Animate with Depth: Cameras, Lights and 3D Layers in AE

Learn to master 3D composition and animation in Adobe After Effects with this thorough, step-by-step guide

4.95 (82 reviews)
Udemy
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English
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3D & Animation
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492
students
3 hours
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Sep 2019
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$54.99
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What you will learn

Create 3D compositions, from Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop layers, inside Adobe After Effects

Add and animate cameras and lights inside compositions Create 3D animations productively and with greater understanding.

Set up your Photoshop and Illustrator documents for After Effects importing

Create 3D layers in After Effects.

Change and animate 3D layer properties.

Add and animate cameras.

Add and animate lights.

Understand the different types of lights and cameras.

Understand material options layers can have.

Work with Depth of field, camera blur, orientation, aperture and focus distance.

Easily navigate compositions with a lot of lights, shadows and layers.

Be productive and efficient when working with many layers.

Understand the concept of 2.5D.

Add multiple views to view your scene with.

Work with parenting and precomposition

Create different camera angles.

Preview your work quickly

Render and compress animations.

Description

Take your animation skills to the next level by learning all about 3D layers, cameras, and lights in Adobe After Effects. In this class, you’ll learn how to bring your 2D artwork into the 3rd dimension with After Effects. Your flat artwork will become alive in space, giving it depth and energy.

You can watch this course in just over 3 hours, but to cement your knowledge I recommend creating your very own animated 3D postcard of your favourite city, which could take 5-30 hours, depending on your design, animation technique, and duration of animation.

The course is structured into 22 videos, each covering a specific topic. The videos build upon previous video as I show you how I go about creating a 3D animation, based off of some flat 2D Illustrator artwork.

You don’t have to get into big and fancy 3D applications to have fun with 3D. Use your current Photoshop and Illustrator skillset in combination with After Effects to bring your flat-designs to life – it’s not such a big jump to go from Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop to Adobe After Effects. They all play really nicely with each other.

Besides getting into 3D with Adobe After Effects, there are a bunch of tips and tricks you’ll pick up even if you’re an After Effects and 3D pro. That being said, this class is meant for beginner to intermediate students, who have a little bit of experience in Adobe After Effects.

Come have fun and create an awesome piece of motion graphics with me!

Here’s what we cover:

In this class we cover everything from importing correctly set up files to rendering awesome animations. There are in-depth videos about 3D layer properties, different types of cameras and camera settings, the kinds of lights you can add to your scene, precomposing and parenting layers, being productive in After Effects, adding multiple views, animating layers in a 3D space, and many more tips and tricks.

Content

Introduction

Introduction
The 2.5D Stage
Get Your Artwork into After Effects
Get Your Artwork into After Effects
Arranging Your Layers in 3D Space
Arranging Your Layers in 3D Space
Adding Cameras
Adding Cameras
Parenting 3D Layers
Parenting 3D Layers
Precomping 3D Layers
Precomping 3D Layers
Animating Cameras and 3D layers
Animating Cameras and 3D layers
Rendering
Rendering
Project Time
And There Was Light
And there was light
More Lights
More Lights
Material Options
Material Options
Useful Camera Techniques
Useful Camera Techniques
Rollercoaster Cameras and Auto orientation
Multiple Camera Angles
Multiple Camera Angles
Make Better Stuff Faster
Make Better Stuff Faster
The Flickering Layers Issue
Your Project
Conclusion
Bonus! Layer-art in After Effects
Bonus! Make a cube

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Reviews

Kirk
August 17, 2023
The materials didn't excatly match up to the lessons. However he explained his concepts extremely well. Plus I love his energy in the lessons. Great course.

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