Building Stunning Style Frames in After Effects
In this series of After Effects tutorials, we will learn about the process as well as some creation techniques for building great style frames! We begin by discussing what a styleframe actually is and how it can help you in your workflow and process for beginning a motion graphics project then carrying it through to the end. Software required: After Effects CS6, Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6.
What you'll learn
In this series of After Effects tutorials, we will learn about the process as well as some creation techniques for building great style frames! We begin by discussing what a styleframe actually is and how it can help you in your workflow and process for beginning a motion graphics project then carrying it through to the end. Styleframes are great for communicating your ideas and giving yourself a tangible road map that acts as a guide once you start animating. This course is perfect for anyone wanting to learn more about how to execute your ideas, just as you originally envisioned them. It's definitely the course for you if you're creating your motion graphics in After Effects, because we go through some really valuable techniques for executing consistency with nested comps. You don't want to miss out on this tutorial that will take your creative process to a whole new level. Software required: After Effects CS6, Illustrator CS6, Photoshop CS6.
Table of contents
- Understanding Style Frames 6m
- Getting Started with Creating Style Frames 12m
- Gathering and Creating Assets 8m
- Creating the Zombie Title Opener in Illustrator 18m
- Creating the Alien Title Opener in Illustrator 10m
- Creating an Abstract Zombie Texture in Illustrator 11m
- Bringing Assets Together in Photoshop 11m
- Unifying Colors in Photoshop 6m
- Relighting Our Shot in Photoshop 15m
- Finishing the Photo Manipulation in Photoshop 14m
- Importing Assets and Organizing in After Effects 6m
- Creating the First Style Frame in After Effects 15m
- Adding Effects to the First Style Frame 18m
- Reusing and Replacing Comps to Create an Additional Style Frame 17m
- Creating More Frames with Unified Shapes and Colors 18m
- Reusing a Compositions Contents with Footage to Create Additional Frames 8m
- Creating the Closing Style Frame 15m
- Rendering Using the Save 7m
- Creating Compositions with All the Style Frames in Photoshop 12m
About the author
Laura is a passionate visual effects and motion graphics author at Pluralsight. Ever since her first exposure to After Effects in college, Laura has had an eternal drive to learn more about motion graphics, and teach others what she has discovered. Laura began working at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company) as a motion graphics artist, creating visually-appealing advertisements and informative art for the site. Throughout her time at Digital-Tutors, Laura contributed greatly to both the ... more