After Effects Apprentice 03: Advanced Animation

Learn how to create sophisticated animations in After Effects with the minimum amount of effort.In this course, Chris Meyer helps beginning After Effects artists take their animations to the next level. Chris shows how to refine animations to create elegant, coordinated movements with the minimum number of keyframes—as well as slam-downs, whip pans, and other attention-getters. Additional movies show how to reverse-engineer existing animations, create variations on a theme, and master other parts of the program. Even though this course is designed for beginners, even veterans should learn tricks that many experienced users are unaware of. Chris' friendly running commentary lets you in on his mental process as he works on an animation. Exercise files are included with the course. The After Effects Apprentice videos on lynda.com were created by Trish and Chris Meyer and are designed to be used on their own and as a companion to their book After Effects Apprentice. We are honored to host these tutorials in the lynda.com Online Training Library®. Topics include: Understanding how keyframes work under the hood Controlling the Anchor Point to create more predictable animations Mastering the Graph Editor for the ultimate control over keyframes Animating parameters including motion paths Hand-drawing motion paths to simplify complex movements Applying and tweaking Motion Blur Using Hold keyframes