Lynda - After Effects Scripts & Tips: 2 Design Theory & Animation

Size: 903 MB | Duration: 3h 56m | Video: AVC (.mp4) 1280x720 15&30fps | Audio: AAC 48KHz 2ch

Genre: eLearning | Level: Advanced | Language: English

After Effects Scripts & Tips explores the best free third-party scripts, along with tactics, tricks, and workarounds, that make working in After Effects easier, more productive, and much more fun. In this course, instructor Owen Lowery focuses on a the design theories of contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity (C. R. A. P. ) and shows simple, effective ways to put that theory into practice. Learn about color management and how the underlying meaning of colors impact your design. Discover innovative ways to incorporate typography and custom fonts. Find out how to align 3D objects, integrate logo designs into projects, animate text, and more. The lessons aren't linear, so feel free to jump around and explore whatever scripts and tips are most interesting to you.

Topics include:

* Focusing on contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity

* Creating vector graphics with the Shapes & Masks script

* Aligning with the Align3D script

* Developing color palettes with Adobe Color Themes and Swatcher Script

* Randomizing colors with Randomatic

* Saving custom fonts with the Font Styles Library plugin

* Animating text with TextEvo

* Texturing quickly with Ray Dynamic Texture

* Customizing font files with FontForge

* Creating infographics