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Easy Animated Icons in Adobe After Effects

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Learn or practice animation in Adobe After Effects by creating a fun set of animated icons. Whether you're an illustrator looking to add motion to your work, a graphic designer wanting to expand your skillset, or a YouTuber wanting to incorporate animation into your videos – this class is a great place to start.

You can download my icons to jump right into animation. Or, watch my class, Illustrate with Shapes: Design Vector Graphics in Adobe Illustrator, to learn how to illustrate your own icons.

In this class you’ll learn how to:

  • prepare your icons for animation.
  • import your icons into After Effects.
  • set keyframes to animate scale, position, rotation and more.
  • animate lines drawing in and out.
  • create a simple mask (matte) to hide parts of a graphic.
  • animate an object along a path.
  • export your animations as a video file.
  • and much more!

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Syllabus

  • Welcome
  • Class Project
  • Prepare Icons for Animation
  • Import Illustrator Files into After Effects
  • Tour of After Effects
  • Set Keyframes
  • Anchor Point & Rotation: Color Swatches
  • Anchor Point & Rotation: Scissors
  • Adjust Motion
  • Parent Layers: Color Swatches
  • Parent Layers: Scissors
  • Animate Lines: Paintbrush
  • Animate Lines: Pencil
  • Animate Scale: Eyedropper
  • Animate Size: Camera
  • Create a Matte: Camera
  • Create a Matte: Eyedropper
  • BONUS: Animate Path Property
  • Nest Compositions
  • Render a Video File
  • What's Next

Taught by

Megan Friesth

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4.6 rating at Skillshare based on 73 ratings

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