Visual Communication

Motion Graphics

Create engaging design and content with motion graphics using After Effects! This course will cover the fundamentals of mograph, practical rules of animation, and basics of After Effects. We’ve also put together some essential projects that you can learn along to help you familiarise yourself with mograph workflow and applications interface.

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1.0 Introduction to Motion Graphics

What is Motion Graphics

Approx. 6 minutes

What is After Effects (And how it is different from Adobe Premiere Pro)

Approx. 15 minutes

A gist of After Effects

Approx. 20 minutes

2.0 Introduction to Adobe After Effects Pt.1

After Effects for Beginners Tutorial - One Shot Masterclass

Approx. 2 days

Essential Keyboard Shortcuts

Approx. 10 minutes

Understanding Frame Rate Pt.1

Approx. 6 minutes

Understanding Frame Rate Pt.2

Approx. 4 minutes

3.0 Rules of Animation

Understanding Principles of Animation

Approx. 30 minutes

Principles of Animation in the eye of Simple Motion Graphic

Approx. 3 minutes

1. Timing and Space

Approx. 20 minutes

2. Ease in and out, and graph editor

Approx. 1 hour

3. Anticipation

Approx. 10 minutes

4+ Arc

Approx. 20 minutes

4. Squash and Stretch (+ introduction to Expressions)

Approx. 30 minutes

4.1 Advance Squash and Stretch

Approx. 1 hour

5. Exeggerate (with Text Tracking)

Approx. 10 minutes

5.1 How to do text tracking

Approx. 10 minutes

6. Follow through and overlapping

Approx. 1 hour

7. Pose to pose & straight ahead action

Approx. 30 minutes

7.1 Animating Vox style map [BONUS]

Approx. 2 hours

8. Secondary Motion

Approx. 30 minutes

8. Secondary Motion 2 [Challenge]

Approx. 3 hours

10. Staging

Approx. 10 minutes

10.1 Composition Study

Approx.

11.1 Solid Drawing

Approx. 5 minutes

11.2 Solid Drawing (Adding grain shading on shapes)

Approx. 30 minutes

12. Appeal (Reminder for all principles)

Approx. 5 minutes

4.0 Introduction to Adobe After Effects Pt.2

Null Object in After Effects

Approx. 20 minutes

Morphing Shapes

Approx. 20 minutes

Animating Path and Along Path

Approx. 20 minutes

Difference between track matte and clipping mask

Approx. 10 minutes

5.0 Kinetic Typography

Introduction to Kinetic Typography

Approx. 1 day

Text Panel and Animation Preset

Approx. 20 minutes

Text Animators in After Effects

Approx. 1 hour

6.0 Essentials Projects to Learn Along

Creatively Using Text Animators

Approx. 40 minutes

Approx. 1 hour

Approx. 1 hour

Approx. 2 hours

Approx. 20 minutes

Create Liquid Animation

Approx. 20 minutes

Animating Face with 3D Camera

Approx. 30 minutes

Animate Character without any plugins

Approx. 30 minutes

7.0 Creative Transitions in After Effects

Add creative flair to your video or motion graphics project with transitions! Learn the most-used transitions with Manuel does Motion.

8.0 What's Next

Save time with Mister Horse’s Animation Composer

Approx. 15 minutes

Advanced Preset for VFX and Compositing

Approx. 1 hour

Make transition/editing smoother with eye trace and match cut technique

Approx. 1 hour

Character Animation Tutorial

Approx. 1 hour

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