Beyond The Parallax Effect In After Effects

Learn how to create a parallax effect in After Effects

What you'll learn
Learn how to go beyond the simple parallax effect in our 14 lessons course.
Learn 6 parallax techniques
Learn how to animate any photo
Animate photos from a concept to a finished video
Requirements
Basic After Effects knowleadge needed
After Effects CC or higher
A few lessons use third-party plugins like Optical Flares, Saber (Free) and Red giant Universe but you can complete the course without them
Description
Learn how to go beyond the simple parallax effect in our 14 lessons course. The total watch time is about 2.5 hours (10-15 min per lesson).In this course, you’ll learn different parallax techniques including:– Camera Projection– Displacement– 2.5D– Vanishing Point– Puppet– OpticsThe course was created by Cameron Pierron, an award-winning motion designer and animator, and founder of Motion Science with an experience of more than 20 years.You’ll get all the course materials and will be able to follow your instructor step by step.Materials include raw files as well as the final project.The main software is After Effects CC or higher.You’ll need Photoshop CC or higher for the first 2 lessons (1 of 7 parallax techniques).Some lessons use third-party plugins:Optical flares by VideoCopilot (paid)Saber Video Copilot (free)Red giant plugin suite Universe (free trial)Please note you can follow most of the course even if you don’t have those plugins. They only provide a few finishing touches in 3 out of 14 lessons. The course teaches you the fundamentals of the parallax effect and it will work without those plugins.The difficulty is Beginner-Intermediate. The language is English.Start your journey into Parallax today together with AEJuice!

Overview

Section 1: Beyond the Parallax Effect

Lecture 1 01 Vanishing Point Astronaut Part 1

Lecture 2 02 Vanishing Point Astronaut Part 2

Lecture 3 03 2.5D Floating Girl

Lecture 4 04 2.5D Lamp Finger

Lecture 5 05 2.5D Trees Part 1

Lecture 6 06 2.5D Trees Part 2

Lecture 7 07 2.5D Big Rock

Lecture 8 08 Puppet Pin Wave

Lecture 9 09 Displacements Old Man

Lecture 10 10 Displacements Floating

Lecture 11 11 Liquify Clouds

Lecture 12 12 Optics Stained Glass

Lecture 13 13 Camera Projection Desert

Lecture 14 14 Camera Projection Shoes

Beginner After Effects users