Motion Design Upgrade
After Effects Course
Upgrade your skills in this refreshing Motion Design course. No homework required.
“It’s hilarious! I had to pause a few times cause I couldn’t hear the speaker over my chuckling. ”
— Matthew Ramos
What’s in the class?
The Basics
We can’t just dive straight into animation. We need to make sure your files aren’t a mess. We’re going cover things like our animation process, folder structure, file layout, and what plugins can help you on this journey.
Animating Scenes
With the help of my favorite illustrator, I’ve curated 3 scenes for us to animate. Each scene has unique lessons to teach and escalates in difficulty.
Bringing it all Together
After we bring life to each scene, we are going to stitch them all together in a loop with clever transitions and top it off with some nice textures.
Lessons
“I don't know how we got by before Nick made this course but I recommend buying it rather than wasting time wondering!”
Ian Scroggins
What Will You Get?
4+ Hours of Video Lessons
If you watch my content you know I get to the point. I respect your time. These lessons are not meant to take you an entire semester to finish. When you purchase the class, you get lifetime access to all class content, including all future updates.
Project Files
Once you enroll, you get all the artwork and are free to use it however you choose. If you want to make your own scenes - go crazy. If you just want to learn animation, I’ve prepared After Effects files with the artwork ready to go.
Templates and Structures
Nobody likes a messy animator. I’m giving you the folder structures and templates that I like to use.
Discounts and Resources
We are going to use some plugins in this class. As long as you’re my friend, I’ll hook you up with discounts and sweet resources to all the best spots.
“I'm blown away by how amazing this course was!”
— Grace O’Brien
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I need?
You must own Adobe After Effects.
The course is most effective if you also own Adobe Illustrator and the plugin Overlord. The course has been prepared so you only need to own After Effects, but I strongly recommend you also own Illustrator and Overlord.
Discount codes for Overlord and other third party plugins will be provided in the class.
When does the course start/finish?
The entire course unlocks once you enroll. It is 4+ hours of video content, but will realistically take you much longer to complete. You can take it at your own pace.
Do I need a good computer?
I recommend you have at least 16GB of RAM and a decent CPU.
Here are the specs I will be using: i7-8700k, 32GB RAM, GTX 1060 3GB
Can I download the video lessons?
You can stream the entire class on Gumroad or download the videos at any time. Once you enroll, you gain access for life, including any and all future updates. There are handy buttons like “jump back 10 seconds” and speed up/slow down in case you think I talk too slow.
What People Are Saying
“This is such a fun and engaging course, you’ll learn things without realizing. The teaching is so natural and the information I have gained has come at a much cheaper price than other courses, along with a beautiful final piece of artwork to show for it. Can’t wait for more! ”
— Paula Baines
“Amazing! You introduced expressions and null objects in a way where I can understand how to use them and why. Before I found them so daunting you explained them in an easy to understand way”
— Grace O'Brien
“Learned a lot of useful tricks and new ways of doing things that I had not even seen before!
I cannot recommend this course enough! The teaching is engaging and the projects are so fun to animate!”
— Luigi Salas
