2013
Digital Tutors
Laura Smith
07:29:35
English
In this series of After Effects tutorials, you'll learn a step-by-step approach to creating a type-based project - in this case, a Public Service Style Announcement on Food Safety. We take some time at the beginning of the tutorial to talk about many of the techniques used to create the assets for the project in Illustrator. We don't look at the process for creating every piece, but the techniques you will learn are exactly what you would need to create every asset for this project on your own. We then go on to learn a very important step of the process, for getting highly-detailed assets out of Illustrator and imported to After Effects. From there, we learn every step for bringing the Illustrator created assets to life inside of After Effects. We discuss the thinking behind leading the viewer's eye, in the order you want something to be read. This training is a must for anyone wanting to learn more about creating motion graphics that convey a message only using words on the screen. This powerful medium is fun to learn and lends itself to endless creative possibilities. By the end of this tutorial, you will have your own animated typography piece as well as the knowledge to create your own message and convey that message with the tools and workflows that Illustrator and After Effect provide.
Chapters
01. Introduction and project overview
02. Telling your story
03. Using the pathfinder and align panels to create the faucet asset
04. Creating the hardware and bacteria assets
05. Using the stroke panel and creating clipping masks
06. Painting vector assets with the Blob Brush
07. Warping text and typing on a path
08. Creating borders, star shapes, and text distortions
09. Preparing Illustrator assets for import to After Effects using a script
10. Importing assets to After Effects and using Precomposing to group assets
11. Creating a flickering background
12. Animating the opening composition
13. Finishing the title opener
14. Animating the faucet handle and pop-up tab
15. Combining animation techniques to animate the text and assets
16. Animating water drops using an expression
17. Adding the camera and a null object for control
18. Animating with masks, expressions, and animation presets
19. Transitioning to the ''step-2'' composition
20. Adding follow through to the knife asset and transitioning compositions
21. Introducing the ''cutting-board'' composition
22. Duplicating and rotating the cutting boards
23. Transitioning to the ''meat and produce'' composition
24. Creating a cascading animation for the ''meat and produce'' exit
25. Introducing ''step 3'' of the message
26. Bringing in the steak with the ''cook'' message
27. Animating the ''cook'' sign
28. Introducing the thermometer and its text
29. Re-timing the stroked text animation
30. Adding more camera moves and creating a drop of bacteria
31. Creating a Pre-render
32. Introducing the ''harmful bacteria'' composition
33. Transitioning between two compositions with opposite meanings
34. Bringing in the steak and finishing the transition
35. Animating the contents of the ''tender and juicy'' sign
36. Revealing the call to action with the word-processor preset
37. Adding final animation polish to the whole project
38. Compositing lens effects
http://www.digitaltutors.com/tutorial/1064-Storytelling-with-Type-in-After-Effects

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