Making Motion Graphics in After Effects

Now that you're ready to start learning After Effects, the first step is to install the software. Fortunately, Adobe offers a free software trial!

Now it's time to get going and learn about the basics of After Effects as a beginner! Discover the workspace, and learn to rearrange elements as needed.

Learn to make a new composition, which is the first step in any After Effects project. Discover how to update Composition Settings and the Proportional Grid.

If you have textures or photos, for instance, sometimes you may need to bring them into an After Effects project. In this lesson learn to import files in Adobe.

You know about layout and how to create compositions, but before delving into project work, learn about the tools in Adobe After Effects in this lesson.

Adding images and footage into After Effects can be quite useful, but only if you understand how to edit using Adobe's embedded tools. Learn the basics today!

Before starting Adobe After Effects animations, consider a range of After Effects Timeline tools to apply to layers, including motion blur, opacity, and more.

See a quick tip in Adobe After Effects: how to use anchor points! Wondering how to get anchor points to snap in place? Stay centered? Learn a keyboard shortcut!

Keyframes are the basis of motion, translation, and rotation when animating in Adobe After Effects. Learn to add and delete keyframes in this animation lesson!

In this animation lesson dig a bit deeper into keyframes in Adobe After Effects, and take a look at animation position and how to create a motion path.

How is it possible to add beautiful fading transitions in After Effects? It's actually really simple when using opacity with keyframes, covered in this lesson.

One way to animate a shape in Adobe After Effects is to create a change in scale (or size) by using keyframes, which helps to add a bouncing effect.

Keep on reviewing animation techniques in this lesson, where you'll learn to add a rotation change to a shape or object using keyframes and anchor points.

In this quick Adobe animation lesson learn about an essential tool in After Effects: easy ease! This tool makes smoothing out a transition as easy as a click!

What animation technique can you use in Adobe After Effects if you want text to slide out from behind a shape? Use keyframes, motion blur, and the graph editor!

It's time for a challenge! In this animation lesson watch a basic shape animation and learn how to replicate it yourself with layers in Adobe After Effects.

A common After Effects question is how to get an object to stay still between keyframes. The problem? It's called keyframe interpolation and it's easy to fix!

When creating an animation, one way to add shapes is by using solid layers. In this After Effects lesson, learn how to create a shape and control dimensions.

Continue exploring how to make shapes in After Effects, but in this Adobe lesson learn how to create shapes with the Mask Tool and new layers.

It's time to check out the Mask Tool! In this animation lesson in Adobe After Effects, start by creating a new layer, adding a shape, and making a mask.

Creating shapes can be done with the Pen Tool in Adobe After Effects, just like in other Adobe products. Learn to make shapes, close shapes, and create cutouts!

Since you've been learning how to work with masks using the Mask and Pen Tools, it's time to use masks to create basic motion effects in Adobe After Effects.

In this lesson covering animation with masks, learn to make an animation style used often in kinetic typography and motion graphics in Adobe After Effects!

It's time for a challenge! In this Adobe animation lesson, work in After Effects with layers, and employ mask and position animations to achieve great results.

This lesson on animation is all about shape layers in Adobe After Effects! Move on from using solids to editing shape layers for custom animating.

Learn the difference between stroke and fill in Adobe After Effects! This animation lesson for advanced beginners covers fill, stroke, line cap, and dashes.

Discover how to animate shapes in interesting ways using Trim Paths in this Adobe After Effects lesson. Try out this new tool, and create a practice animation!

The Repeater Effect is an amazing trick to speed up your workflow when creating motion graphics and stylish animations in Adobe After Effects.

Try out the Wiggle Effect in After Effects! This provides a drawn-on look, animated look, and it's a simple effect to add to shapes and text layer animations.

Continue reviewing shapes in this After Effects lesson and learn how to apply accents (or small, accented details) to motion graphics animations.

Use the Graph Editor to make a ball bounce! This After Effects lesson presents a quick approach to creating natural, lifelike movement in an animated object.

Every layer added to an After Effects composition can become a 3D layer. Discover the fundamentals of creating 3D compositions here by using axes of rotation.

Did you know that you can rotate an object on different axes? In this animation lesson, learn how to create a Y axis animation in Adobe After Effects.

Continue discussing After Effects 3D animation in this lesson on position! Learn how to work with both the X and Z axes when animating an image or text.

Create an animated environment in After Effects which can be done with the tools you've learned, including rotation, position animation, keyframing, and more!

In this project-based animation lesson, continue working with 3D animation in Adobe After Effects and apply rotation and position animation to images and text.

Learn about custom camera movements in this Adobe After Effects Lesson! Perfect for adding dynamism to animation, learn how to add a new camera here.

Now that you know how to use the Camera Tool in After Effects, check out a more advanced approach in this Adobe animation lesson by parenting a Null Object.

It's time for another Adobe After Effects 3D animation challenge! In this lesson replicate a stellar animation: the camera moving past the earth and sun.

Layer styles are a helpful tool in Adobe After Effects allowing you to add things like glow, shadow, and bevel to animations. Learn to make layers pop here!

Keep reviewing layer style options in this Adobe After Effects lesson perfect for animators looking to boost design skills. Here, review inner shadow settings.

