From Graphic Designer To Motion Designer

Take your Adobe Illustrator skills to the next level: After Effects!

What you'll learn

Work seamlessly between Adobe Illustrator and After Effects

Understand the After Effects interface and importing artwork

Learn the fundamentals of animation

Learn how to plan and storyboard a cohesive animation

Bring your ideas to life through animation

Requirements

Intermediate graphic design skills

Intermediate Adobe Illustrator skills

Description

Over 7 modules, 33 lessons, 29 quizzes, 10 assignments and bonus content you’ll be able to take your Adobe Illustrator skills and become an Adobe After Effects animator.You’ll discover the unlimited potential of using Illustrator with After Effects; the leading software for digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing. Whether you're working on elaborate animated explainer projects or creating fun posts for social media, this course has everything you need to start today.You’ll become familiar with the After Effects interface, learn how to prepare Illustrator files for After Effects and eventually create your own animated video.Course Outline:Take your graphic design skills to the next level and put your illustrations in motion. This course will teach you:how to use your Adobe Illustrator files in After Effects.the interface of After Effects.the basics of animation.how to work with compositions and scene transitions.how to create responsive designs.how to collect and export projects.the full process of creating an animation.Become the motion designer you've always dreamed of!Learning Objectives:Work seamlessly between Adobe Illustrator and After EffectsUnderstand the After Effects interface and importing artworkThe fundamentals of animationWork with compositions and create scene transitionsCreate responsive designsCollect and export projectsPlan and storyboard a cohesive animationCreate your very own fully animated videoThis course: From Graphic Designer to Motion Designer was curated by Makers of Media, an eLearning expert animation studio.

Overview

Section 1: Illustrator & the advantages of working in After Effects

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Illustrator vs Photoshop When Working in After Effects

Lecture 3 Workflow Between Illustrator and After Effects

Lecture 4 Setting Up Illustrator Files for After Effects

Lecture 5 Assignment 1A: Preparing a Script for Storyboarding

Lecture 6 Assignment 1A Review

Section 2: Adobe Illustrator for After Effects

Lecture 7 Working with Multiple Artboards in Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 8 Exporting Artboards

Lecture 9 Working with Layers in Adobe Illustrator

Lecture 10 Assignment 2A: Creating Artboards

Lecture 11 Assignment 2A Review

Lecture 12 Strokes, Fills, Paths & Masks

Lecture 13 Shapes

Lecture 14 Shapes as Paths and Position Keyframes

Lecture 15 Illustrator Layers as After Effects Shapes

Lecture 16 Assignment 2B: Preparing Illustrator files for After Effects

Lecture 17 Assignment 2B Review

Section 3: Introduction to After Effects

Lecture 18 Introduction to After Effects

Lecture 19 The After Effects Interface, Tool Panels & Compositions

Lecture 20 The After Effects Interface, Timeline & Types of Layers

Lecture 21 Assignment 3A: Creating Compositions

Lecture 22 Assignment 3A Review

Lecture 23 Keyframe Interactions

Lecture 24 Moving on the Timeline and Types of Keyframes

Lecture 25 Working with Keyframes

Lecture 26 Assignment 3B: Animation Properties

Lecture 27 Assignment 3B Review

Lecture 28 Essential Graphics and How They Work

Lecture 29 How to Use Essential Graphics

Lecture 30 Saving and Loading Essential Graphics

Lecture 31 Keyboard Shortcuts

Lecture 32 Assignment 3C: Essential Graphics

Lecture 33 Assignment 3C Review

Section 4: After Effects: the Animation Basics

Lecture 34 Animation Pacing, Timing and Rhythm

Lecture 35 Animating Adobe Illustrator Layers

Lecture 36 Animating Masks & Track Mattes

Lecture 37 Assignment 4A: Basic Animation Creation

Lecture 38 Assignment 4A Review

Lecture 39 Animating Shape Layers

Lecture 40 Animate Using Paths

Lecture 41 Text Animation

Lecture 42 Assignment 4B: Animate Illustrator Files

Lecture 43 Assignment 4B Review

Section 5: After Effects: Using Nested Comps & Transitions

Lecture 44 Working with Nested Compositions

Lecture 45 Creating Scene Transitions

Section 6: After Effects: Responsive Design, Collecting & Exporting

Lecture 46 Creating Responsive Design Compositions

Lecture 47 Collecting & Exporting

Lecture 48 Assignment 6A: Animating an Illustrator File

Lecture 49 Assignment 6A Review

Section 7: After Effects: Creating a Full Animation

Lecture 50 The Brief, Script & First Steps

Lecture 51 Animation

Lecture 52 Assignment 7A: Complete an Advanced Animation

Lecture 53 Assignment 7A Review

Lecture 54 Working with Audio in After Effects

Lecture 55 Assignment 7B: Creating your own Animation

Adobe Illustrator designers wanting to become After Effects animators or motion designers.