- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
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HUD Animation
with Ryan Cashman
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
$149
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Animation workflows with ease and simplicity.
Bring your HUD and UI designs to life in this After Effects-focused course by industry veteran Ryan Cashman. If you have an interest in animating HUDs for feature films or AAA video games, this course will be a perfect solution for you.
For those looking to learn the full design + animation pipeline, this course acts as a followup to Ash Thorp's HUD Design course. Buy as a bundle below and save an additional 10%!
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Course Lesson Plan
Here's the low-down on everything covered in this course.
- 3 hours 42 minutesTotal Bundle Duration
- 45 VideosVideo Lectures in Bundle
- 141.46 MB of FilesDownloadable Project Files
Tools Used ?The tools listed below are used throughout the lectures of this course. Using alternatives is definitely possible depending on your proficiency, but we can only recommend using these listed softwares.
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Illustrator
Lesson 1
After Effects Basics
The first step on your journey of HUD Animation begins with learning the basics of Adobe After Effects. Ryan will cover all of the tools in his kit for bringing UI/UX animations to life, such as working with assets from other softwares, adding effects, modifying layers and properties, and some introductory animation workflows.
- 59 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 17 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Animation
Layer Management
Basic Workflow
Building Effects
Conclusion
Lesson 2
Mattes and Channels
Unlock the power of mattes and channels within After Effects. In this lesson, Ryan will cover his techniques for building a series of black and white animations to drive complex transitions and effects. Utilizing these methods, you'll be able to quickly generate variation within your HUD animations without complicating your workflow.
- 33 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 8 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Track Mattes
Matte Edges
Displacement
Conclusion
Lesson 3
Advanced Techniques
This lesson is all about the nitty gritty. Here you'll dive deep into a HUD design and begin animating complex details to bring your designs to the next level. Ryan will cover the power of shape layers within After Effects, techniques for animating text and numbers, and outline a few expressions to drive these assets.
- 1 hour 3 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 11 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Creating Assets
Animating Assets
Expressions
Target Rings
Conclusion
Lesson 4
Finishing Touches
Take your animation to the finish line. Right out of the gate, you'll learn advanced expressions which can utilize proximity to drive animations and how to simply generate complex details. Ryan will then cover After Effects' powerful 3D layer system and camera techniques to add depth and final polish to your HUD animation.
- 1 hour 6 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 9 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Useful Expressions
3D in After Effects
Conclusion
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