After Effects Guru: Integrating Type into Video Volume 2

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Free Online Course: After Effects Guru: Integrating Type into Video Volume 2 provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. After Effects Guru: Integrating Type into Video Volume 2 is taught by Eran Stern.

Overview
  • Learn four unique type treatments that integrate with action on screen. Find out how to explode text, create liquid text, map text to moving objects, and animate type in Z space.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Dandelion Type Effect: Explode Text into Dozens of Seeds
    • Deciding on mood, story, and typeface
    • Modifying the timing with time remap
    • Tracking the text to the motion of the video
    • Animating the text using offset
    • Scattering the type with Pixel Polly
    • Adding glow
    • Duplicating a second title
    • Rotoscoping with the Roto Brush
    2. Floating Type: Create a Liquid Text Simulation
    • Studying the footage and planning the animation
    • Designing a title using text and shape layers
    • Designing the title using shape layers
    • Creating a displace source
    • Creating a water effect with caustics
    • Moderating the distortion
    • Isolating the bottle using color range
    • Ripple effect transition
    3. Perspective Match: Attach Type to Guitar Neck
    • Analyzing the shot and designing the titles
    • Planar tracking using mocha AE
    • Pasting the tracking data
    • Creating a fluorescent blinking effect
    • Preparing a blur map
    • Matching the focus with Camera Lens Blur
    • Rotoscoping fingers using masks
    4. Hot Spot Type: Add Graphics to Runner Steps
    • Examining the footage and planning the animation
    • Camera tracking preparations setup
    • Adding titles across Z space
    • Animating titles and setting timing
    • Adding contact shadows and light
    • Creating the pulse effect using radio waves
    • Placing pulses under a runner's steps
    • Masking the runner using Color Range
    Conclusion
    • What's next?