Unlock a powerful side of Adobe After Effects where code controls animation. Learn 11 different expressions to automate animations, eliminate excessive keyframes, achieve complex effects, and work more efficiently; no programming experience needed!

An expression is a short block of code, written in JavaScript that modifies an animatable property. Expressions can be useful in many different cases in motion design:

Create continuous, repetitive, or reactive motion
Automate animations
Avoid excessive keyframes
Set up rigs

This class covers 11 different expressions so you can understand what they do and how to use them, without actually needing to learn how to write JavaScript. Plus, I’ll provide examples of how I use expressions in real projects. You’ll be able to start using these expressions in your animations to work more efficiently and achieve effects that would have been extremely tedious or impossible before.

In future classes, once you’ve gotten comfortable using these expressions in your work, you can move on to learning how to write your own expressions. This class is a perfect intro into the advanced topic of expressions which can open up a whole new, customizable side of Adobe After Effects.

Who this class is for:

This class is for motion designers who are comfortable with the basics of Adobe After Effects and want to take their workflow to the next level. No programming experience is needed!

What you should know before taking this class:

Adobe After Effects basics like creating compositions, setting keyframes, rendering, etc.
How to connect (parent) layers and properties
How to apply an effect to a layer
How to animate the path of a shape
How to add easing to keyframes and use the graph editor to adjust the spacing of an animation

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Michelle Bauer

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