Online Course: “Text Me! in After Effects”
I’ve completed my third online tutorial course about After Effects, this is a fun one where we look at how to animate an on-screen text message (SMS) dialogue. We use shapes, add text, add a text animator and animate the shape to create a simulated text message being typed out. Use the code EMP-HALF to enroll in this course for 50% off!
Online Course: Creative Split Screens
I have completed the second part of my online course Creative Split Screens. I designed the curriculum, recorded / edited all the video content, created media assets, and authored the course in Udemy.com.
Use the code EMP-50 to get 50% discount off the full price on Creative Split Screens Part 2!
Kinetic Text in After Effects
The idea for this project originated around a small entre-acte on a Regina Spektor album: a short whispered dialogue between Regina and a younger girl, the track is called “Whisper”. I thought it would be charming to animate this dialogue, using kinetic text and motion graphics in After Effects. Since the theme is about waiting and […]
EdX Motion Graphics
This is an excerpt from one of the Week 5 tutorials in “Making Science and Engineering Pictures“, featuring motion graphics I created using After Effects. See more about this course in other Production Notes!
New After Effects Tutorials
I’m launching a new series of online courses, offering tutorials about After Effects. For the first time, I’m trying out the Udemy.com platform. View the Production Notes for more details about this course, and for a discount coupon code!
ASAM Flowchart demo
I used a printed flowchart as the source for this motion graphic in After Effects. Read more notes here!
EdX Production Notes: Part 2
Robin Heyden and Natasha discuss the behind-the-scenes development of the EdX course “Making Science and Engineering Pictures”.
EdX Course Design
We recently ran an online course “Making Science and Engineering Pictures”, for which I produced all the video content. Read Part 1 of my production notes here – more to follow!
Main Title
This main title sequence was animated entirely in After Effects. Read on for full production notes about the project.
Meridian Yoga Training Video demo
This project is a demo for a future series of videos featuring yoga instructor Daniel Orlansky. The video was shot live during a weekend workshop in Boston; edited in Final Cut 7, animated motion graphics were added with Motion 5. In the next phase of production, video will be re-shot and the sound quality improved.