Adobe After Effects 101: 10 Quick Motion Graphics Projects

Last updated: Oct 17 2025

Overview

Learn Motion Graphics, Video Editing, VFX, Animation, Infographics, & Animated Logos quickly in Adobe After Effects. This course offers 10 hands-on projects to help you master Adobe After Effects efficiently.

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Perfect for beginners eager to learn Adobe After Effects and motion graphics quickly with practical, project-based learning.

What You'll Learn

• Create various motion graphics projects including animated logos, lower thirds, and titles, utilizing After Effects' type, shape, and layer tools
• Transform static 2D images into dynamic 3D scenes by setting up 3D layers, parallax effects, and animating a virtual camera
• Animate text and graphics using keyframes, masks, and effects such as Trim Path, warp text, and glow effects for various applications in motion graphics
• Develop complete short-form video content like social media ads, integrating text, images, video clips, music, and sound effects
• Apply expressions scripts to animate text along custom paths and utilize basic camera tracking techniques to integrate effects onto tracked objects
• Import and convert external design files (e.g., Photoshop, Illustrator) into After Effects, leveraging their capabilities for animation and styling

Course Requirements

• Access to Adobe After Effects software
• Basic computer literacy
• No prior After Effects experience required
• Familiarity with Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop is helpful but not mandatory

Course Content

Introduction

Introduction (3 lectures • 16min)

• Introduction - 03:14
• After Effects Workspace and Overview - 11:52
• Here are the Support Files for this After Effects course - 00:44

Project 1

Project 01: Squares & Square Company Logo (6 lectures • 28min)

• Intro to Squares Project - 0:36
• Creating & Animating Shape Layers - 06:42
• Adding Easy Ease to your Animations - 04:53
• Working with Type and Animating The Square Company logo - 05:11
• Animating Scale and Rotation Properties - 06:02
• Offsetting and Staggering Animation and Layers - 04:31

Project 2

Project 02: Creating a Simple Lower Third Motion Graphic (5 lectures • 28min)

• Intro to Lower Third Project - 00:41
• Creating Type and Shape Layers - 09:25
• Using the Scale Property to Animate a Line - 04:18
• Animating the Type - 10:01
• How to Reverse an Animation or Keyframes - 03:45

Project 3

Project 03: Creating a Title using Text Animation Presets (5 lectures • 13min)

• Creating a Title Intro - 00:27
• Adding your Type Layer - 04:54
• Adding Type Animation Presets to your Text - 03:00
• Customizing Text Animation Presets - 02:53
• How to Reverse Keyframes in After Effects - 01:38

Project 4

Project 04: A Rainy Day: Revealing Text and Adding Rain to a Scene (5 lectures • 19min)

• Importing and Editing Video in After Effects - 03:24
• Adding a Layer Mask to Text & Animating the Mask Path - 05:20
• Using an Overlay Video and Blending Mode to add Rain to the Scene - 03:57
• Adding a Color Solid and Blending Modes to create Color Effects to Your Scene - 03:17
• Importing Sound to an After Effects Composition - 03:12

Project 5

Project 05: Hand Writing Animation (5 lectures • 24min)

• Hand Writing Animation Intro - 00:30
• Importing Illustrator Files - 01:37
• Converting a Illustrator Layer to a Shape Layer - 05:33
• Using Trim Paths settings to Create a Writing Effect - 07:48
• Adding Drop Shadows and Effects to Your Handwriting Animation - 08:44

Project 6

Project 06: Create a Kinetic Type Animation (8 lectures • 33min)

• Kinetic Type: Bee Greeting Intro - 0:35
• Working with Layers and Artboards in Illustrator to prep files for After Effects - 01:13
• Importing an Illustrator file as a Composition - 02:50
• Adding Layers in After Effects and Setting Anchor Points - 07:43
• Animating the Kinetic Type - 05:10
• How to have an Object (Bee) Follow and Orient to a Path - 04:18
• Animating the Bees Path Using Trim Paths - 08:12
• Staggering and Offsetting Animations - 02:52

Project 7

Project 07: Creating a Vertical Social Media Ad (5 lectures • 24min)

• Chips Social Media Ad intro - 00:33
• Setting Up Composition and Shape Layers - 07:28
• Importing PNGs into After Effects - 03:09
• Animating and Using a Shortcut to Stagger and Offset Your Layers - 05:34
• How to Parent-Child Layers and Track Mattes in After Effects - 07:10

Project 8

Project 08: How to Turn a 2D Photo into a 3D Scene (5 lectures • 26min)

• Importing a Layered Photoshop file as a Composition - 06:20
• Creating 3D Layers and Moving in Z Space - 05:01
• Adding a Camera Layer to Your Composition - 03:30
• Animating the Camera and Null in Z-Space - 07:26
• Adding Rain to the Scene by Adding a Video Overlay - 03:42

Project 9

Project 09: Animating Type on a Path (1 lecture • 2min)

• Importing the Video - 01:49

Course Projects

This course includes 10 quick, hands-on projects:

1. Squares & Square Company Logo: Working with shape layers and type animation
2. Simple Lower Third Motion Graphic: Creating professional broadcast elements
3. Title with Text Animation Presets: Using After Effects' built-in animation tools
4. Rainy Day Scene: Revealing text with masks and adding environmental effects
5. Hand Writing Animation: Creating write-on text effects with Illustrator files
6. Kinetic Type Animation: Advanced text animation with path following
7. Vertical Social Media Ad: Creating mobile-optimized motion graphics
8. 2D to 3D Scene: Converting photos to 3D with parallax effects
9. Type on a Path: Animating text along custom paths
10. Additional project (not detailed in provided content)

Target Audience

• Beginners eager to learn Adobe After Effects and motion graphics quickly
• Aspiring video editors, animators, graphic designers, and marketers
• Individuals interested in project-based learning
• Anyone looking to create animated logos, social media ads, infographics, titles, or 3D photo effects

Instructor

Tony Ross - Video Trainer, Instructor, and Author specializing in teaching complex software using practical projects in simple steps. With over 2 decades of experience, Tony's tutorials have been featured on Creative Cow, Adobe, Toon Boom, GoMediazine, Infinite Skills, and O'Reilly. He is also a Lynda.com author.

Course Features

• 4 hours of on-demand video
• 1 downloadable resource
• Access on mobile and TV
• Full lifetime access
• Certificate of completion
• Project files provided

Technical Details

• Course Duration: 3h 53m total length
• Total Lectures: 53
• Total Sections: 12
• Skill Level: Beginner
• Language: English
• Last Updated: October 2025

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