How to Bring Your Text to Life in After Effects

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How to Bring Your Text to Life in After Effects provided by CreativeLive is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. How to Bring Your Text to Life in After Effects is taught by Oliver Randorff. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from CreativeLive. The course is taught in Englishand is $29.00. Visit the course page at CreativeLive for detailed price information.

Overview
  • ABOUT OLIVER'S CLASS:

    In this class, you won’t just learn how to create text animation, but rather the fundamentals and understanding of animation that lies behind. Using the principles of animation, such as squash & stretch, as well as the laws of physics, you will get a better understanding of how to make animation get a sense of weight. That includes learning why and when to use certain techniques, and not just how to use them. The class is for any skill level - trained professionals that want to dive deeper and learn new techniques, or beginners that want to get started in the field.

      SOFTWARE USED:

      Adobe After Effects CC

      ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

      Oliver Randorff is a freelance motion designer from Denmark with more than 8 years of experience in the field.

    Syllabus
      • Introduction
      • Setting Up the Project
      • Picking a Color Scheme
      • Shapes to Cover the Text
      • Quiz: Getting Started
      • Animating the Path
      • From Path to Shapes
      • Quiz: Stroke Morph
      • Squash & Stretch
      • Bouncy Rotation
      • Blinking Colors
      • Quiz: Text
      • Sequencing the Animation
      • Animating the Dot
      • Final Touches
      • Exporting
      • Quiz: Adjustments
      • Final Quiz