Motion Graphics with After Effects

About this course

Bring ideas to life with movement. Over seven practical days you will learn how motion designers build animations in After Effects, from keyframes and easing to shape layers, animated type and the first expressions that save hours of manual work.

The course ends with a final project: a short explainer animation that you plan, design, animate and export yourself, ready for websites, presentations and social media. You leave with a finished piece for your portfolio and a workflow you can repeat.

What you'll learn

• Set up After Effects projects and compositions for motion design work.
• Animate layers with keyframes, easing and the Graph Editor.
• Build, style and animate shape layers.
• Create animated typography with text animators.
• Combine masks, track mattes and blending modes to build layered scenes.
• Apply basic expressions to link and automate properties.
• Plan, animate and export a complete explainer animation for web and social media.

Curriculum

Who it's for

Graphic designers, video editors and marketing teams who already know Illustrator or Photoshop and want to create professional motion graphics.

Before you start

• Working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop
• Confident everyday computer and file management skills

Part of these Alalamia diplomas

• Alalamia Diploma in Video Production, Editing and Motion Graphics