After Effects Animation Course

A step-by-step course to character animation with After Effects

53 HD Video Lessons

A comprehensive online course with 53 video lessons, which can be viewed on any device.

Files

Exercise files, templates, project files and pre-made rigs.

Are you ready to get started?

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53 HD Video Lessons

A comprehensive online course with 53 video lessons, which can be viewed on any device.

Files

Exercise files, templates, project files and pre-made rigs.

Are you ready to get started?

30 day money back guarantee

Are you ready to get started?

30 day money back guarantee

53 HD Video Lessons

A comprehensive online course with 53 video lessons, which can be viewed on any device.

Files

Exercise files, templates, project files and pre-made rigs.

Made for Animators

We’ve designed this course to be tailored specifically for aspiring animators and motion graphics artists, or professional animators transitioning from a different program. After Effects is simple to learn, but hard to master. I’ve been using After Effects almost daily for the past decade. I’ve done everything from animated logos, animated web series, to compositing and visual effects. This course is a great place to start your path to a career in animation.

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Videos

8 modules with 53 HD video lessons.

Learn Anywhere

Lessons look great on any device you own.

Files

All the original After Effects files featured in the lessons available for download.

Usable Rigs

2 fully rigged characters that can be used for animation exercises.

Subtitles Available

Video lessons include subtitles in Spanish, Chinese, and Portuguese.

What will you learn?

Interface

We’ll start by going over the After Effects interface and understand how to work with different layouts, compositions and how to select and manipulate layers.

Basic Tools

We’ll go over different animation tools and methods. We'll cover keyframing, interpolation types, using the graph editor, working with different layer types, precomps, mattes, and shape layers.

Logo Animation

After covering the basics, we'll jump into logo animation, and go over animating 3 different logos in After Effects, as well as one 3D logo using Cinema4D Lite.

Rig a Character

We’ll create and rig an entire character using DUIK Bassel - a free easy-to-use plugin. We’ll cover body and facial riggings, as well as lip syncing techniques.

Animating a Shot

After the character is ready for animation we’ll create a scene, learn how to manipulate cameras and create depth with 3D layers. We’ll then insert our rigged character to the scene and animate a shot from start to finish, including lip syncing to audio. We’ll then learn how to render and export our animation.

Project Pipeline

We'll go over how to approach a larger scale project, both for clients and for your own work, including planning and delivering the final assets.

What will you learn?

Interface

We’ll start by going over the After Effects interface and understand how to work with different layouts, compositions and how to select and manipulate layers.

Animation Basics

We’ll go over different animation tools and methods, keyframing, interpolation types and even using the graph editor.

Rig a Character

After we know our way around After Effects, we’ll create and rig an entire character. We’ll learn how to use the puppet tool to move our character, use expressions to control the mouth for lip syncing, and create eyes controls.

Animating a Shot

After the character is ready for animation we’ll create a scene, learn how to manipulate cameras and create depth with 3D layers. We’ll then insert our rigged character to the scene and animate a shot from start to finish, including lip syncing to audio. We’ll then learn how to render and export our animation.

Cool Bonuses

We included 2 cool bonus videos in this course, showing how I animated the Bloop logo using After Effects, as well as how I produce a Key Frame episode.

Super detailed,
fast paced.

We hate long, dragged-out tutorials. We believe in bite-sized lessons with a clear structure that get straight to the point without skipping any important information. We’ll take you step-by-step through the program’s learning curve.

Animation training can get expensive.

Animation courses can be pricey, often in the thousands of dollars. These programs cover entire skill sets, including many topics you'll probably never use. Our courses are just the right size and very cost-effective, teaching exactly what you need to know to start animating right away.

Membership Shmembership

We don't follow the membership model most course platforms use to keep you paying every month. We give you lifetime access for a one-time payment.

A Bloop Animation course

Bloop Animation Studios is a leading platform in animation training, with hundreds of video tutorials and articles, books, 15 animation video courses and 3 animated short films under its belt.

As animators, we built this course from the ground up to be tailored to other animators and filmmakers. Professional or aspiring.

 

A Bloop Animation course

Bloop Animation Studios is a leading platform in animation training, with hundreds of video tutorials and articles, books, 15 animation video courses and 3 animated short films under its belt.

As animators, we built this course from the ground up to be tailored to other animators and filmmakers. Professional or aspiring.


 

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From our students:

I recommend this course to anyone who wants to quickly learn their way around After Effects and begin a simple animated project. The lessons are broken down, so you never lose your attention, and it’s easy to follow.

April Choitz, graphic artist / designer

Bloop Animation provides a very simple-to-use learning platform, making all the content easily accessible. The option of downloading the video lessons makes it easy for me to carry the course with me wherever I go. I always have it on my iPad and it’s a constant reference.

Luis Miguel Guerra Abril, animator and designer, Spain

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the software included with the course?

No, you will have to buy After Effects from adobe.com

What hardware do I need?

As long as you have a relatively modern computer and can run After Effects and connect to the internet, you should be good to go.

What if I don’t like the course?

No worries, the course comes with a 30 day money back guarantee. If you don’t like the course, simply email us and you’ll get a full refund, no questions asked.

Will I always have access to the class or is it just for a limited time?

You will always have access to all the courses and products you purchase from Bloop.

Will I get the whole course right away, or will it be available over a period of time?

You will have access to the entire course and materials immediately after purchasing.

I’ve never used this program before. Will I be lost?

This course was created assuming you’ve never used the program before. We go over all the basics to make sure you are able to follow along.

I don’t know how to animate. Will I be able to follow?

Yes, however I should mention that this course does not teach the concepts of animation, but rather shows you the tools and methods for animating with the software. Check out our Animation Foundations course for the basic principles of animation.

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Basic

Just the Course

$67


  • 53 HD Video Lessons
  • Works on Any Device
  • After Effects Exercise Files
  • A Rigged Character Ready for Animation
  • Animation Foundations Course Included
  • Storyboarding Foundations Course Included

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Pro

The Course + Animation Foundations

$97


  • 77 HD Video Lessons
  • Works on Any Device
  • After Effects Exercise Files
  • A Rigged Character Ready for Animation
  • Animation Foundations Course Included
  • Storyboarding Foundations Course Included

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Master

Course + 2 Foundations Courses

$147


  • 131 HD Video Lessons
  • Works on Any Device
  • After Effects Exercise Files
  • A Rigged Character Ready for Animation
  • Animation Foundations Course Included
  • Storyboarding Foundations Course Included

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All-Access

Our entire course library

$397


  • 632 HD Video Lessons
  • 16 Video Courses
  • Works on Any Device
  • Payment Plan Available

3 Payments of $133 OR:
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