Skillshare – Animated Lettering in After Effects

• explainer videos
• kinetic typography videos
• music lyric videos
• logos
• lower thirds
• title sequences
• digital greeting cards (gifs to text to your friends)
• websites
• make your hand lettering stand out on social media

Not only is animated lettering a super useful technique, but its a great way to learn animation in Adobe After Effects. This class is designed for total beginners. You don’t even need to be a hand letterer!

You’ll learn how to:

• use the pen tool to draw or trace a lettering design
• add a texture to your lettering
• prepare your lettering for animation
• animate your lettering using trim paths
• animate lettering with a texture using trim paths and masks
• animate letter connections and extensions for a more interesting animation
• quickly and efficiently animate your lettering out
• add multiple color layers to your lettering animation
• export (render) your lettering animation as a .mov, .mp4, and .gif so you can show off your work

Plus tons of time-saving tips!

What you’ll need:

• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop (if you want to add a texture to your design)
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Media Encoder (if you want to export a .mp4 or .gif)