Animate Fun Social Media Reels in After Effects
A comprehensive course covering everything you need to know to start creating social media animations in Adobe After Effects right away. You’ll learn everything you need to get started with animating your own video right away and tons of topics to help you learn this program the professional way and animate professionally in no time.
2,944 students enrolled
3hr of video lessons
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5.0 Rating Based On27 Reviews
BY
Hongshu Guo
Founder of Motion Circles
Motion Design Insturctor
57,586 students have learnt from this insturctor.
Course Details
Section #1
Brief & Storyboard
In this lesson, we will cover things like getting brief from clients, how much to charge on a project, coming up with project estimates, evaluate assets from clients, coming up with storyboard from scratch, putting together a great colour palette and getting 3rd party assets to compliment our creative direction.
Section #2
Music Editing
In this lesson, we will cover how to source a perfect music, where to find it and how to edit music in Adobe Audition easily to fit to our animation.
Section #3
Main & Secondary Animation
In this lesson, we will start animating the main scene from the storyboard. We will cover keyframe animation, simple animation principles to bring your elements to life, working with graph editors and special effects, we will also teach you the importance of secondary animation.
Section #4
Stretched Text Animation
We will teach you how to work with text and animate a simple but effective stretched text animation to fit with our animation style.
Section #5
Liquid Transition
In this lesson, we will cover how to work with 3rd party assets to improve the overall aesthetics of your animation, as well as complex transitions for social media.
Section #6
Fruit Ninja
We will work on this fruit ninja scene to get deeper into the graph editors and teach you how to animate with physics, giving a complete natural and lifelike feel to your elements.
Section #7
Liquid Logo Reveal
We will teach you how to incorporate 3rd party assets and animate complex liquid logo reveals. Simple techniques that will transform your projects and separate your animation from the amateurs.
Section #8
Final Touches
We will introduce some final touches to the whole animation, give it some subtle camera movement to finish up the whole project.
Students Review
It was a transformative experience that ignited my passion for motion design. The instructor’s expertise shines through in every lesson, making complex concepts accessible and enjoyable. The hands-on approach led me to create an 11-second video that I’m incredibly proud of. This course is a treasure trove of knowledge for anyone eager to dive into the world of animation. The step-by-step guidance ensures that even beginners can produce professional-quality work. I highly recommend this course to all aspiring motion designers out there – it’s a game-changer that will equip you with the skills and confidence to bring your creative visions to life!
Nina Kahlenberg
Motion Designer
This course is ideal for those who want to learn how to make captivating social media reels to promote their brand or business. The course is well organized, which makes it easy to follow and learn at your own pace. The lessons are interesting and informative, with actionable tips and tricks that you can utilize right away. In conclusion, if you want to learn how to make social media reels in Adobe After Effects in an entertaining and engaging way, I strongly recommend this course.
Mia Umpara
Motion Designer
I really enjoyed this course. I would class myself as a beginner in After Effects and admit that a few elements of the class were beyond my current understanding of the software. But Hongshu creates a standard of work that I aspire to in the future. I have a long way to go, but Hongshu’s classes are among the clearest and enjoyable classes online.
Colin Barker
Motion designer
I would highly recommend this course and all other courses from Hongshu. Themes and topics are visual engaging, and very usable on other ideas in the future work. This courses are very organized and clear. For such less time, every course is well packed to learn quite a lot of important stuff that is not overwhelming. Great job Hongshu, keep up to support value!!
Ivana Djuricic
Video Editor/Motion Designer
This class exceeded my expectations! Super helpful course with info and techniques that I was able to immediately apply to my motion graphics work. The lessons were well organized and easy to follow. I will definitely take more courses from Hongshu!
Katherince P
Digital Designer
This is a great class to help you improve your familiarity with After Effects and improve your skills. The class structure and lesson plan are well-designed and each lesson provides deliverables to help you build your project.
Robert Fretwell
Digital Designer
The best class I’ve taken so far. Not only did it teach me the tutorial itself, but it helped me think about secondary animation that help to level up a scene. This is something I’ve been lacking. I feel proud of this piece and can’t wait to design my own product and copy for my portfolio.
Sharyn Murray
Mograph Maven
I learned a lot from this class, from creating a stretch text animation, understanding and becoming more comfortable with using the graph editor, Ampong others. Great class!!
Debbie A
Motion Designer
My favourite teacher when it comes to 2D animation. Always clear, dynamic, accurate, gives a LOT of useful information and tips. I love all the lessons and recommend Hongshu Guo to both beginners and experienced motion designers. There’s always something to learn 🙂 Thank you!!!
Yuliia Ivashchenko
Digital Designer
This is a great course to take if you are trying to enhance your skills in Adobe After Effects but ensure you understand the basics of Adobe After Effects first.
Taylor Mcl
Motion Graphic Designer
This was a super engaging class that taught me a lot of tips and tricks about animation! I look forward to taking more classes soon.
Charlie Garrod
Digital Designer
Class was super fun and rewarding to take. This was a really fun project to learn from and I would highly recommend for anyone whos been intimidated to learn aftereffects but wants to start!
Whitney Chen
Digital Designer
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