After Effects CC for Beginners: Mastering Typography (Udemy.com)
Everything needed to master After Effects, typography animation, motion graphics, and Cinema 4D Lite for 3D animation.
Created by: Lucas Ridley
Last updated November 2022
What you will learn
- Create appealing animation with words and letters
- Master tools and concepts that are fundamental to all animation
- Add style and spice to their video-editing or animation projects
- Use professional tricks of the trade
- Create 3D animation
- Light and Render their 3D creations
Quality Score
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Overall Score : 96 / 100
Course Description
You will master After Effects Typography with this course!
This course is divided into 46 lessons that are project-based creating 11 different kinds of animated text and motion graphics projects. Each project builds on the skills of the previous one so you can start with no knowledge of After Effects and gradually gain a deep understanding of it and acquire a master-level skillset by following along with the progressively more advanced projects.
If you've never opened After Effects, begin with the Mastering The Basics first chapter (less than an hour), to get up to speed so you can dive into this typography section of this course.
Who is this for?
Someone with no knowledge of After Effects who isn't sure where to start. We will begin at the very basics by just opening the program! And we will finish the course created 3D animation!
What will you learn?
Managing After Effects interface
Keyframe animation
Procedural animation and presets
Simple expressions
Creating templates for titles and lower thirds
Mask animation
Shape animation
Parenting Nulls
Using track mattes
Importing Photoshop and Illustrator files
Adding distortion and noise
Morphing between words
Adding line flourishes
Puppet Tool
Using the Graph Editor
Design principles
Animation principles
Create a hand-drawn write-on effect
3D camera animation
3D text animation
After Effects lights
Extruding text and shapes into 3D
Cinema 4D Lite 3D animation, lighting, and rendering
What do you get when you enroll?
9+ hours of easy-to-follow tutorials
12 Assignments with questions to help you review
Downloadable project files for every step of the course
Premium support to help you as you take the course
Why learn from me?
Lucas Ridley is a professional 3D animator who has worked on Hollywood films such as Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One, Avenger's: Infinity War, Disney's Aladdin, and on games like The Last Of Us Part 2. He has used After Effects for over 10 years directing animation for brands like LEGO and many others. His students love him, and we're sure you're going to enjoy this class.
Lucas breaks down the most complicated steps of animating in After Effects, so that you can easily start animating on your own!
Our 30-day 100% money-back guarantee!
I want you to be happy. If there's any reason you aren't enjoying the course, and getting what you expected, I'll refund your money.
I can't wait to see you in the course!
Best,
Lucas
Instructor Details
- 4.8 Rating
34 Reviews
Lucas Ridley
My work has been featured in Annie-nominated, Emmy-winning, and Oscar short-listed short films. I'm an animator and commercial director and I've created content for brands like LEGO, Braun, Nestle, and Anhueser-Busch. I recently worked at the birthplace of visual effects, Industrial Light & Magic where I worked on films by Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg and most recently on the record-breaking Avenger's: Infinity War as an animator
I'm eager to share my professional knowledge that has allowed me to make a career out of creating content for big brands and big movies.
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Reviews
By Abdulrazek Fawzy Abdulrazek on 5/17/2023
many concepts with none boring explanation
By Lynelle Proffitt on 1/31/2023
So far so good. I am enjoying the class and how easy it is to follow along with the instructor.
By Jim Walters on 4/26/2021
The instructor is extremely clear in his instruction. Very understandable. Five stars
By David Parker on 12/1/2020
All good so far. Enjoying the course. Instructor easy to understand. Thumbs up.
By Apolline Bethenod on 11/19/2020
Great course, easy to follow and project-based learning
By Nicole Holder on 4/26/2020
I am fairly new to After Effects and the teacher makes this class accessible to people of all skill levels, which I very much appreciate. As a Brand Manager, I can envisage how this knowledge will not only be a useful tool to have for personal projects, but also for work related activities. Thank you, Lucas Ridley! Looking forward to checking out more of your courses.








