2D & 3D Promo Animation | After Effects Animation Workflow 3/3

*PLEASE NOTE THIS VIDEO IS MUTE* The only audio is where I’m previewing sound or reviewing exports (see chapters below) Part 3/3 ► View part 1: https://youtu.be/XbzZ3oxVu1c ► View part 2: https://youtu.be/1aSr8s2U_K4 (view the final animation @ 11:24:53 below) This was a promo animation I did in November 2023. It’s the second promo for a friend of mine where I was working direct to client. I was responsible for the design and animation and there was no producer. This is the brief I was given for this animation: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/u5ls4f102aw3neernf02f/EngIntel-Social-Vid.pdf?rlkey=b1vxerlaezcxar5ivcsfnob4l&dl=0 And this was the storyboard I sent to the client: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/85ykpy3hx56vhdpfo6kuh/EngIntel-Social-Vid-Styleframes-v01.pdf?rlkey=ar127a4j1e5gjyezbks7tvx67&dl=0 You can see me putting this document together @05:06:51 below. As you can see the storyboard is …. less than formal. I wouldn’t recommend being so familiar with a new client folks. ============================================================= I had some assets I could re-use for this promo, such as the logo animation. But this promo required a different look, so much of it again was created from scratch. As you’ll see it took me over 30 hours in After Effects, and add on top of that sketching ideas, bashing my head against a brick wall because my ideas were so lame and generic, zoom calls and email admin. I worked over a weekend and the last couple of days were full on, flat out working until midnight so in total probably eight chargeable days. ============================================================= This is an unedited screen recording of workflow, not a tutorial. For tutorials please visit The Video Shop: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuJz7_aphxhoq8RdKbFE9Q All the videos on this channel are meant to accompany and compliment the tutorials for those who prefer a deeper dive into the process. Also to show how “professional” motion designers are far from infallible. If we’re trying something new we have to research, experiment and often get things wrong. Sometimes it can lead to interesting, unexpected results. Sometimes it can lead to ulcers. ============================================================= ► Download free project file: https://thevideoshop.gumroad.com/l/ktlwhx ► Download other free project files from my gumroad: https://gumroad.com/thevideoshop ============================================================= The Video Shop Long Play: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCWaiSIYnSwxIXmb7MBczaw ============================================================= Chapters: 00:00:00 - Refining animation 00:48:14 - Animating scene 2 02:15:38 - Refining animation 02:59:49 - Export v04a_22-11-2023 (sent to client) (has audio) 03:01:22 - Movement match cut between scenes 4 and 5 03:11:00 - Making text precomps for size consistency 03:14:21 - Refining animation 03:40:29 - Refining timing of endframe animation 03:43:31 - Animating data “particles” for scene 2 05:15:21 - Export v05a_22-11-2023 (sent to client) (has audio) 05:16:04 - Refining animation 05:24:19 - Animating data “particles” for scene 2 06:45:45 - Amends to version 05a 07:10:07 - Refining animation 07:29:20 - Export v06a_22-11-2023 (sent to client) (has audio) 07:30:41 - Creating duplicate comps for potential two background versions (not used) 07:34:40 - Setting up image sequences in render queue 07:50:58 - Refining animation 08:36:16 - Creating mattes for logos in scene 2 08:42:25 - Refining look of scene 2 09:07:23 - Export v07a_23-11-2023 (has audio) 09:09:09 - Refining animation 09:15:13 - Movement match cut between scene 6 and endframe 09:20:07 - Refining animation 09:22:51 - Export v07b_23-11-2023 (sent to client) (has audio) 09:25:58 - Project housekeeping 09:30:06 - Checking frame exports in PureRef 09:32:11 - Refining animation 09:55:13 - Movement match cut between scenes 5 and 6 10:00:48 - Animating data “particles” for scene 2 11:05:56 - Export v08a_22-11-2023 (sent to client) (has audio) 11:06:45 - Fixing mistake and finessing 11:24:53 - Final animation (has audio) ============================================================= ► Subscribe for more tutorials like this: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCuJz7_aphxhoq8RdKbFE9Q?sub_confirmation=1 ============================================================= ► If you have any questions just let me know in the comments. ► Find me: https://linktr.ee/TheVideoShop #aftereffects #c4drenderer #aftereffects3d #adobeaftereffects #aftereffectsworkflow #screenrecording #animation #learnanimation #learnaftereffects #motiondesign #learnmotiondesign #ideasmotiondesign #creativeprocess #creativeprocessmograph #freelance #logoanimation #explaineranimation