Elements After Effects

After Effects from scratch, beginner navigation and complete breakdown of viral animations

Design Eye-Catching Motion Graphics with After Effects Even as a Beginner

A step-by-step guide to creating professional Motion Graphics & Light FX Logo Reveal Animation in Adobe After Effects

Add 3D objects and characters to any live action footage

In this series of tutorials, we'll talk about the various traditional and nontraditional guide elements for After Effects. We'll start by creating a traditional guide and manipulating it in our composition. We'll talk about ways to get the most of these guides by changing their color and style and making our layers snap to them. We'll even learn how to create intricate guides in Photoshop and pull them into After Effects.

Unlock the full potential of Envato Elements to design logos, business cards, videos, presentations, websites, and more.

In After Effects CS5 Essential Training, author Chad Perkins discusses the basic tools, effects, and need-to-know techniques in Adobe After Effects CS5, the professional standard for motion graphics, compositing, and visual effects for video. The course provides an overview of the entire workflow, from import to export, as well as detailed coverage of each stage, including animating text and artwork, adding effects to compositions, working in 3D, and rendering and compressing footage. Exercise files are included with the course.