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Perfect 2D Animation: Effects & Compositing

Indie Animator, Tori Artworks




Class Details


  • Basic~Advanced
  • Total 37 videos
  • English
  • English, Traditional Chinese [Auto], Spanish [Auto]
  • Class materials included



[Course]indieanimator,toriartworks Details

Curriculum
Curriculum

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  • SECTION 01
    Intro
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    • 01. Orientation- Meet your instructor and learn about the overview of this class - Useful website for reference & program required for the class

  • SECTION 02
    Preparation
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    • 02. Quick Introduction to After Effects- Setting up After Effects to be ready to work with 2D footage - Guide about the interface

    • 03. Additional Plugins for Compositing- Introducing OLM Plugins & F's Plugin - Downloading additional plugins - Useful plugins for compositing

    • 04. Workspace Setup for CSP- Setting up CSP to be ready for animation - Useful brush for animation

    • 05. Pipeline in My Animation- Explaining the overall pipeline in animation - Aspect ratios in animation (16:9, 21:9)

  • SECTION 03
    Creating VFX
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    • 06. What is VFX?- Explaining what VFX is for - What type of VFX will work with 2D animation?

    • 07. How to Create Simple VFX (2D)- Introduction to Fractal noise/Turbulence noise - Demonstrating how to use noise - Introduction to CC Mr.Mercury to create simple liquid physics - Distorting noise to the shape you want & simple masking - Colorizing your noise

    • 08. How to Create Complex VFX (3D)- Introduction to 3D layer - Demonstrating how to use Shape Layer to construct a 3D cube - Demonstrating how to use CC Ball Action - Showing how to use Particle World and adding custom particle - Explaining how to make 2D noise into 3D noise with perspective

    • 09. Create Key VFX for Your Animation- Creating complete demo VFX for the final animation

  • SECTION 04
    Storyboard
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    • 10. What Is a Storyboard?- How is storyboard important? - Types of storyboard templates

    • 11. Explaining Rules in Composition- Explaining the rule of thirds theory - Explaining the golden ratio theory - Demonstrating composition with a thumbnail sketch

    • 12. How to Add Lighting- Showing how different lighting changes overall meaning of the work - Demonstrating how to create captivate lighting

    • 13. How to Find a Good Camera Angle- Explaining different camera angles (low angle, high angle, dutch tilt, and more!)

    • 14. How to Apply Camera Movement- Type of camera movement (pan, tilt, zoom in, zoom out) - How to add a camera folder in CSP

    • 15. Create 3-Cuts Storyboard for Your Animation- Creating a detailed storyboard for the final animation

  • SECTION 05
    Animation Layout
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    • 16. Introduction to Layout- What is a layout? - Meaning of colored line in layout (red, blue, special color) - Applying layout into your animation process

    • 17. Simple Animation Theory- Ease in & Ease out - Hair animation - Cloth animation

    • 18. Making a Loop Animation- Creating 3 cuts of looping animation for your final animation

  • SECTION 06
    Clean Up & Coloring
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    • 19. How to Clean Up Your Animation- Demonstrating on how to do clean up with brush/curve tool

    • 20. How to Color Your Animation- Demonstrating how to use the fill tool

  • SECTION 07
    Assets & Simple Background
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    • 21. Importance of Assets & Background- Explaining what assets & background is

    • 22. How to Create Assets- Creating organic particles (snow, dust, flower petals, lens flare) - Creating foreground element

    • 23. Making Simple Background- Creating simple gradient background

    • 24. Create Assets & Background for Your Animation- Creating all assets and background needed for your final animation

  • SECTION 08
    Compositing
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    • 25. What Is Compositing?- Why compositing is important! - Explaining different styles in compositing (bland, overcomp)

    • 26. Prepare Your Footage- Exporting your animation footage from CSP - Preparing asset files - Importing PSD file into After Effect

    • 27. How to Composite VFX with Animation: Part 1 (Still Images)- Explaining what technique to use for composite - Demonstrating the use of OLM plugins & F's Plugin - Using solid as a light source - Adding rim lights with F's plugin - Saving your effect preset

    • 28. How to Composite VFX with Animation: Part 2 (Animation)- Adding keyframe into plugins - Animating solid to add emphasize - Using fractal noise with animated footage - Adding character effects (lightning, fire, water)

    • 29. Composite Your Animation- Demonstrating how to add every effect from the demo - Advice on how to create harmony between animation and VFX - Tips on compositing faster

  • SECTION 09
    Final Touch
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    • 30. Adding Filter - Introduction to lumetri color - Adding bloom filter

    • 31. How to Create Final Touch Effects- Adding light leaks - Creating simple lens flare - Adding chromatic aberration

    • 32. How to Export Your Animation- Difference between .mp4 & .mov files - Demonstrating what export setting is for the best quality

    • 33. Editing & Transition- Adding transition in the editing program

    • 34. Final Check- Guide on which error you should look for before posting - Advice in over-exposed/under-exposed footage

  • SECTION 10
    Outro
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    • 35. My Journey as a Compositor- Sharing my starting point & what I did before I became a compositor - How I come up with creative ideas

    • 36. How to Grow Your Social Media- Type of contents that will help you grow as a compositor/animator

    • 37. Final Thoughts- Advice in compositor career - What you should focus in the future

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