After Effects Basics - Morphing Shapes in After Effects

Learn After Effects motion graphic animation, morph PNG images, and create engaging transitions in this hands-on course for beginners.

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Brief Summary

This course dives into After Effects motion graphic animation. You'll learn to morph between shapes and create stunning transitions. It's hands-on, making it super friendly for beginners, so you actually get to complete a real project while having fun with After Effects!

Key Points

  • Learn After Effects basics, including CS6 and CC.
  • Morph between shapes, objects, or PNG images.
  • Create and work with shape layers and their paths.
  • Complete a real-life project in class.
  • Use After Effects for YouTube and client projects.

Learning Outcomes

  • Master the basics of After Effects, CS6 and CC.
  • Create and manipulate paths and shape layers.
  • Learn to morph shapes and PNG images easily.
  • Apply After Effects techniques to real-life projects.
  • Understand keyframing, effects, and pre-composing.

About This Course

Learn After Effects motion graphic animation. After Effects CS6 and CC basics

CURRENT UPDATE (16 Feb 2016): Added How To Morph PNG Images section!

Learn to morph between shapes, objects, or icons inside of After Effects. In the new lectures I also tech how to morph between *.PNG images and how you can make appealing video transitions with this technique. With this course I want you to learn how to properly work with shape layers and their paths. How to create those paths, import them from other programs like Illustrator or Photoshop and use them with a hanfull of tricks to be able to morph & transition between each other. We will be working of course in our favourite motion graphics software - Adobe After Effects. No matter which version you use, After Effects CS6 or After Effects CC I will outline the differences if any occur and it will be the perfect intro for you to jump into those programs.

Why This Course?

This course will take you by hand even if you are a total beginner. Some After Effects Courses are all about theory, they go several hours about every single feature there is, showing you what you can possibly do but not actualling completing a real life project, whilist here you are working on a REAL-LIFE example, you are instantly working inside the program alongside with me and learn the neccesary tools to finalize the project inside the class. After Effects is a very effective tool if you use all available tricks & techniques. The best part the price is very low as for an AE class and you only need 1 hour of time to complete the design!

Biggest Benefits of this class:

  1. Learn a new motion animation in After Effects

  2. Understand what the "First Vortex" is,

  3. Learn to Convert Shapes into Paths,

  4. Convert *.AI files into paths or track them,

  5. Learn to work and populate After Effects Shape Layers,

  6. Learn a morph effect between several shapes or icons,

  7. Simple tricks like pre-composing, adding effects, keyframing included,

  8. Get the concept of what a parametric shape and a bezier path shape is,

  9. Learn AE CS6 and AE CC from the inside

  10. ...and so much more!

Make use of excellent software like after Effects is and use this technique for YouTube, Videos, Projects, Work for Your Clients and know more about motion design than you did before. What are you waiting for....Enroll now!

  • Create an After Effects Morphing Effect

  • Work properly with Paths in Shape Layers

  • Create, edit, keyframe, manipulate Paths

Instructor

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Andrew Pach

Hi! My name is Andrzej Pach (but Andrew is easier to say ^^) and I spend my daily time with graphic design, presentations, motion & animation, typography, video editing, and online teaching. Most of my work is done in Adobe After Effects & Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 / 2021 / 365 and Camtasia so naturally, this is the software I want...

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Kokmeng T.
4.0
7 months ago

Good

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Reem R.
4.5
9 months ago

a bit fast

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ui-avatar of Fernando Alvarenga
Fernando A.
4.0
1 year ago

It's a great course for beginners, it does repeat itself a little bit to much making it longer than needed. As an advanced After Effects user i still got some small little tricks I hadn't use before.

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Ryan K.
5.0
1 year ago

This is perfect and exactly what I need. It's the step between basic, never seen AE before and the difficult task of wondering, Okay, now what? This course answers that question and I love it.

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Anonymized U.
5.0
1 year ago

muy a detalle

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JesĂșs C.
5.0
2 years ago

The explanation of each video is perfect and clear!

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ui-avatar of Baron Dorff
Baron D.
3.0
2 years ago

So far, he's referenced that we can use his resources, but no mention of where to find them. I've assumed I should following along, but can't without the resources. Lots of skipping around to this point, and finally at the end he says to watch once, then follow. Feels very disjointed so far.

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Abdullah K.
5.0
2 years ago

Amazing tips and tricks for the after effects beginners. Great Course. Thank You!

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ui-avatar of Demetra Molocea
Demetra M.
4.5
3 years ago

As a complete beginner, there is some info that is being left out that I need to research myself (for example: "if you press the play button".... but where is the play button?)

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Penelope P.
5.0
3 years ago

It's all good!

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