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Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects

You're reading from  Creative Motion Mastery with Adobe After Effects

Product type Book
Published in Feb 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781804617281
Pages 332 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Vishu Aggarwal Vishu Aggarwal
Profile icon Vishu Aggarwal

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface 1. Part 1: Working with Motion Graphics
2. Chapter 1: Getting to Know the User Interface and Workflow 3. Chapter 2: Applying Effects and Presets to Create Animated Graphics 4. Chapter 3: Deep-Dive into Text Animations 5. Chapter 4: Animating Shape Layers 6. Chapter 5: Adding Motion to Photoshop and Illustrator Graphics 7. Chapter 6: Creating Motion Graphic Templates for Premiere Pro 8. Part 2: Post-Production and Visual Effects
9. Chapter 7: Color Correction and Color Grading 10. Chapter 8: Rotoscoping and Mask Tracking Techniques 11. Chapter 9: Chroma Keying 12. Chapter 10: Working with Particle Simulations 13. Part 3: 2D and 3D Tracking, and Rendering
14. Chapter 11: Working with 2D and 3D Tracking 15. Chapter 12: Exporting and Managing Projects 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Setting up the project

In this project, we will be creating one master composition, called Media Opener. This will have media and text placeholders that will be editable and replaceable in the MOGRT we will export from After Effects to Premiere Pro at the end of the lesson.

So, let’s first import a media placeholder graphic that can be replaced later by any other media (graphic or video) from within Premiere Pro or After Effects.

We are going to import the file needed for this project. To do so, go to File | Import | File… | Footage | Media_Template.jpg | Open.

Figure 6.1: Media_Template.jpg imported

Figure 6.1: Media_Template.jpg imported

We will use the imported media later. Now, we need a new composition for the project. Follow these steps to create it:

  1. Click on the New Composition button in the Project panel, or go to Composition | New Composition.
  2. In the Composition Settings dialog box. change the name to Media Opener.
  3. Change the preset to Social Media...
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