This video covers the After Effects skills you need to know as a motion designer. From setting up organized project files, setting keyframes, to stylizing your animations with effects and layer styles, these are the skills you should focus on.
0:42 - Setting up your project file
1:54 - Importing files and creating graphics
2:45 - Properties and keyframes
4:32 - Controlling motion
6:11 - Adding additional properties
7:09 - Masks and mattes
7:33 - Parenting and pre-compositions
9:10 - Rendering
Mentioned in this video:
🎬 How to Animate in After Effects - 5 Easy Steps
🎬 Create Your First After Effects Animation in 5 Easy Steps
Learn skills mentioned in this video:
Essential Graphics (and creating motion graphic templates for Premiere)

Build real-world animation skills through 7 hands-on projects that come together as a final explainer animation. For beginner and intermediate animators ready to build real projects.
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