Learn Motion Graphic Design, Become A Great Motion Designer

Improve your professional learning curve through unforgettable practice, you’ll learn how to work on complex projects.

What you'll learn

This course will bring you to the next motion design level.

Cover almost all types of animation from 2D, combining it with AE expressions, to 3D, using Xpresso in Cinema 4D.

All the animations will be united into complete video scenes.

We’ll share with you project files & resources, in which we’ve used frame-by-frame animation along with modern 2D and 3D design.

We’ll teach you the main principles and rules of organizing projects and creating the correct structure for them.

we’ll demonstrate to you custom scripts that help us get rid of some routine work and facilitate the entire process.

Requirements

Familiarity with computer-aided design,

Should have a knowledge about different kinds of animated graphics,

Should be familiarized with 2D design tools like Photoshop and Illustrator,

Ready to be a great Motion graphic designer.

Description

Improve your professional learning curve through unforgettable practice in which you’ll learn how to work on complex projects. You’ll explore all secret techniques in order to become a real motion pro.LESSON #1Structure and OrganizationWe will start by organizing the material and thinking over the architecture of the project. Then we’ll optimize and import illustrations. After that, we’ll show you scripts that simplify the process of organizing the project.LESSON #22D in After EffectsWe’ll start designing the project with 2D animations of plants, fire and water. For creating such animations, we’ll use fresh and flexible techniques. Also, you’ll learn how they can be automated with the help of expressions. As a result, you’ll be able to control the animation of all layers and parameters in a few clicks.LESSON #3 Faux 3D in After EffectsIn this lesson, we’ll cover a few key techniques for simulating 3D animation, using regular 2D layers. We’ll take into account all their advantages and disadvantages. We will use expressions to create a rig for such animations in order to remove some of the manual work and make them as flexible as possible. Then we’ll style it with effects to make the animation even more expressive.LESSON #43D in After EffectsIn this lesson, we’ll focus on the benefits and drawbacks of creating 3D in After Effects. We’ll consider when it’s better to work with the built-in 3D features, using various engines instead of another software. Then we’ll create a few simple 3D models and demonstrate to you how to quickly animate them and use them as a basis for more complex animations. In addition, we’ll analyze cases when we can take advantage of expressions to work with 3D.LESSON #5Animation in C4D LightBased on three animations, you’ll learn generators and deformers for simple animation in C4D Light. We’ll cover modeling basics, demonstrate to you how to work with textures and use Xpresso for automatic animation without setting keyframes. And we’ll finish the lesson by showing you how to stylize the picture for our project and how to prepare the project for import into After Effects.LESSON #6Integrate C4D & AEWe’ll show you a few options to integrate a project from Cinema 4D into After Effects. And then we’ll take a look at the possibilities and approaches to stylizing 3D material in After Effects.LESSON #7Mixing 2D & 3DIn this lesson, it’s time to combine all styles into several complex illustrations consisting of 2D and 3D graphics. We’ll analyze issues you may deal with and will suggest approaches to solving these issues. What’s more, we’ll take a look at the rig and animation of the spider, for which we will use a completely new custom script with a limb system for advanced rigs.LESSON #8Complete Scene SetupIn this lesson, we’ll assemble two scenes from all the animations. You’ll learn how to add auxiliary animation in order to liven up our scenes. What’s more, you’ll have a look at how to deal with really complicated compositions containing a dozen of complex animations, without going crazy with the render time.LESSON #9Dev & Scripts OptimizationDuring the course, we use a lot of custom scripts. So, now it’s time to learn how these scripts are created and what software is used to develop them. Also, you’ll find out how to debug their work, modify them and adapt them for your own purposes. From this point on, you’ll be able to develop your own approach to work and form your own workflow.LESSON #10A look behind the scenesWe’ll show the breakdown of the most difficult parts of our project. Also, you’ll see how to combine the frame-by-frame animation in a 3D environment.EXTRA CONTENTSWe’ll attach all the course materials and scripts so that you can check out all the details of the project.

Overview

Section 1: Structure and Organization

Lecture 1 1 # Structure and Organization

Lecture 2 2 # Structure and Organization

Section 2: 2D in After Effect

Lecture 3 1 # Jumping Plant

Lecture 4 2 # Pill Animation

Lecture 5 3 # Fire

Section 3: 3D in After Effects

Lecture 6 1 # Faux 3D Tray Ball

Lecture 7 2 # Glass

Lecture 8 3 # 2D in After Effects Jelly

Lecture 9 4 # 3D in After Effect

Lecture 10 5 # 3D in After Effects Aquarium

Section 4: Animation in C4D Lite

Lecture 11 1 # Cinema 4D Lite Odamania

Lecture 12 2 # Cinema 4D Lite Donut

Lecture 13 3 # Cinema 4D Lite Vase

Lecture 14 4 # Integrate C4D & AE

Section 5: Mixing 2D & 3D

Lecture 15 1 # The Spider

Lecture 16 2 # Character Rig & Animation

Section 6: Complete Scene Setup

Lecture 17 1 # Setup of Scene

Section 7: Dev & Scripts Optimization

Lecture 18 1 # Dev & Scripts Optimization

Lecture 19 2 # Scripts for After Effects

you’ll be successful however you choose to apply your new skills.,Beginners in After Effects who want to start Learning Compositing ,Visual Effects, and Motion Graphics.,Intermediate After Effects Users who want to polish their skills and learn more techniques to create better animation videos.,YouTube Publisher looking to add Motion Graphics, Titles, Lower Thirds and VFX to their Videos,Video Editors looking to implement Visual Effects and Motion Graphics in their videos,Motion graphics artists and graphic designers.