[Course]2danimator,miua Details
In-Depth Look
- SECTION 01
Hello, I'm Miu!
01. Orientation- Introducing your instructor - What you will learn - Preparation advice (Capable laptop, drawing device, software, suggestion where to learn the basic knowledge for beginners)
- SECTION 02
First Things First: Let’s Start Drawing!
02. Introducing to the Workflow- Quick preview of the workflow - Drafting (thumbnailing, rough idea) - Sketching (rough lineart, base color) - Drawing assets (linearting including assets separation, coloring, retouching) - Assets preparation (tidying layer, color grading, renaming) - Animation (assets arrangement, key poses, timing, finalizing) - Rendering
03. Visualize Your Idea- Making movement thumbnail based on your rough idea - Deciding which scene to be drawn
04. Assets Drawing: Introduction- Comparison of asset separation technique - Explanation about void filling - Deciding which one to separate
05. Assets Drawing (Part 1)- Drawing lineart based on the tidy sketch - Preparing base color for each lineart - Explaining how to make seamless color - Coloring each asset
06. Assets Drawing (Part 2)- Drawing lineart based on the tidy sketch - Preparing base color for each lineart - Explaining how to make seamless color - Coloring each asset
07. Assets Drawing (Part 3)- Drawing lineart based on the tidy sketch - Preparing base color for each lineart - Explaining how to make seamless color - Coloring each asset
08. Final Retouch and Adding Details- Reviewing what we have illustrated - Final adjustments - Homework: Try developing your own style
- SECTION 03
Time to Get Ready: Prep Everything We’ll Need
09. Organizing Your Assets- Moving the illustration file to your laptop - Adding final touch (fix layer position, clean up the asset's bound box, rename the layer, add color effect) - Exporting reference layer - Re-arranging the assets rotation and delete unused feature
10. Importance of Assets Preparation- Deciding duration and FPS - Showing how to move PSD files to AE - Explaining how PSD files affect the AE files real-time - Foldering (PSD) vs Composition (AE) - Clipping mask (PSD) vs Track Matte (AE) - Converting color grading layer to LUT - Intermezzo: Add and linear dodge
- SECTION 04
For Beginners: Learn the Basics, It’s the Foundation!
11. Basic After Effect Explanation- What is Transform and Keyframe? - What is the Parenting, Null, and Adjustment layer? - Comparing deformer tools (Puppet tool, CC Bend it, Mesh Warp, Liquify, Turbulent Displace) - What is Turbulent Noise?
12. Understanding Animation Principal- Importance of key pose - Ease in or out (graph editor) - Squash and stretch - Follow through and overlapping
13. Arranging the Assets- Arranging the comp and mask - Adjusting the pivot point - Adding parenting to the layer
14. Understanding Parallax- What is parallax? - Adding this effect to the previous animation (arrange position and deforming) - Practicing on your own
- SECTION 05
Let’s Level Up: Dive Into Complex Animation!
15. Animation Part 1: Face- Arranging the asset position - Deforming each asset
16. Animation Part 2: Hair- Arranging the asset position - Deforming each asset
17. Animation Part 3: Body and Hands- Arranging the asset position - Deforming each asset
18. Animation Part 4: Accessories- Arranging the asset position - Deforming each asset - Adding shine effect
19. Animation Part 5: Making Eye Blink and Open-Close on Mouth- Animating eyes blink - Animating mouth open and closing
20. Animation Part 6: Arranging Keyframe Timing and Adding Overlapping Animation- Arranging timing - Adding keyframe - Editing graph editor
21. Animation Part 7: Final Touch- Adding focus and blur - Adding shine effect - Adding parallax effect
22. Rendering- Brief explanation of some video files - Step-by-step rendering - Application Practice: The animation on your own artwork
- SECTION 06
Wrapping It Up: Closure and Bonus
23. What to Do in the Animation Field- Summary and conclusion - Talking about mindset - Gaining profit using your animation ability
24. Practice Making Illusion of 3D on Several Objects!- Rotation on lollipop - Rotation on the drink can - Rotation on wind chimes - Rotation on accessories