# Motion Graphics with After Effects Online (Self-Paced with Mentoring)

Canonical URL: <https://www.nextgenbootcamp.com/classes/animation-with-after-effects-online>

## Overview

Are you fascinated by motion graphics design? Learn how to create your own in this hands-on summer program that explores After Effects, Adobe's popular application for animation and motion graphics. You'll begin by getting comfortable with the After Effects workspace before diving into core motion design concepts and workflows. From there, the program introduces more advanced techniques, including title and text animation, 3D layer animation, and motion tracking. AI also finds its way into the curriculum throughout the program. Motion graphics is one of the creative fields being most actively reshaped by AI, with tools that can generate animations and automate visual effects, and you'll see how those developments relate to the After Effects skills you're developing.

This program is designed for complete beginners with no prior experience in animation, After Effects, or design.

## What you'll learn

- Create animated graphics and stylized text using keyframe animation techniques
- Navigate the After Effects workspace, timeline, and project panel with confidence
- Apply essential design principles to produce clean, dynamic motion graphics
- Integrate audio and video footage into animated compositions
- Work with 3D layers, cameras, and lights to create depth and cinematic effects
- Export animations using Adobe Media Encoder for sharing on social platforms

## Curriculum

### Section 1

#### Social Media Ad: Assembling the Assets

- Creating a Composition
- Importing Media
- Organizing the Project panel
- Working with Layers in a Composition (Timeline)
- Transform Properties: Position, Scale, & Rotation

#### Social Media Ad: Adding Audio & Animating Position

- Working with Audio
- Animating Transform Properties such as Position
- Adding Easing
- Swapping Out Layer Content While Keeping Keyframes

#### Social Media Ad: Adding Text & Layer Styles

- Adding Text
- Adding Layer Styles: Drop Shadow & Stroke

### Section 2

#### Social Media Ad: Video Layers & Parenting

- Adding Video
- Slowing Down Video (Slowmo)
- Animating Multiple Layers Simultaneously with Parenting

#### Social Media Ad: Animating Opacity & Audio/Video Fades

- Animating Opacity
- Adding Audio & Video Fades
- Changing Work Area & Composition Duration
- Copying & Pasting Keyframes
- Creating a Vignette Effect with a Mask

#### Social Media Ad: Exporting Files

- Using Adobe Media Encoder
- Exporting Files
- Media Encoder vs. Render Queue

#### Logo Animation

- Working with Adobe Illustrator Files
- Making a Dummy Comp Before Importing
- Organizing the Timeline: Color Labels & Shy Layers
- Animating Transform Properties: Scale, Position, & Opacity
- Animating Multiple Layers Together
- Creating Staggered & Sequential Animations
- Exporting Transparent Video

### Section 3

#### Creating an Infographic Animation

- Working with Adobe Illustrator Files
- Converting Illustrator Layers into Native Shape Layers
- Trim Paths

#### Masks & Track Mattes

- Adding Masks to Layers
- Using Track Mattes
- Adding Effects

#### Animating Text Layers

- Creating & Editing After Effects Text
- Animating with Text Animators

### Section 4

#### Nested Compositions

- Combining Nesting Compositions
- Adding Audio
- Adding Motion Blur

#### Title Animation: Multiple Text Animators

- Animating With the Linear Wipe Effect
- Applying Multiple Text Animators
- Saving Text Animation Presets

#### Title Animation: Write-On Text Effect

- Creating a Write-On Text Effect

### Section 5

#### Introducing 3D Layers, Lights, & Cameras

- Moving Layers in 3D Space
- Working with Cameras
- Working with Lights

#### Animating 3D Layers & Depth of Field

- Animating Layers in 3D Space
- Adding Depth of Field

#### Medical Animation: Working with Video & Audio

- Working with Video
- Working with Audio
- Looping Video & Audio

### Section 6

#### Medical Animation: Motion Paths & Expressions

- Creating Curved Motion Paths
- Looping an Animation with Expressions
- Working with Essential Properties
- Adding Motion Blur to a Nested Comp

#### Motion Tracking

- Point Tracking
- Motion Tracking
- Null Object Layers
- Working with Multiple Trackers
- Importing After Effects Comps

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $1299