Lynda - Design in Motion with Rob Garrott [Updated, per request]

Design in Motion is a series of creative techniques featuring short projects using After Effects and CINEMA 4D. Taught by motion graphics expert Rob Garrott, the course covers how color correction, expressions, rendering type, lighting, and animation are used in each program, and the topics are updated weekly. Using these tips and tricks, motion graphics designers will find designing to be a more efficient process.

Topics include:

Communicating emotion using color correction

Using expressions to control animation

Rendering type in a seamless environment

Doing more with less in the After Effects render queue

Creating bouncing animated type using dynamics

Creating realism with Global illumination

Working with Xrefs to simplify the workflow

author: Rob Garrott

subject: Video, Motion Graphics

software: After Effects CS5, CINEMA 4D R12, R13

level: Intermediate

duration: 8h 15m

released: Oct 26, 2011

updated: Sep 19, 2012