When you enroll through our links, we may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. This helps keep our platform free and inspires us to add more value.
How to Make a Professional 2D Animation for a Promo Video
Create an animation in After Effects with Cinema 4D and Illustrator in a real world project step by step from scratch.
This Course Includes
udemy
5 (39 reviews )
4h 12m 
english
Online - Self Paced
professional certificate
Udemy
About 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!
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 .
- Prepare a 3D model in Cinema 4D to use in your 2D animations. .
- How to maintain vector assets looking sharp when scaling them at any size inside after effects. .
- Create good looking animations using tips and scripts without having a deep knowledge of animating with the graph editor. .
- Understand the real work (tweaking keyframes and refining the animations) behind a complex motion graphics piece like this. Show moreShow less.