4 Ways to Stylize Animations in After Effects
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Motion Design
🎓 Learn how to create real-world animation projects. My course, After Effects, Explained walks you through 7 hands-on projects that build into an explainer animation: https://animationexplained.com/aeexplained
⬇️ Follow along by downloading the project file. You’ll also get a cheat sheet to remember what you learn: https://www.meganfriesth.com/freebies/stylizeanimation
In this video, you’ll learn 4 ways to add properties to layers in After Effects to change their appearance, or add new ways to animate them. Methods covered include Layer Styles, Effects, Shape Operators, and Text Animators with bonus tips about coping and pasting styles, using Adjustment Layers, and attaching layers to the end of a line.
Learn about the 5 steps to create any animation in this video: https://youtu.be/xI9Qt3pfoY4
In this video:
0:35 - Layer Styles
1:44 - Add Multiple Layer Styles
2:00 - Copy & Paste Layer Styles
3:39 - Effects
5:15 - Copy & Paste Effects
6:09 - Adjustment Layers - apply effects to multiple layers
7:23 - Effect Stacking Order Matters
8:21 - Shape Operators
9:28 - Null Trace Path (attach flower to end of stem)
11:06 - Multiple Shape Operators
11:31 - Text Animators
💬 Want me to make a tutorial explaining how I illustrated or animated this flower? Let me know in the comments!
My website: https://www.animationexplained.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/
⬇️ Follow along by downloading the project file. You’ll also get a cheat sheet to remember what you learn: https://www.meganfriesth.com/freebies/stylizeanimation
In this video, you’ll learn 4 ways to add properties to layers in After Effects to change their appearance, or add new ways to animate them. Methods covered include Layer Styles, Effects, Shape Operators, and Text Animators with bonus tips about coping and pasting styles, using Adjustment Layers, and attaching layers to the end of a line.
Learn about the 5 steps to create any animation in this video: https://youtu.be/xI9Qt3pfoY4
In this video:
0:35 - Layer Styles
1:44 - Add Multiple Layer Styles
2:00 - Copy & Paste Layer Styles
3:39 - Effects
5:15 - Copy & Paste Effects
6:09 - Adjustment Layers - apply effects to multiple layers
7:23 - Effect Stacking Order Matters
8:21 - Shape Operators
9:28 - Null Trace Path (attach flower to end of stem)
11:06 - Multiple Shape Operators
11:31 - Text Animators
💬 Want me to make a tutorial explaining how I illustrated or animated this flower? Let me know in the comments!
My website: https://www.animationexplained.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/animationexplained
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/explanimated/