation
- Geometry options (new in CS6)
- Material options (new in CS6)
- Animating a 3D shape (new in CS6)
- Tips for stylized bars
- Additional shape presets
- Convert vector layers to shapes (new in CS6)
- Convert type to shape layers
Taught by
Chris Meyer and Trish Meyer
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