Class 01: Monday, September 12
- Lecture: Introduction to Motion Design
- Course requirements & Syllabus
- Class discussion : designing your personal motion project for this semester
- After-Effects — interface, timeline, keyframes, effects and export intro.
- Class Demo: Make a GIF with After Effects.Home assignment:
- Create a GIF of your project.
- Try to convey your idea in less then 5 seconds Post it to your blog.
Class 02: Monday, September 19
- Presentation and discussion — what is animation? keyframes and inbetweens — traditionally and in digital animation.
- After effects demo : Keyframes types, Ease, Speed Graph editor
Watch this Video tutorial:
Animation techniques and keyframe interpolation (go through the first tutorial in the series if you need to review the basics of using AE).
Recommended Reading
Class 03: Monday, September 26
Home Assignment:
- Prepare your mid term presentation.
- A rough cut of your project – Post your Mid-Term animation on Vimeo
Class 04: Monday, October 3
Lecture : Zander Brimijoin – Creative Director of Red Paper Heart:
Using After Effects as a protyping tool for physical installations.
- Mid-Term presentations.
- Tracking ( intro) – camera tracking in After Effects.
Class 05: October 17
- Tracking – 2D tracking, Face tracking.
- Premiere- After Effects workflow
Class 06: October 24
Lecture : Karl Channelle – Creative Director @ Google:
Google’s Material Design and prototyping for interfaces.
- Code generated animation: After Effects expressions, scripts and export tools for web integration.
- In-class work on your final project
Class 07: October 31
- Final projects review + critique.