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After Effects
IDM Tutorials
"Hello, and welcome to the AFTER EFFECTS tutorials! I'm thrilled to have you here. Some of you may be new to the listed software, while others may have some prior knowledge. Regardless of your experience level, I hope you will find these tutorials informative and engaging."
TUTORIALS
INTRODUCTION
Intro to After Effects Interface
Importing Illustrator file
File Management
Purge Cache
Share a Google Drive URL link
Share a URL / YouTube
Prepping an Illustrator file for After Effects.
Illustrator AI file Adjust Sublayers --> Release to Layers (Sequence) to convert sub-layers into top-level layers.
BASIC TOOLS AND FUNCTIONS
Composition Settings
Time Line & Layers
Tool Bar
Playback
Anchor Point Tool
Position Tool
Scale Tool
Rotation Tool
Opacity Tool
Text
Shapes
TBA
Simple Character Rig
TBA
TBA
TBA
SAVING AND EXPORTING FILES
Export animation file
EXERCISE AND PROJECT DEMO
IN CLASS EXERCISE 1 - Simple GIF using Stop Motion Studio App.
EXERCISE 2 - Prepping an Illustrator file for After Effects.
EXERCISE 2- Animating an Illustrator file in After Effects -demo
EXERCISE 2 - Animation Exported from Demo Example
Simple GIF in Adobe After Effects:
Alternative -After Effects import-export jpg of sequence (Stop animation)
Yeti on ice skates --step-by-step demo
Yeti on ice skates exported animation in H.264 mp4 format
Character rig walk cycle --step-by-step demo
Character rig walk cycle --exported animation in H.264 mp4 format
Sasquatch_scene_demo-
Sasquatch_scene_demo--exported animation in H.264 mp4 format
PROJECT FOLDER, FILES, SUBMISSION TIPS
Project Folder, Files, Submission
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