Animating with the Forces of Nature in After Effects

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Laura Hawk

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01. Introduction and Project Overview

01. Introduction and Project Overview.mp4

00:54

02. Animating with the Forces of Nature in After Effects

02. Getting Started with Our Illustrator Project Files.mp4

07:46

03. Magnetism - Setting up and Placing the Letters in the Comp.mp4

07:30

04. Magnetism - Controlling the First Letters Rotation with an Expression Slider.mp4

09:36

05. Magnetism - Setting Keys for the Slider.mp4

08:09

06. Magnetism - Adding Position and Rotation Keys to the Other Letters.mp4

06:37

07. Magnetism - Staggering Keys and Tying Them All to a Duplicate Slider.mp4

07:55

08. Magnetism - Chromatic Aberration for Secondary Animation.mp4

10:08

09. Gravity - Setting up to Create the Swinging Effect.mp4

06:57

10. Gravity - Creating a Swinging Effect with 3D Layers.mp4

09:16

11. Gravity - Creating and Using a User Defined Animation Preset.mp4

06:23

12. Gravity - Breaking a Layer to Move Its Anchor Point.mp4

08:11

13. Gravity - Creating the Fall and Follow Through Animation.mp4

07:49

14. Water - Animating the Position of the First Letter.mp4

06:38

15. Water - Animating the Rotation and Orientation of the Letter A.mp4

04:55

16. Water - Setting up Sliders for Rotation and Position Idle Wiggle Control.mp4

06:47

17. Water - Reusing the Keyframe Data and Editing It.mp4

06:56

18. Water - Editing the Orientation for Each Letter.mp4

03:12

19. Water - Using CC Particle Systems II to Create Background Bubbles.mp4

07:09

20. Water - Editing the Particles System to Make Bubbles for the Individual Letters.mp4

08:35

21. Wind - Adding a Fill Effect to the Letters.mp4

02:39

22. Wind - Starting the W Animation.mp4

07:20

23. Wind - Fine-tuning the Rotation.mp4

07:39

24. Wind - Adding Orientation Keys.mp4

04:44

25. Wind - Adding the CC Page Turn Effect to Show Wind Gusts.mp4

09:04

26. Wind - Setting up Sliders for Y Position Wiggle Control.mp4

04:40

27. Wind - Starting the I Animation.mp4

08:19

28. Wind - Smoothing the I Animation.mp4

08:45

29. Wind - Creating the N Animation.mp4

07:29

30. Wind - Building the D Animation.mp4

07:56

31. Wind - Editing the Page Turn Effect to Include the Final Letter.mp4

07:55

32. Wind - Adding Turbulent Noise for Wind Direction Reinforcement.mp4

06:31

33. Wind - Final Polish.mp4

06:27

Description

In this series of tutorials, we will learn how to create typographic animations that appear to be affected by different forces in nature. Software required: After Effects 12.2.0.52, Illustrator 17.1.0.

What You'll Learn?

In this series of tutorials, we will learn how to create typographic animations that appear to be affected by different forces in nature. We start out with magnetism, a force that is relatively easy to make look realistic. We then follow that up with animations for gravity, water and wind. As we move to the different forces, they ascend in difficulty. We learn how to create an expression and use a slider to control its properties over time. We also create an animation preset that can be reused later in the project. We cover many different principles of animation and how they relate to the affectation of objects to give them a real-world feel. By the end of this training, you will be equipped to bring your typographic animations to life as well as save time while making them. Software required: After Effects 12.2.0.52, Illustrator 17.1.0.

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Laura Hawk

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Laura is a passionate visual effects and motion graphics author at Pluralsight. Ever since her first exposure to After Effects in college, Laura has had an eternal drive to learn more about motion graphics, and teach others what she has discovered. Laura began working at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company) as a motion graphics artist, creating visually-appealing advertisements and informative art for the site. Throughout her time at Digital-Tutors, Laura contributed greatly to both the After Effects and NUKE libraries of content – their own digital David Blaine, breaking down the “movie magic” and sharing it with others. She has also written content for 3D Artist Magazine. Her favorite projects are her two in-depth After Effects introductory courses on Pluralsight, which were each built around training motion artists and VFX artists, respectively. Using her vast skill set, Laura has taught thousands of artists everything from shot-tracking and rotoscoping to motion design. If you ever need to reach out for questions or comments feel free to find Laura on Twitter @LauraHawkDesign.

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