How to Make a Professional 2D Animation for a Promo Video

How to Make a Professional 2D Animation for a Promo Video

In this course I will take you step by step along the process of creating an animated promo for a project in a real world scenario for a client from scratch. If you are interested in learn how to create a professional, good looking and fluid animation for a promotional video for a client request or maybe your own portfolio, or even if you are planing to increase your animation skills based on a real life project then this course is for you!

This course will be detailed and it will cover lots of techniques to create the final piece.

I won't hide you nothing from the real work behind the whole process, you will see and understand the entire process to follow along!

We will begin from scratch to teach you how:

1. Analize the provided script to create transitions from it
2. Transform the script into sketches
3. Thinking in transitions for the animation
4. Set a color palette and how to use it inside AE
5. Create a Common media folder to organize assets (ninja tip)
6. Vectorize Assets using illustrator (not an illustrator course, but an overview)
7. Prepare your assets for animations
8. Importing and organizing assets into After Effects
9. Using cinema 4D to create cartoon sketch style
10. Integrating Cinema 4D with AE using Cineware to mix 3D and 2D
11. Animating in sync with the voice over and more!

Create an animation in After Effects with Cinema 4D and Illustrator in a real world project step by step from scratch.

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What you will learn

• Approach and animate a professional promotional 2D animated video for a client according to a provided script and how to use Adobe After Effects along with vector assets and a 3D model to create the final motion graphics piece.
• Apply best practices to deal with big animation projects using After Effects while being organized at the same time.
• Organize vector assets for animations and basic rigging inside After Effects

Rating: 4.1

Level: Intermediate Level

Duration: 4 hours

Instructor: Kenedy Torcatt