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Creating a Mobile App Interface in After Effects

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Overview

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Learn how to prototype an app interface using Adobe Illustrator, and then take the finished design into After Effects for animation.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • What you should know before watching
  • How to use the exercise files
1. App Plan and Pre-Production
  • The app creation
  • Plan for and gather references
  • Sketch out ideas
  • Choose the user journey
2. Explore the App Screens
  • Adobe Illustrator’s role in the process
  • Install the font for this project
  • Prepare artwork for After Effects
3. Prepare Assets for Animation in After Effects
  • Set up and import artwork
  • Create reusable components
  • Build the Dashboard tiles
  • Add final touches to the Dashboard tiles
  • Build the Dashboard screens
  • Add final touches to the remaining screens
4. Animate in After Effects
  • Animate the Dashboard elements
  • Add final touches to the Goal section
  • Animate the Steps screen
  • Animate the Friends screen
  • Create tap and swipe animations
5. Build and Export the Sequence
  • Swiping the Dashboard screens
  • Add finishing details, swipes, and taps
  • Add the scroll animation
  • Fix the header and footer
  • See the Friends screen and back to the Dashboard
  • Export the final sequence
6. Work with Sketch2AE
  • What is Sketch2AE?
  • Install Sketch2AE
  • Prepare artwork in Sketch
  • Import artwork into After Effects
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Andy Needham

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