Another useful layer style for adding a new stylistic effect to animated graphics is glow. In this After Effects animation lesson, review inner and outer glow.

Try out another layer style in this Adobe After Effects design lesson! Work with Bevel and Emboss, which you might remember from Microsoft Word.

In this After Effects lesson review Color Overlay—perfect for changing the color of objects or images—and Gradient Overlay, which provides a subtle color shift.

Try out another design tool for updating layer styles in this After Effects lesson. Learn about adding Stroke to images or objects within the Layer Styles menu.

Animating layer styles with keyframes is a fun way to put Adobe After Effects design skills to the test. In this lesson, animate text styles by keyframing.

How do you use green screen footage in After Effects? Look no further than this Adobe video editing lesson covering how to key a subject in your movie.

Using Keylight 1.2 is a great method for keying out green screen in Adobe After Effects. In this video editing lesson work with Keylight to quickly key footage.

Wondering how to get a clean subject key when editing green screen footage in Adobe After Effects? Learn green screen workflow best practices in this lesson!

Now that you know how to add a background and key green screen subjects, discover how to enhance edited video in Adobe After Effects with color correction.

It's time to wrap up your green screen editing skills in Adobe After Effects with a final project. Apply techniques like keying subjects and adding backgrounds.

Adobe After Effects has a complete library of visual effects, offering a nearly unlimited range of possibilities for video editing and animation.

In this After Effects lesson, delve into one important effect in Adobe After Effects perfect for animators and motion graphics designers: CC Page Turn.

There are a few special effects available in Adobe After Effects that can add unique elements to any animation. In this lesson, explore a Fractal Noise effect.

Looking for an effect that helps you create a star field or warp-speed look? In this Adobe After Effects lesson learn to animate a starfield with CC Star Burst!

In this Adobe After Effects lesson covering essential effects, learn about Radial and Linear Wipe, which make it easy to animate transitions in a new way.

In Adobe After Effects there are a range of tools for color correcting video footage. Discover the pros and cons of each in this video editing lesson!

Animated lower thirds are common in everything from documentary to motion graphic animation. In this lesson, design and animate lower thirds in After Effects!

In this Adobe After Effects lesson get detailed instruction on how to create a beautiful call-out title by working with keyframes, Trim Path settings, and more.

Continue getting tips on titles and lower-thirds in this Adobe After Effects lesson introducing a simple method for creating a motion graphic lower-third.

To create a minimalistic lower third in Adobe After Effects is a little tricky, but this animation lesson presents the simple tricks needed to get it done!

Discover advanced tips for making professional quality After Effects motion graphics in this lesson on working between After Effects and Adobe Premiere!

Continue advancing your understanding of how to use Adobe tools together in this lesson on working with one file using After Effects and Photoshop in tandem!

Familiar with pre-composing? With this After Effects technique, you can create compositions within compositions, and add animation compositions in a Timeline!

Learn how to use parenting to make your animations better! In this After Effects lesson, learn how to move anchor points and parent layers in one quick step.

With only a couple workflow tips you can streamline your work in Adobe After Effects. In this lesson learn about an anchor point script, and layer swapping!

Covered in this After Effects animation lesson is the easiest way to make objects and text appear and disappear using an Alpha Matte and shape layer!

Transfer modes in Adobe After Effects—sometimes known as Blending modes—control how a specific layer blends or interacts with the layers beneath it.

Continue developing After Effects skills in this lesson covering an essential tool: Motion Tracking. In this lesson create a composition, and set Track Points.

In the second part of this lesson on motion tracking in Adobe After Effects, continue learning how to use motion tracker and parenting to follow an object.

Looking for an advanced technique in Adobe After Effects that'll make your footage appear more professional? Discover how to stabilize footage in this lesson!

Get ready for a great Adobe After Effects lesson on lighting techniques that can help you design 3D environments, just like creating a set in virtual reality!

Scrubbing through animation audio can be simple if you use the Timeline. In this quick After Effects lesson, discover a few tips for matching video and audio.

Discover how to improve your video and motion graphic animations with time effects tools—like freeze frames and stretching—in Adobe After Effects!

Slowing down an animation composition in Adobe After Effects—even with several project layers—is possible by using time remapping to alter animations.

Controlling time may not be possible in the real world, but it's a key technique to master in Adobe After Effects! Learn about time in this animation lesson.

Time Reversal and Time Stretch are simple techniques for altering the speed of footage in Adobe After Effects, both of which work great with fast frame rates!

Looking for a customizable approach to editing time in Adobe After Effects? Using Time Remapping you can edit the time and speed of footage with keyframes.

Learn about exporting your composition! In this After Effects lesson, get tips on exporting, whether you're doing more video editing or sharing on YouTube!

Apply your animation skills in this project-based lesson where you'll create a space scene with a rotating moon, from beginning to end, in Adobe After Effects.

Get ready to recreate a visually stunning animation project in Adobe After Effects depicting folding paper, a simple logo, and with dissolving images.

Now that you've gained skills as a graphic artist working with After Effects, check out this lesson and learn how to get jobs with the skills you've mastered!