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Taking Your Animations from Amateur to Professional in After Effects

by Laura Hawk

In this series of lessons, we will learn how to take a pretty good motion graphics animation and make it an amazing one. Software required: After Effects CC 12.1.0.168.

What you'll learn

In this series of lessons, we will learn how to take a pretty good motion graphics animation and make it an amazing one. This tutorial takes a little bit of a different approach than the way that we normally go about creating something together. We will have an animation that has already been made and go over what is wrong with it or what could be made better. We then start making those changes and refining the animation. This course is perfect for you if you are wanting to create your demo reel but you know that you have a few pieces that need a little polish before you're ready to show them off. By the end of this training, you will have learned how to take any mediocre motion graphic pieces that you have made, apply the principles that you learn in this course, and make the animation stand out from the crowd. Software required: After Effects CC 12.1.0.168.

About the author

Laura is a passionate visual effects and motion graphics author at Pluralsight. Ever since her first exposure to After Effects in college, Laura has had an eternal drive to learn more about motion graphics, and teach others what she has discovered. Laura began working at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company) as a motion graphics artist, creating visually-appealing advertisements and informative art for the site. Throughout her time at Digital-Tutors, Laura contributed greatly to both the ... more

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