Gain an UNFAIR advantage in After Effects with Expressions!

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Become an After Effects Expressionist!

Take your motion design skills to the next level! Learn After Effects Expressions and become an elite motion designer

"After a healthy warm up of short, concise videos explaining the language of expressions, prepare to have your mind blown putting it all in to practice when you make a professional, modular lower third."

Ryan Collins

Student

12+ HOURS

DURATION

80 VIDEOS

ENGLISH

LANGUAGE

ADVANCED

SKILL LEVEL

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OVERVIEW

Learn After Effects Expressions 1.1 course is heavily focused on the basics of Expressions. Understanding the core of Expressions will give you a very strong foundation to build on. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to be great at math and you don’t need to know everything about Expressions in order to be good at them. Just like you don’t need to know everything about a car to be a good driver. You just have to know the basics and for everything else, we have tools and resources to lean on.

We will start by briefly going over the differences between Expressions and Scripting.

We’ll examine different tools and resources inside After Effects that are very helpful when working with Expressions.

We’ll go over Expression Controls Effects and how they can be used with Expressions.

We’ll share some of our favorite free online resources that you can use as references.

Once we are familiar with the tools inside After Effects, we’ll dive deep into the language of Expressions, which is JavaScript. Don’t worry, it’s not that scary. We’ll guide you through the basics of JavaScript to get you up and running.

Next, we’re going to apply our newly gained coding knowledge by creating a real-world project. We’ll create a Modular Lower Third with advanced settings completely from scratch. We’ll also learn how to convert it into a Motion Graphics Template to use in Premiere Pro.
We’ll wrap everything up by introducing you to more methods and practical examples.

By the end of this course, you will have a strong foundation on how Expressions work inside After Effects.

Release 1.1

The release of the brand new version of the course is packed with some really cool new techniques. In particular, you’ll learn how to make a modular lower third from scratch and how to rig it using Expressions.

Release 1.0

In this course, you’ll learn about the basic building blocks of expressions, including number and string comparisons, and logical operators. You’ll also learn how to use functions to create more robust expressions with nested conditions. Finally, you’ll dig into variable controls–how to make your expressions respond to changes in variables and different numbers of input arguments.

COURSE OUTLINE

Introduction

– Introduction to After Effects Expressions – 00:07:04

Expression Tools

– Introduction – 00:00:50
– Adding Expressions – 00:03:22
– Expression Buttons – 00:09:10
– Timeline Search Bar – 00:01:12
– Keyboard Shortcuts – 00:05:31
– Debugging Expressions – 00:04:13
– Property Reference Text Layers – 00:01:58
– Converting Expressions To Keyframes – 00:01:35
– Expression Controls Effects – 00:15:20
– Pseudo Effect – 00:03:49
– Savings Expressions as Presets – 00:03:17
– Behavior Presets – 00:01:41
– BOUNCr Ae Script by Tim Thiessen – 00:06:44
– Web Resources – 00:01:00

Expression Basics

– The Language of Expressions – 00:18:53
– Statements – 00:11:40
– Variables – 00:07:05
– Arithmetic Operators – 00:11:07
– An Introduction to Data Types – 00:03:44
– Primary Data Type – String – 00:12:02
– Primary Data Type – Number – 00:13:50
– Primary Data Type – Boolean -00:08:47
– Non-Primitive Data Type – Array – 00:21:02
– Non-Primitive Data Type – Object – 00:07:26
– 4 Different Ways To Round Numbers – 00:02:29
– How To Generate Random Numbers – 00:04:59
– Comments – 00:05:11
– If/Else Conditional Statement – 00:11:45
– Comparison & Logical Operators – 00:04:20
– Try/Catch Statement – 00:02:15
– Functions – 00:03:20
– For Loop – 00:08:21
– Time Property – 00:10:19
– Offsetting Time Property – 00:09:02

How To Create a Modular Lower Third

– Setup – Introduction – 00:04:25
– Setup – Creating an Advanced Shape Layer – 00:12:58
– Setup – Creating Skew & Roundness Controls – 00:04:03
– Setup – Adding a Single Line of Text to the Lower Third – 00:08:31
– Setup – Adding a Second Line of Text to the Lower Third – 00:07:38
– Setup – Creating a Text Margin – 00:03:39
– Setup – Adding Top & Bottom Margins – 00:04:12
– Setup – Adding Left & Right Margins – 00:04:10
– Setup – Adding a Logo to the Lower Third – 00:15:23
– Setup – Creating Global Scale Controls – 00:05:51
– Setup – Masking a Logo & Text Layers – 00:02:02
– Setup – Creating a Stroke – 00:01:45
– Setup – Creating Color Controls – 00:03:47
– Setup – Creating Visibility Switches – 00:16:20
– Animation – Introduction – 00:01:54
– Animation – Shape Layer Animation – 00:09:10
– Animation – Shape Layer Animation Offset – 00:06:34
– Animation – Text & Logo Animation – 00:18:46
– Animation – Stroke Animation – 00:10:06
– Animation – Alternative Logo & Text Animation – 00:06:48
– Animation – Alternative Shape Layer Animation – 00:06:26
– Animation – Alternative Stroke Animation – 00:03:14
– Exporting to Premiere Pro – 00:08:01

Useful Expressions & Tutorials

Master Properties

– Master Properties – 00:14:56
– How to Create an Automated Menu – 00:50:22

Expressions News & Updates

– 7 Changes to the New Expressions Engine for After Effects 16.0 – 00:13:10
– 12 New Features For Expression Editor in After Effects 16.1 – 00:20:48

Meet The Instructor

Sergei Prokhnevskiy

Sergei Prokhnevskiy is a Charlotte, NC based motion graphics designer, an online tutor, an entrepreneur, and Adobe MAX Master Speaker. Sergei is known for his quick and practical After Effects tips and tricks on YouTube, where he generated well over 7 million views on his tutorials. He has authored an online video course on After Effects Expressions and developed scripts for After Effects. He is also a former senior motion graphics designer at Fox Sports where he worked on graphics for NFL, Super Bowl, MLB, World Series, College Football, NASCAR, Women’s World Cup, and NASCAR Race Hub. He is very passionate about learning and teaching others.

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FAQ

When can I start learning?

ASAP! You will get instant access to all videos right after purchase.

Is the software included with the course?

No, the software is not included with the course. After Effects is the software we’ll be using in this course and you will have to buy it from adobe.com

What is your refund policy?

This course comes with a 30-day money back guaranteed. If you don’t like the course or if it wasn’t what you were expecting, simply email us and we’ll give you the full refund, no questions asked.

Will I always have access to the class or is it just for a limited time?

You will always have access to this course after the purchase.

Will I get the whole course right way, or will it be available over a period of time?

You will get all available course content right away. However, we will be adding more content in the future and you will also get that once it’s out.

Will I have access to other future versions/release of this course?

Once you purchase the course, you will get all future versions and releases of this course.

Can I download this course?

We don’t currently offer downloads of the training videos. You must be logged in to your Ukramedia account to access the training videos.