After Effects Worksheets Unit

After Effects Worksheets Unit

Welcome to the After Effects worksheet unit! This week is a crash course on to help you learn After Effects for the upcoming animation project. Working in After Effects is different than working in Illustrator so you may need to adjust your workflow for the next couple of weeks. Rendering and uploading animation takes a considerable amount of time so don’t wait to the last minute to complete the assignments!

 

Instructional Videos

Before you begin the worksheets, watch the ai2ae videos.

ai2ae youtube videos

 

Worksheet Files

After you watch the ai2ae videos, download these files and watch the worksheet videos below for instructions.

ai2ae_files

 

Submission Template

Download the submission template below to submit the the worksheets this week:

Submission Template

First Due Date

First Due Date

Complete the following by the first due date:

  • Skeleton Animation
  • Worm Animation

Submit the following:

  • Submission Template Artboards 1-2
    • A Screenshot of the keyframes of your animation. Use CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + 4 to take a screenshot on MacOS (WINDOWS + SHIFT + S to take a screenshot on Windows 10). Paste your screenshot on the artboard and resize it.
    • A QR code linking to the exported unlisted youtube video
  • A link in the I-Learn comments to your animation videos. The video must be the exported animation, not a screencapture of After Effects.

Skeleton

Assignment: Animate the skeleton so that every joint moves.

Worm

Assignment: Wiggle the worm using the puppet pin tool!

Second Due Date

Second Due Date

Complete the following by the second due date:

  • Bouncing Ball Animation
  • HUD Animation
  • 2.5D Parallax Animation

Submit the following:

  • Submission Template remaining Artboards
    • Artboards 1-2: These should already be complete, if not complete them and submit them.
    • Artboard 3-5:
      • A Screenshot of the keyframes of your animation. Use CMD + CTRL + SHIFT + 4 to take a screenshot on MacOS (WINDOWS + SHIFT + S to take a screenshot on Windows 10). Paste your screenshot on the artboard and resize it. 
      • The screenshot should include any expressions (you’ll have to expand these to see them)
      • A QR code linking to the exported unlisted youtube video
    • Artboard 6: proof of sticker printing. Submit some visual proof that you’ve sent your stickers to the printer.
  • A link in the I-Learn comments to your animation videos. The video must be the exported animation, not a screencapture of After Effects.

Bouncing Ball

Assignment: Recreate the scene of the bouncing ball.

 

HUD

Assignment: Animate the needle and have the power bar react proportionally using an expression.

 

2.5D Parallax

 

 

Assignment: Take the assets and put them in 3D space, then move the camera around the space to show parallax.