After Effects Guru: Keyframe Assistants

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Free Online Course: After Effects Guru: Keyframe Assistants provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 2-3 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: Keyframe Assistants is taught by Ian Robinson.

Overview
  • Explore After Effects tools that help with the animation "between" the animation: Keyframe Assistant, expressions, and third-party assistants like Layer Monkey and Ease and Wizz.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • What you should know before watching this course
    • Using the exercise files
    1. Building and Controlling Animation with Sequence Layers
    • Preparing Creative Cloud assets for animation
    • Building the sequence of layers
    • Distributing and positioning a sequence of images
    • Controlling playback of sequenced layers with time controls
    • Putting it all together
    2. Keyframe Animation Techniques
    • Exploring motion between keyframes
    • Adding intensity to animation with audio-driven keyframes
    • Creating dynamic random animation with the Wiggler
    3. Expanding Animation with Expressions
    • Getting started with expressions
    • Creating expressions for type animation
    • Creating random motion with expressions
    • Simulating realistic movement with expressions
    • Converting animation between expressions and keyframes
    • Saving expressions
    4. Increasing Productivity with Third-Party Assistants
    • Installing third-party assistant scripts
    • Understanding LayerMonkey and TypeMonkey
    • Building animation with TypeMonkey
    • Building custom animations with LayerMonkey
    • Building animation with MotionMonkey
    • Combining LayerMonkey and MotionMonkey
    • Exploring Ease and Wizz
    • Positioning layers with PlaneSpace
    • Repeating graphics with Trapcode Echospace
    Conclusion
    • Next steps