Advanced Shape Layer Techniques in After Effects - with Alex Deaton

Is your workspace cluttered with Alpha Mattes and messy precomps? We’ll show you how to build single-layer shape “precomps” utilizing groups, merge paths, and simple path expressions so you can kiss those redundant matte layers goodbye...forever. In this tutorial, After Effects guru Alex Deaton is...

Advanced - 23 min - Design & Creative Software - School of Motion

The full course: Learn Motion Graphics free

What you'll need

• Laptop stand: Screen at eye level for long study sessions.
• Noise-cancelling headphones: Focus through long video lessons.
• Second monitor: Video on one screen, practice on the other.
• Wireless keyboard and mouse: Comfortable for hours of typing.

Books

1. The Animator's Survival Kit by Richard Williams - View on Amazon
2. Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book by Lisa Fridsma - View on Amazon
3. The Illusion of Life by Frank Thomas Bullen - View on Amazon

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