Motion Design Jump Start - Your First Typography Animation

A Beginner's Guide to Typography in Adobe After Effects

What you'll learn

Learn how to animate text using the position and scale properties

How to use the speed graph editor

How to use an expression

Learn other techniques such as masks, color palettes, pre-comps, layer styles, etc

Requirements

Tools required for this course are Adobe After Effects and Adobe Media Encoder

Description

This class is for students that want to create their first typography animation. This class is a great introduction to motion design, animation, and Adobe After Effects.In this class you'll learn how to:Animate textAnimate using the position and scale propertiesUse the spreed graph editorUse masksUse an expressionAn easy way to choose a color paletteOther techniques such as backgrounds, pre-comps, layer styles, etc.How to export your animation to share in the project galleryYou’ll be creating:A typography animation using the techniques taught in this classYou can complete the class project by following these steps:Follow along with my video lessonsThen take what you've learned and apply it to your own typography animationDownload the completed project file on the projects & resources page, it might help if you get stuck on a lessonWhat You Need: Adobe After EffectsAdobe Media Encoder to exportTo share your class project follow these steps:Export your animation in mp4 formatUpload your video to a video-sharing platform such as YouTube or VimeoI suggest setting your video to "Unlisted" if you do not want it shared publiclyOn the projects share the link to your videoAdobe, After Effects, and Media Encoder are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Getting Started

Section 2: Intro to Adobe After Effects

Lecture 3 Intro to Adobe After Effects

Section 3: Lessons

Lecture 4 Create a New Composition

Lecture 5 Animate the Position

Lecture 6 The loopOut Expression

Lecture 7 Using Masks to Offset

Lecture 8 Pre-Comp & Loop the Animation

Lecture 9 Offset the Pre-Comp

Lecture 10 Create a Colour Palette

Lecture 11 Apply the Colours

Lecture 12 The Stroke Layer Style

Lecture 13 Fixing my Mistake

Lecture 14 Export Using Adobe Media Encoder

Section 4: Create A Gradient Background

Lecture 15 Gradient Background

Section 5: Other Text Animation Lessons

Lecture 16 Text on a Path

Lecture 17 Scale Animation

Section 6: Outro/Congratulations

Lecture 18 Outro

This class is for beginners that want to create their first typography animation. This class is a great introduction to motion design, animation, and Adobe After Effects.